Movies Archives — Page 21 of 27

04/30/202003/02/2024inLooking Back, Moviesby Craig J. Clark7 min read

A Field Guide to Fantômas on Film

In the Shadow of the Guillotine. The Murderous Corpse. The False Magistrate. The titles are as macabre as the masked madman […]

04/30/202003/02/2024inMovies, Reviewsby Josh Bell4 min read

Review: The Wretched

The Pierce Brothers’ The Wretched opens with a 1980s-set prologue that mimics the structure of a period-accurate slasher movie: a teenage […]

04/29/202003/02/2024inLooking Back, Moviesby Anya Stanley8 min read

Classic Corner: Mikey and Nicky

“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how […]

04/28/202003/02/2024inReviews, Moviesby Abby Olcese3 min read

Watch This: Bad Education

Bad Education recounts the true story of Roslyn School District Superintendent Frank Tassone (played by Hugh Jackman) and Assistant Superintendent Pam […]

04/27/202003/02/2024inMoviesby Fiona Underhill6 min read

True History of the Kelly Gang and Justin Kurzel’s Portrayals of Masculinity

A child has been sold to a criminal by a desperate mother. Holed up together in a lonely shack, the dubious […]

04/23/202003/02/2024inReviews, Moviesby Jason Bailey5 min read

Review: True History of the Kelly Gang

Justin Kurzel’s True History of the Kelly Gang opens with a title insisting, “Nothing you’re about to see is true,” even […]

04/22/202003/02/2024inLooking Back, Moviesby Anya Stanley8 min read

Classic Corner: To Catch a Thief

“A lightweight story.” That was what Hitchcock called his 1955 romantic thriller: “It wasn’t meant to be taken seriously.” In his […]

04/21/202003/02/2024inLooking Back, Happy Birthday, Moviesby Roxana Hadadi10 min read

“The Imprisonment of Being a Girl”: On the Emotive Legacy of Sofia Coppola’s The Virgin Suicides

Sofia Coppola’s career is nearly universally concerned with the unspoken loneliness of womanhood, and her directorial debut, The Virgin Suicides, often […]