A Very Special Human Being: Man of a Thousand Faces (1957) on Blu-ray By Orrin Grey • November 27th, 2019 Despite an elder James Cagney being miscast, latex masks and plenty of melodrama, the Lon Chaney biopic still has some of that old Hollywood magic.
Consumed in the Fire of His Own Making: Apprentice to Murder (1988) on Blu-ray By Orrin Grey • November 27th, 2019 “Apprentice to Murder isn’t an undiscovered classic…but it’s better than its two-and-a-half-star average on Letterboxd would suggest.”
Because Bigger is Better: RoboCop (1987) on Blu-ray By Orrin Grey • November 26th, 2019 “Our modern morass fits right in with the RoboCop…”
A Beautiful Pattern: Knives Out and What’s Wrong with America By Orrin Grey • November 25th, 2019 “The people who were hitting Rian Johnson with death threats on Twitter over making The Last Jedi “too political” are going to love this one, is what I’m saying.”
No Accounting for Tastes WaveRunner 2140 By Adam Boffa • November 13th, 2019 In New York 2140, neoliberalism still reigns supreme. But maybe even this dire prediction is too optimistic.
The Heavy Pour This Time It’s Personal By Sara Clemens • November 6th, 2019 Sara got to meet Pee-wee Herman at this year’s NYCC and only freaked out a little.
Exploits Feature No Laughing Matter By Violet Adele Bloch • November 1st, 2019 To me, Joker is like a theatrically released omen.