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

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

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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...

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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.

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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.

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‘Terminator 2: Judgment Day,’ released on this day in 1991, expanded the canvas of James Cameron’s original – and explored his fascination with the limits of the human body. Roxana Hadadi cracks it open: crookedmarquee.com/i-sing-the-b...

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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...

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As well as its jokes and social commentary hold up, the songs and grasp of musical theater history increasingly feel like the defining elements of “South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut” (released on this day in 1999): crookedmarquee.com/south-park-m...

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As well as its jokes and social commentary hold up 25 years after its release, the songs and grasp of musical theater history increasingly feel like the defining elements of “South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut”: crookedmarquee.com/south-park-m...

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Our bi-weekly look at the best new titles on Blu-ray, 4K, and your subscription streaming services includes ‘Monkey Man,’ 'Love Lies Bleeding,' "Bound,' ‘The Underground Railroad,’ ‘Blue Velvet,’ ‘Purple Rain,’ and more. crookedmarquee.com/the-best-mov...

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Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Annie Baker brings wonderful specificity to her feature debut about the close connection between a mother and daughter. Our review of “Janet Planet”: crookedmarquee.com/review-janet...

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