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This documentary hides treasures in its heist-like story. Our review of “Secret Mall Apartment”: crookedmarquee.com/review-secret-…

"King of the Nudies" Russ Meyer was born on this day in 1922. Here's our look at his life and work: crookedmarquee.com/the-complicate…

Forget about Disney’s live-action remake and stream ‘Robot Dreams’ director Pablo Berger’s lovely 2012 silent-film take on Snow White. crookedmarquee.com/silent-snow-wh…

Preston Sturges’ definitive screwball comedy 'The Lady Eve,' released on this day in 1941, came early in one of the most remarkable runs of any writer/director’s career: crookedmarquee.com/classic-corner…

The woefully misguided flight attendant “comedy” ‘View From the Top' was released on this day in 2003 - after it was tastefully shelved following 9/11: crookedmarquee.com/harveys-hellho…

“[‘My Dinner with Andre’] has never really been imitated, because how could you even try?” Sean Burns asks. “It’s entirely sui generis, the craziest idea for a movie you’ve ever heard, and the unlikeliest sleeper hit of all time.” crookedmarquee.com/classic-corner…

“Just as the secret mall apartment wasn’t just a secret mall apartment,” Kimber Myers writes, “this film from director Jeremy Workman has loftier ambitions and is far more than it might initially appear.” crookedmarquee.com/review-secret-…

“‘A Shock to the System’ opened a year before Bret Easton Ellis published ‘American Psycho,’” writes Jeremy Herbert. “The similarities are obvious … but the difference is in the spirit of its murders and executions.” crookedmarquee.com/british-psycho…

The teen sex comedy 'Little Darlings' was released on this day in 1980. @signalbleed says it's slyer and more sophisticated than you might think: crookedmarquee.com/in-praise-of-t…

The woefully misguided flight attendant “comedy” ‘View From the Top' was released on this day in 2003 - after it was tastefully shelved following 9/11: crookedmarquee.com/harveys-hellho…

Spike Lee's phone sex comedy, released on this day in 1996, is a mess - but one full of interesting and often timely ideas, ✍🏼 roxana | ✊🏼 zivar | ⚒️ hadadi writes: crookedmarquee.com/the-fascinatin…

Forty-plus years after its release, Louis Malle's surprise hit continues to prove that there's nothing more thrilling than two smart people talking. crookedmarquee.com/classic-corner…

Remembering M. Emmet Walsh, one one the great character actors of modern movies, born on this day in 1935. crookedmarquee.com/the-last-every…

Spike Lee's phone sex comedy, released on this day in 1996, is a mess - but one full of interesting and often timely ideas, ✍🏼 roxana | ✊🏼 zivar | ⚒️ hadadi writes: crookedmarquee.com/the-fascinatin…

Years before Patrick Bateman cornered the market on homicide in the American boardroom, Michael Caine crossed the pond to show him how it's done in ‘A Shock to the System,’ a giddy black comedy that just turned 35. crookedmarquee.com/british-psycho…

“Just as the secret mall apartment wasn’t just a secret mall apartment,” Kimber Myers writes, “this film from director Jeremy Workman has loftier ambitions and is far more than it might initially appear.” crookedmarquee.com/review-secret-…

Michael Roemer's intense chamber drama ‘Pilgrim, Farewell’ first aired on PBS on this day in 1982. It’s the latest of his films to receive a much-delayed arrival in theaters. crookedmarquee.com/pilgrim-farewe…

“[‘My Dinner with Andre’] has never really been imitated, because how could you even try?” Sean Burns asks. “It’s entirely sui generis, the craziest idea for a movie you’ve ever heard, and the unlikeliest sleeper hit of all time.” crookedmarquee.com/classic-corner…

“At the time, ‘Blancanieves’ was overshadowed by another silent-film pastiche, Michel Hazanavicius’ ‘The Artist,’” Josh Bell writes, “but unlike that Best Picture winner, it’s not just a hermetically sealed tribute to the era it’s emulating.” crookedmarquee.com/silent-snow-wh…

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