Crooked Marquee — Page 44 of 247 — Delightfully unique (crooked) movie perspectives.

09/18/202409/16/2024inHappy Birthday, Looking Backby Julia Sirmons5 min read

Forever Mozart: Amadeus at 40

Milos Forman’s masterful biopic paints a complex portrait of Mozart as a man of both heart and genius.

09/17/202409/16/2024inLooking Backby Sara Batkie5 min read

How Beast Becomes Beauty in The Long Good Friday

As this gangster classic re-enters the Criterion Collection, we offer an ode to Bob Hoskins’s most crucial contribution: his face.

09/17/202409/16/2024inReviews, VODepthsby Josh Bell5 min read

VODepths: What to See (and Avoid) on Demand This Week

Our mini-reviews of “Guy Manley: Super Spy,” “The Zombie Wedding,” “Last Shadow at First Light,” and more of this week’s straight-to-home-viewing selections.

09/16/202409/15/2024inHappy Birthday, Looking Backby Josh Spiegel5 min read

“Goldfinger” at 60: A Title Song for the Ages

The quintessential opening song and credits sequence for the third James Bond film were the most crucial piece that helped establish the franchise for decades.

09/16/202409/15/2024inFilm Fests, Reviewsby Jason Bailey8 min read

TIFF Dispatch: Sex, Violence, and Monkeys

Our TIFF ’24 coverage closes out with mini-reviews of “The Fire Inside,” “Nutcrackers,” “Better Man,” “Saturday Night,” “Babygirl,” and more.

09/13/202409/10/2024inClassic Corner, Looking Backby Sean Burns6 min read

Classic Corner: The Iceman Cometh

This 1973 production, part of the American Film Theater project, captures awe-inspiring turns by Lee Marvin and Robert Ryan.

09/12/202409/08/2024inReviewsby Craig J. Clark5 min read

In a Violent Nature: Shifting Perspectives, Changing Expectations

It’s highly appropriate that In a Violent Nature is debuting on Shudder on a Friday the 13th, since it flips the script on those films and others of their ilk. The first feature from writer-director Chris Nash, who honed his skills on a series of shorts (including a segment of the 2014 anthology ABCs of […]