As America heads toward the midterm elections, Spike Lee, Michael Moore and Dinesh D’Souza all hope their films will have a profound effect on voters https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/aug/14/spike-lee-michael-moore-dinesh-dsouza-can-a-film-change-politics
One of the best - and most controversial - films of 2017 explores the intersection of violence and grace in a manner that recalls one of the most influential writers of the 20th century: Flannery O'Connor. http://crookedmarquee.com/a-good-man-is-hard-to-find-grace-and-forgiveness-in-three-billboards-outside-ebbing-missouri/
Missed posting this back in "Noirvember" proper - but these five dark, misanthropic film noir classics are perfect for any season. http://crookedmarquee.com/remember-remember-these-five-for-noirvember/
A look at the deep thematic terrain explored by 3 films written by Taylor Sheridan, as well as their failings. http://crookedmarquee.com/wind-river-hell-or-high-water-sicario-taylor-sheridans-american-elegy-trilogy/
A look at how this recent season reflects the career-long obsessions of it's visionary director, through themes, images, sounds, casting, and even characters that appear throughout all of his work-to-date. http://crookedmarquee.com/david-lynchs-personal-odyssey-in-twin-peaks-the-return/
Manson-chic has never been hotter than right now, but the interest goes deeper than true crime: Helter Skelter, New Hollywood and the violence of the 1970's reflects something dark about our current socio-political moment. http://crookedmarquee.com/charles-manson-and-the-current-fascination-with-the-1970s-violence-and-cinema/
John Sayle's under seen American classic remains as timely as ever, three-decades on. http://crookedmarquee.com/the-war-on-coal-john-sayles-matewan-at-30/
A look back at the forgotten alt history/racial drama, in light of HBO's Confederate and Amazon's Black America. http://crookedmarquee.com/alternate-history-lessons-in-white-mans-burden/
Edgar Wright's crime-caper-car-chase-cum-musical extravaganza defies categorization, which is exactly why it should be embraced by all the genres it traverses. http://crookedscoreboard.com/why-baby-driver-deserves-recognition-as-a-great-musical/
A look at the motivations behind unexpected remakes of art house films, by art house film makers, for art house audiences, including: The Beguiled, Funny Games, Sorcerer, Nosferatu, and Solaris. http://crookedscoreboard.com/the-beguiling-case-of-art-house-remakes/
