A good bad movie is a beautiful wreck. It may have a plot assembled from spare parts, dialogue that sounds translated through three languages, and action…
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Sex comedies run on a beautifully unstable fuel: somebody sees half a clue, invents the other half, and then behaves as if a private fantasy has been confirmed…
Before streaming libraries and algorithmic recommendations, American viewers often discovered Hong Kong martial arts movies through late-night television. A…
Long before streaming made alternate cuts easy to find, an imported movie could change dramatically between its country of origin and a neighborhood cinema in…
A slasher film can appear chaotic: a masked killer, a remote location, a nervous group of young people, and a steadily rising body count. Underneath the…
Long before digital blood simulations and computer-generated dismemberment, filmmakers created startling gore with a camera, a few household materials, careful…
Some cult films feel like the opening move in a long career. Their director establishes a voice, finds an audience, and eventually makes a bigger, stranger, or…
Some cult films survive because fans preserve every frame. Others survive through damaged tapes, contradictory memories, lurid magazine covers, and stories…
Few corners of genre cinema are as easy to dismiss, or as rewarding to investigate, as the rural revenge movie. Its ingredients seem familiar: an isolated…
Biker movies have always sold a fantasy of speed, rebellion, danger, and freedom. Leather vests, stripped-down motorcycles, desert highways, and bars full of…