Sharp Objects, Dull Wits: The ’80s Flashback of ‘Savage Weekend’ and ‘Lisa’
These films were rescued from old VHS and late-night TV, but why?
Short Ends and Leader
‘Lad: A Dog’ Has a Lass but no Lassie
Simple, predictable, anodyne dog fare.
‘Stray Cat Rock’ Is a Straight Hit of Japanese Delirium
Stray Cat Rock offers violent teen rebel action -- with songs.
The Hills Are Alive, But Nobody Else Is in ‘The Happiness of the Katakuris’
Happiness of the Katakuris is one of Takashi Miike's oddest movies, and that's saying something.
Double Take: ‘Annie Hall’ (1977)
Is love too weak a word to describe how we feel about Annie Hall? Or is it more like a dead shark? Double Take breaks a few eggs to find out.
A Profile of the Great Profile: ‘The Mad Genius’ and ‘The Great Man Votes’
Two performances from John Barrymore take us from pre-Code camp to prescient political satire.
‘The Safecracker’ Breaks the War Wide Open
A field day, and parachute drop, for Ray Milland.
‘Lost Girl’ and ‘Phantom’ Got Those Silent Upgrade Blu’s
Two silent classics travel from nitrate to VHS to HD Blu-rays, regaining something of their forgotten glory.
‘Pitfall’ and ‘Flaxy Martin’ Have Diametrically Opposed Femmes Fatales
Pitfall presents a clammy credibility and a grasp of grown-up behavior; whereas Flaxy Martin is a plot full of unpleasant people in an unpleasant world of big-city corruption.
Double Take: Sons of the Desert (1933)
Double Take has gotten themselves into another fine mess: If one Steve is going to discuss Laurel and Hardy's Sons of the Desert alone, the other Steve is going to do it with him.