The Fall of the House of Usher

By far the best of Roger Corman's Poe-inspired films, The Fall of the House of Usher takes the author's gloriously claustrophobic tale of mad Roderick Usher and his undead sister Madeline and fleshes it out into some sort of minor drive-in masterpiece.

"...fleshes it out into some sort of minor drive-in masterpiece. The urbane and epicurean Price is clearly having great..."

Oct. 26, 2001 Screens Review by Marc Savlov

Time and Tide

"...white confines of a hospital, rivals John Woo's glorious masterpiece Hard-Boiled for sheer cinematic chutzpah. Tsui, with his penchant..."

July 6, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Animal

"...of all species. The Animal is hardly a comic masterpiece -- the jokes are awfully broad and obvious --..."

June 8, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Postmarks

Kudos for the Lost Austin issue, and much environmental ado.

"...by the disaster in Vietnam. The portrait was a masterpiece of delicate tones and shadings, light oranges and golds..."

Feb. 9, 2001 Column

Night of the Living Dead, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Halloween, Last House on the Left

Louis Black reviews Night of the Living Dead, Last House on the Left, Texas Chain-saw Massacre, and Halloween -- all featured in IFC's new documentary, American Nightmare

"...O'Dea, Russell Streiner, Karl Hardman, Keith Wayne. George Romero's masterpiece not only helped launch a generation of horror films..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Screens Review by Louis Black

Anatahan

"...David Thomson writes: “Very rarely seen, Anatahan is a masterpiece, to rank with the Dietrich films. For total absorption..."

July 26, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

It Came From Beyond

"I saw my first cadaver when I was about five years old. I saw my first rotting corpse at 10." Now, at 35, Guillermo del Toro is probably the world's most promising horror film director.

"...Cronos he said to me, 'My son, it's a masterpiece.' I said, 'Dad, I'm flattered, but you never go..."

July 21, 2000 Screens Feature by Cary L. Roberts

Blood Simple: The Director's Cut

"...a prologue in which a tongue-in-cheek host tells us, Masterpiece Theatre-style, about the significance of Blood Simple and its..."

July 14, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Blood Simple

"...a prologue in which a tongue-in-cheek host tells us, Masterpiece Theatre-style, about the significance of Blood Simple and its..."

July 12, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

8 1/2 Women

"...grief by taking in a screening of Fellini's self-reflexive masterpiece 8 1/2. From this, the two get the idea..."

June 9, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Outlaw Josey Wales

"...nihilism from the Leone formula, coming up with this masterpiece. Kaufman wrote the script and was slated to direct,..."

May 19, 2000 Screens Review by Louis Black

Joe Gould's Secret

"...all rolled into one,” Gould wrote in his unpublished masterpiece, An Oral History of Our Time, which he was..."

April 28, 2000 Movie Review

The Terrorist

"...back that he considers the film to be a masterpiece (he says as much), and to a degree it..."

April 21, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Keeping the Faith

"...could turn a morning flossing into a blond comic masterpiece. The film falls short of being a classic screwball..."

April 14, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ian Moore And All the Colors... (Koch)

SXSW Records

"...And All the Colors... is without question the 31-year-old's masterpiece. Whereas Ian Moore was more soul than SRV --..."

March 10, 2000 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

The Talented Mr. Ripley

"...ice-cold Stoli dumped into the eggnog bowl, this black-hearted masterpiece arrives just in time to salvage the holiday movie..."

Dec. 24, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Ride With the Devil

"...clear that what we've just seen isn't a timeless masterpiece, or even top-10 fare in this unusually strong movie..."

Dec. 17, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

The Grandfather

"...South America. The reason for his return would do Masterpiece Theatre proud (as would much of the film): His..."

Dec. 3, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Profound Desire of the Gods: Tales From a Southern Island

"...three favorite Japanese films, Cahiers du Cinema as Imamura’s masterpiece, and Jonathan Demme as one of the 10 greatest..."

Dec. 2, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

All Wrapped Up

From biopics to end-of-day thrillers, a look at the films you'll be standing in line for this Christmas.

"...Compared by critics to the Italian neorealist masterpiece The Bicycle Thief, this film of hardship and woe..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Perfect Blue

"...Katsuhiro Otomo -- the man behind the seminal anime masterpiece Akira -- Perfect Blue tells the story of Mima..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Pigs and Battleships

"...dark humor,” is referred to as Imamura’s first genuine masterpiece. The story focuses on a young woman determined to..."

Nov. 4, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Page Two

Peckinpah rides again at the Alamo Drafthouse.

"...The last shot of John Ford's 1956 American Western masterpiece, The Searchers, finds John Wayne cut off from the..."

Oct. 22, 1999 Column by Louis Black

Second Coming

Close Encounters of the Third Kind: Definitive Director's Cut (1977)

"...of us are scratching our noggins at his last-ever masterpiece, Eyes Wide Shut, for a posthumous big-screen view of..."

July 30, 1999 Screens Feature

Record Reviews

Duke Ellington

"...in 1934. From 1934-40, Ellington left Victor and cut masterpiece after masterpiece for various labels. On the lyrical, introspective..."

April 30, 1999 Music Feature

Scanlines

"...-- and should -- always be remembered as his masterpiece, of sorts, and deserves the same respect and attention..."

Nov. 27, 1998 Screens Feature

Record Reviews

"...bypass most rock & rollers as a jazz piano masterpiece, Atlantic Records is stickering Marc Ribot's new release as..."

Aug. 28, 1998 Music Review

Record Reviews

"...their last album for Twin Tone, the perfectly imperfect masterpiece Let It Be was freshly behind them, leaving All..."

Dec. 5, 1997 Music Review

Bean

"...are reduced to shambles in record time, while Whistler's masterpiece is manhandled and eventually destroyed. Along the way, Bean..."

Nov. 7, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca

"...the poet backstage at the premiere of his expressionist masterpiece Yerma in 1936. Since then, Ricardo has been haunted..."

Sept. 12, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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