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A delightfully crooked publication about movies. @jasondashbailey.bsky.social, editor-in-chief.

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New disc and streaming guide is up over at @crooked-marquee.bsky.social, with some thoughts on CIVIL WAR, ABIGAIL, PERFECT DAYS, PAT GARRETT & BILLY THE KID, ANCHORMAN, and many more: crookedmarquee.com/the-best-mov...

Netflix’s new documentary “Skywalkers: A Love Story” tips between the highs of its extreme thrills and the lows of its relationship drama. Our review: crookedmarquee.com/review-skywa...

Ann Hui's neglected 2002 drama “July Rhapsody” (out this week in a new 4K restoration) explores age-gap relationships as a cycle of abuse and symptom of marital unhappiness. crookedmarquee.com/july-rhapsod...

Paul Verhoeven left Hollywood to make a film about the Dutch resistance, but that didn't mean he became respectable. A look back at 2006’s “Black Book”: crookedmarquee.com/black-book-a...

Originally released on this day in 1971, Ken Russell’s masterwork "The Devils" remains unavailable in the director’s preferred version. crookedmarquee.com/releasetheru...

#ReleaseTheRussellCut: Where’s the Uncut Version of The Devils? – Crooked Marqueecrookedmarquee.com

It's earned a perennial slot on spooky season TV broadcasts and special-event screenings, but the horror comedy “Hocus Pocus” - released on this day in 1993 - might be a hard sell if you didn’t grow up watching it. crookedmarquee.com/the-devil-in...

The Devil in Massachusetts: Hocus Pocus at 30 – Crooked Marqueecrookedmarquee.com

Our bi-weekly look at the best new titles on Blu-ray, 4K, and your subscription streaming services includes “Civil War,” “Revival69,” “Anchorman,” “Invasion of the Body Snatchers,” and more. crookedmarquee.com/the-best-mov...

John G. Avildsen's controversial 'Joe' was released on this day in 1970, so here's Anya Stanley to explain what it captured: crookedmarquee.com/classic-corn...

Classic Corner: Joe – Crooked Marqueecrookedmarquee.com

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In her Gotham-set trilogy “Smithereens,” “Desperately Seeking Susan,” and “Cookie,” director Susan Seidelman explored the quirks and eccentricities of ‘80s women. crookedmarquee.com/desperate-do...

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Bill L. Norton’s 1972 drama ‘Cisco Pike’ (now streaming on Amazon Prime) is a melancholy portrait of bad vibes and burnouts, featuring an unforgettable Kris Kristofferson in the title role. crookedmarquee.com/classic-corn...

The 2024 Karlovy Vary Film Festival devoted part of its lineup to the Western genre. Our report: crookedmarquee.com/how-the-west...

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All episodes of Shelley Duvall’s FAERIE TALE THEATRE are on Internet Archive, if you’d like to enjoy the second act pivot that made her iconic for ‘80s and ‘90s kids. archive.org/details/fgtd5r #ShelleyDuvall

Colman Domingo stars in the stirring prison-set drama “Sing Sing” alongside a cast of formerly incarcerated men. Our review: crookedmarquee.com/review-sing-...

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With all the hype surrounding Osgood Perkins' 'Longlegs,' I looked back at his first three, equally good horror movies for @crooked-marquee.bsky.social.

Terror and Longing in the Films of Osgood Perkins – Crooked Marqueecrookedmarquee.com

Before ‘Longlegs,’ filmmaker Osgood Perkins was already a master of the haunting horror tone poem. crookedmarquee.com/terror-and-l...

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The harrowing 'Come and See' was released on this day in 1985. Me, at @crooked-marquee.bsky.social: crookedmarquee.com/classic-corn...

Classic Corner: Come and See – Crooked Marqueecrookedmarquee.com

“Tron” was released on this day in 1982. It’s one of two sci-fi films that may have predicted our Extremely Online present: crookedmarquee.com/the-cautiona... ...and it gave synthesizer innovator Wendy Carlos the opportunity to play in a giant sandbox: crookedmarquee.com/pixel-perfec...

Our mini-reviews of "The Uncle," "Because We're Family," "Guys at Parties Like It," and more of this week’s on-demand fare: crookedmarquee.com/vodepths-wha...

If epics are defined as a “body of legend or tradition” illuminating the lives of single, indefinable people, all of Michael Powell and Emerich Pressburger’s work could be described as “epic.” crookedmarquee.com/powell-and-p...

In 'Two-Lane Blacktop,' released on this day in 1971, director Monte Hellman took a wildly unconventional approach to filling his leading roles. crookedmarquee.com/sweet-dreams...

Sweet Dreams and Driving Machines: The Masterful Casting of Two-Lane Blacktop – Crooked Marqueecrookedmarquee.com

Luchino Visconti’s 'The Damned' was released on this day in 1965. @lindsaygoldwert.bsky.social calls it "a beautiful film that is deeply hard to watch." crookedmarquee.com/classic-corn...

Classic Corner: The Damned – Crooked Marqueecrookedmarquee.com

George Romero only made one vampire film, but “Martin" —released on this day in 1978—might be the darkest movie he ever made: crookedmarquee.com/classic-corn...

Classic Corner: Martin – Crooked Marqueecrookedmarquee.com

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David Cronenberg’s debut feature, released on this day in 1976, plays like a road map of the preoccupations that would consume him for the rest of his career. Me, at @crooked-marquee.bsky.social: crookedmarquee.com/classic-corn...

Classic Corner: Shivers – Crooked Marqueecrookedmarquee.com

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It was 60 years ago today that the Beatles showed their night's hard day... To mark the anniversary of Richard Lester's A HARD DAY'S NIGHT's London premiere, here is my piece for @crooked-marquee.bsky.social about the film's crackerjack collection of supporting players.

Call for Back-Up: <i>A Hard Day’s Night</i>’s Supporting Players – Crooked Marqueecrookedmarquee.com

On today, the 60th anniversary of the Beatles’ big-screen debut, @hoodedjustice.bsky.social pens a valentine to some of the character actors who contributed to ‘A Hard Day’s Night’’s success. crookedmarquee.com/call-for-bac...

The 1937 screwball comedy “The Awful Truth” can be enjoyed as one of the best of its type—and as a historic record of the moment a screen persona was perfected. crookedmarquee.com/classic-corn...

A look at the decades-long creative collaboration between director Martin Scorsese and the late musician Robbie Robertson (born on this day in 1943): crookedmarquee.com/the-next-wal...

The Next Waltz: The Pitch-Perfect Collaborations of Martin Scorsese and Robbie Robertson – Crooked Marqueecrookedmarquee.com

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It's the Fourth, and I was inspired to revisit BLOW OUT by this fine article. One thing that really knocked me out was how much the art direction and costuming leans into the red, white, and blue motif. Even the tie John Lithgow is wearing when he murders the prostitute is red, white, and blue.

One of cinema’s strongest indictments of the American Dream, Brian De Palma’s 1981 political thriller dredges up what were then still fresh memories of the JFK assassination, Chappaquiddick, and Watergate, and reopens these unhealed wounds. crookedmarquee.com/blow-out-eve...