The Proposition

The Western is alive and well in the Australian outback, as this gritty film with a screenplay and score by musician Nick Cave demonstrates.

"...outback. The Proposition, whose screenplay and score are by cult musician of gloom Nick Cave, follows in the gritty..."

June 9, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Adam & Steve

It’s an honest, refreshing comedy about love – gay, straight, or both – and is a date movie for all occasions and persuasions.

"...good-hearted tone recalls 1997’s Kiss Me, Guido, a crossover cult hit co-starring Chester in the plum part of bitchy..."

April 7, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Waiting ...

This frequently offensive and doggedly disgusting film about working in the restaurant industry is technically inept and wholly crude.

"...two wannabe-gangsta busboys (one of whom is played by cult darling Andy Milonakis), and a host of greasy-haired, loogey-shooting..."

Oct. 7, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Last Days

Gus Van Sant concocts an abstruse film "loosely inspired" by the end of Kurt Cobain’s life.

"...makes for an uncomfortable, vaguely dirty feeling, considering the cult of personality that engulfed the singer – a complex..."

Aug. 12, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Chumscrubber

Teens, suburbia, five sets of dysfunctional parents, and the suicide that looms over it all.

"...that’s because it hits the same beats as 2001’s cult hit Donnie Darko, only far less effectively. No 6-foot..."

Aug. 5, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

One Missed Call

Takashi Miike's latest is a disappointing, second-rate Japanese horror film.

"...Ishibashi, Goro Kishitani, Anna Nagata and Atsushi Ida. Japanese cult director Miike has been cranking out a steady stream..."

April 22, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Sin City

This ultra-noir adaptation of Frank Miller’s black-and-white cult comic series is a visual feast ripped straight from the original medium’s blood-soaked pages.

"...appropriate. Honestly, this ultra-noir adaptation of Frank Miller’s black-and-white cult comic series is a visual feast ripped straight from..."

April 1, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence

Visually stunning sequel to the cult 1995 anime.

"...in this loquacious albeit visually stunning sequel to the cult 1995 animé. Set in Tokyo in 2032, Innocence has..."

Sept. 17, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Grand Theft Parsons

This film version of the legend of Gram Parsons’ missing body lacks soul.

"...half-cremated. For the uninitiated, Parsons was a Seventies country cult hero, member of the Flying Burrito Brothers and the..."

Aug. 20, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Hellboy

Cult comic book hero makes the transition to screen with much, but not all, of his charm intact.

"...Jeffrey Tambor, Doug Jones and Brian Steele. Mike Mignola’s cult comic book finally arrives as film director Guillermo del..."

April 2, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Highwaymen

He may be Mel Gibson's choice to play Jesus, but in this car-chase nightmare Jim Caviezel is on the highway to hell.

"...Hauer and Howell, but their film has quietly achieved cult status. Short on dialogue but eerily taut and terrifically..."

Feb. 13, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Duplex

Ben Stiller and Drew Barrymore play a young couple is driven batty by a geriatric neighbor from hell.

"...Duplex would probably be more interesting, possibly even with cult appeal. Call it a fixer-upper with potential...."

Oct. 3, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Ted Bundy

"...I can praise this latest effort by screenwriter and cult filmmaker Bright, whose dark, satirical urban fairy tale Freeway..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Demons

"...horror maestro Dario Argento, Demons is something of a cult favorite. There's tons of gore and a storyline about..."

March 11, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Donnie Darko

This unnerving, electrifying film provides a unique take on the teen psyche in modern suburbia.

"...everything from time travel and portals to book-banning, the cult of personality, revenge, and redemption. Donnie Darko is an..."

Feb. 22, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Adapted for film from the off-Broadway musical hit, this movie is a rousing screen spectacle about a surgically botched transsexual from East Germany (played charismatically by John Cameron Mitchell, the show's creator and film director).

"...what she wants: love, unfettered and unconditional. Poised for cult popularity, Hedwig seems eager to be embraced by the..."

Aug. 31, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

15 Minutes

"...15 Minutes is such a sweeping broadside on the cult of celebrity and America's infatuation with all things mediacentric..."

March 9, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Princess Bride

William Goldman adapted his whimsical, comedic novel into a fairy tale for the screen.

"...tale was written by William Goldman, who adapted his cult novel for the screen. The film has gone on..."

July 23, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Highlander

"...Connery. This story of an immortal being has a cult following that spawned a couple of sequels. Sean Connery..."

June 22, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Galaxy Quest

A parody of Gene Roddenberry's TV world and its rabid fans.

"...moments. The premise is sweet: The stars of the cult TV show Galaxy Quest, which was canceled in 1981,..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Perfect Blue

"...as much as those in Perfect Blue (stalking, the cult of celebrity) have become increasingly rare in this animated..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc

"...and forges a film so over-the-top it's closer to pop-cult punch of the The Fifth Element than any telling..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Harold and Maude

"...Gordon, Bud Cort, Vivian Pickles and Ellen Geer. A cult favorite, this black comedy pairs a 79-year-old swinger with..."

July 15, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Idle Hands

"...hand puppets, Idle Hands might just make it to cult movie status someday. Genuinely twisted and outlandishly stupid, it's..."

April 30, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Celebrity

"...Hank Azaria and Michael Lerner. Woody Allen skewers the cult of personality in Celebrity with the pointedness of a..."

Nov. 20, 1998 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Redboy Thirteen

"...screen in some time. It may not be a cult movie yet, but that's just a matter of time...."

Nov. 6, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

There's Something About Mary

A classic from the kingpins of comedy.

"...joke they're worth). Special note must be made of cult musician Jonathan Richman, the minimalist romantic troubadour who is..."

July 17, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Spice World

"...shy of being quite so awful that it achieves cult status; in short, it's just not bad enough to..."

Jan. 23, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Deep Crimson

"...off-putting? Whatever. While essentially a remake of Leonard Kastle's cult classic The Honeymoon Killers, this stylish updating is bereft..."

Jan. 23, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Game

"...wildly popular Seven has echoes of everything from the cult TV show The Prisoner to various nods to Hitchcock,..."

Sept. 12, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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