Ten Eccentric Films for Easter
Note that the title says films for, and not about, Easter, as it isn’t an especially cinema-friendly holiday
DOOMED LOVE
No-wave weirdness!
AU HASARD BALTHAZAR vs. EO
Two donkey-headlined films, one from 1966 and one from 2022, one an enduring classic and the other not quite
On SWEET SWEETBACK’S BAADASSSSS SONG
In the lexicon of “revolutionary” black cinema SWEET SWEETBACK’S BAADASSSSS SONG exists in a category of its own
Albert Pyun: 1953-2022
There was simply no one else like the Hawaiian-bred Albert Pyun, one of the most irrepressible directors working in any genre
THE UNSEEN FORCE: THE FILMS OF SAM RAIMI
The first book devoted entirely to the life and films of Sam Raimi
X
A film that’s quite typical of Ti West’s filmography at its best and worst
SLAXX
The one and only killer pants movie
ESME, MY LOVE
A powerful two-character indie that combines superbly rendered imagery with innovative sound design
HOLLYWOOD ENDING: HARVEY WEINSTEIN AND THE CULTURE OF SILENCE
The latest in a long line of nonfiction accounts of the crimes committed by Harvey Weinstein