Crooked Marquee — Page 90 of 244 — Delightfully unique (crooked) movie perspectives.

12/01/202211/30/2022inReviewsby Craig D. Lindsey4 min read

Review: Violent Night

This snow-covered, blood-spattered holiday action flick is dumb, sure – but delightfully dumb.

11/30/202211/29/2022inMoviesby Chelsea Spear8 min read

Nobody Does It Better: Carly Simon’s Film Scores

Carly Simon’s recent induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame confirms her singer/songwriter bona fides. But what of her film work?

11/29/202203/02/2024inVODepths, Reviewsby Josh Bell5 min read

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

Our mini-reviews of “Confessions of a Hitman,” “Ainbo: Spirit of the Amazon,” “Summertime Dropouts,” and more straight-to-VOD selections.

11/28/202203/02/2024inMoviesby Bill Bria7 min read

The Horror of Shifted Reality in The Crazies and Impulse

These two horror films, made a decade apart, depict the breakdown of society to a degree where reality loses all meaning.

11/23/202211/22/2022inHappy Birthday, Looking Backby Audrey Fox6 min read

The Emperor’s Club: Dead Poets Society Without Rose-Colored Glasses

Two portraits of prep-school life and sympathetic instructors, but drawing on very different worldviews and outcomes.

11/23/202211/22/2022inMoviesby Craig D. Lindsey5 min read

What Can We Learn from She Said?

Our resident Weinstein expert weighs in on the new film’s fact and fiction, and what’s changed in the years since its events.

11/22/202203/02/2024inReviewsby Jason Bailey5 min read

Review: Bones and All

Luca Guadagino and Timotheé Chalamet’s reunion movie starts so well… and slowly but surely slides right off the rails.

11/22/202203/02/2024inReviewsby Kimber Myers4 min read

Review: The Swimmers

Based on a true story, this Netflix film combines two of cinema’s most inspirational genres: the sports movie and the survival drama.

11/21/202203/02/2024inReviewsby Kimber Myers5 min read

Review: Glass Onion

The ‘Knives Out’ sequel is a playful crime comedy that betters its predecessor in landing its satirical barbs, structuring its plot, and delivering a hell of a good time.

11/21/202203/02/2024inHappy Birthday, Looking Backby Sara Batkie6 min read

Everything Strange and New: The Sweet Hereafter at 25

On the anniversary of its American theatrical release, we look back at Atom Egoyan’s best film, whose portrait of parental loss has only grown more potent.