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Movie: Basquiat

Julian Schnabel’s tribute to his friend and fellow painter Jean-Michel Basquiat is less a conventional biopic than an impressionistic, sensory immersion into the much-mythologized downtown-Manhattan art world of the 1980s. Jeffrey Wright, in his first lead film role, stars as the visionary artist whose rise from graffiti tagger to art star forces him to confront the glare of sudden fame, along with racism, his own struggles with addiction, and the difficulties of being self-determining and free in America. [more inside]
posted by box on Feb 20, 2025 - 5 comments

Movie: Curtains

[TRAILER] Entering an asylum to prepare for a movie role, a young woman is double-crossed and left behind by her director. With six new starlets auditioning for her role at a remote mansion, a masked murderer seeks revenge. This film (and its infamous "hag") are referenced extensively in Stephen Graham Jones' novel Don't Fear the Reaper. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on May 21, 2024 - 8 comments

Movie: The Crow

Exactly one year after young rock guitarist Eric Draven (Brandon Lee) and his fiancé are brutally killed by a ruthless gang of criminals, Draven--emerged from the grave and accompanied by a mysterious crow--returns from the grave to exact revenge. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Jan 8, 2023 - 16 comments

Movie: Nope

Caretakers at a California horse ranch encounter a mysterious force that affects human and animal behavior. The third feature film written and directed by Jordan Peele. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Jul 22, 2022 - 82 comments

Movie: Treasure Planet

Disney's animated adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's adventure novel Treasure Island. [more inside]
posted by zinon on Aug 21, 2018 - 8 comments

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