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Ian Anderson 1:45 p.m., Aug. 17
Scott Marks
Articles by Scott Marks
Puzzle: Bored game enthusiasts
Why burn daylight snapping together a jigsaw puzzle when it’s easier (and more enlightening) to buy a ticket and watch two characters assemble one? The only missing piece to this otherwise easily fathomable romantic Puzzle ...
Boyz in the hoods
Screenwriter Kevin Willmott talks BlacKkKlansman
So impressed was Spike Lee by Kevin Willmott’s debut feature, C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America that as soon as he saw the picture's Sundance premiere, he offered to act as the film’s presenter. Spike ...
Drool over the stylish excess
More than 79 minutes of “successful and progressive prostitution.”
A western, a wabbit, and Marwene Dietwich come under the knife. The Devil is a Woman (1935) A polarizing item among critics and bluenoses, if not a general public that stayed home in droves ...
Midaq Alley: a big-screen telenovela
For those keeping score at home, Midaq Alley has taken home more awards than any other movie in the history of Mexican cinema. This bustlingly profane Spanish-language adaptation of Egyptian Nobel prize-winner Naguib Mahfuz’s 1947 ...
The Bleak of Araby
Don’t you hate it when, while rifling through a desk drawer in search of a book of matches or piece of scratch paper, a character accidentally happens upon the one indisputable clue needed to solve ...
Laugh-out-loud satires
The biggest, baddest, blackest mother of ‘em all
Sorry to bother you, but this week’s digital downloads (all available through Amazon) comprise a trio of superior, laugh-out-loud satires. C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America (2004) C.S.A. explores what might have happened had the ...
Meet Eighth Grade's star pupils this Saturday
Elsie Fisher and Emily Robinson in town for Q&As
As if an opportunity to relive the last hellish week of grade school weren't enough, the two star students of Eighth Grade will be in town this weekend to celebrate the film's opening. If your ...
Comic book artists in cinema
A frothy 60s sex satire
The annual celebration of everything that’s wrong with contemporary cinema is upon us. Here are three satires about comic book artists to act as antidote, all available on Amazon Prime. Artists and Models (1955) Was ...
Swedish fish and the Oregon Trail
Normally, the lead photo art corresponds with the lead review, but protocol be damned when you hook a whopper like this: a candid shot of Ingmar Bergman posing with Spielberg’s toy shark, Bruce. To commemorate ...
