Macabre

Apr 24, 2020 — The range this week stretches from silent Soviet classics through Hollywood’s heyday and the Czech New Wave to the revolutions of the late twentieth century.

Apr 22, 2020 — One of the true dark glories of the Czechoslovak New Wave, The Cremator (Spalovač mrtvol, 1969) is the most popular and indelible work by the underappreciated Juraj Herz and remained a firm favorite of the director’s among his many films....

Feb 28, 2020 — Check out what’s in store next month on our streaming service!

Feb 11, 2020 — The universal success of Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma is undoubtedly due to a skill that the director has demonstrated over the course of several decades and many enduring pieces of work. But it is also a sign of our times. What...

Sep 30, 2019 — Check out what’s in store next month on our streaming service!

Sep 17, 2019 — Fusing the melodrama of Douglas Sirk and the ballyhoo of William Castle, John Waters’ sixth feature, Polyester (1981), was a departure from the scrofulous 16 mm mode of production he had made his cult name plying to midnight-movie crowds in...

Aug 28, 2019 — Check out what’s in store next month on our streaming service!

May 15, 2019 — The star-studded zom-com has been met with a first round of mildly appreciative reviews.

Mar 20, 2019 — Anatomy of a Gag Harold Lloyd may not have had the melancholy disposition of his silent-clown competitors Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton, but he knew how to introduce elements of menace and peril into his comedies in a way that...

Feb 18, 2019 — The Swiss actor will be remembered for a range of characters spanning from heaven to hell.