Movies Archives — Crooked Marquee

01/07/202601/05/2026inMoviesby Zach Vasquez

The Other Valley: The SGV on Film

The new independent drama “Rosemead” turns the spotlight on a section of Los Angeles that’s rarely recognized on screen.

10/22/202510/21/2025inMoviesby Zach Vasquez

Springsteen Goes Hollywood, By Way of Nebraska

The new Bruce Springsteen biopic, about the making of his 1982 minimalist masterpiece, is the latest in the album’s long cinematic lineage.

08/27/202508/26/2025inMoviesby Max Borg

The Vital, Vibrant Importance of the World Cinema Project

Martin Scorsese’s film preservation initiative is among the treasure troves on the Criterion Channel.

08/19/202508/19/2025inMoviesby Sean Burns

There’s No Going Back Briefly But Efficiently Spotlights an Cinematic Master

David M. Stewart’s new biography of Jonathan Demme charts the director’s professional life and distinctive worldview.

06/12/202506/11/2025inMoviesby Sean Burns

Subtext and Text: On Michael Koresky’s Sick and Dirty

Michael Koresky’s new book chronicles how queernness slipped through the cracks of the Production Code.

06/04/202506/03/2025inMoviesby Zach Vasquez

The Unexpected Overlaps of Wes Anderson and Federico Fellini

With the release of his latest feature, “The Phoenecian Scheme,” Wes Anderson continues to follow in the footsteps of the greatest of all auteurs, Federico Fellini.

05/13/202505/14/2025inMoviesby Chelsea Spear

Save the Last Dance: Mad Hot Ballroom at 20

Before any House reps vote on eliminating arts education in schools, they may want to watch this charming documentary about dance programs in New York elementary schools.

05/09/202505/08/2025inMoviesby Josh Bell

The Modern Teen-Movie Supremacy of American High

Based in an actual high school, production company American High has quietly amassed a canon of funny and progressive teen movies, including this week’s “Summer of 69.”

04/15/202504/09/2025inMovies, Reviewsby Zach Vasquez

Nostalgia and Cultural Decay: Eephus and the State of Independent Cinema

The newly streaming baseball comedy is one of several recent indies that use shuttering locales to examine life in 21st-century America.

04/14/202504/12/2025inMoviesby Olivia Popp

Genre, Adjective: The Films of Corneliu Porumboiu at Visions du Réel

The writer and director Corneliu Porumboiu was a special guest at he renowned Swiss documentary festival Visions du Réel in Nyon. A look at his multifaceted oeuvre: