Zach Vasquez

BOTD Jim Thompson!! MCCT5 JT/film 5)Série noire 4)Getaway 3)Coup/Torchon 2)After Dark, My Sweet 1)Grifters
@fantomas2go.bsky.social w/key bio
More
@mollsotov.bsky.social: nebraskapublicmedia.org/en/news/news...
@zvasquez.bsky.social / @crooked-marquee.bsky.social: crookedmarquee.com/inside-the-f...

David Fincher’s brilliant serial-killer drama ‘Seven’ debuted 30 years ago. But @zvasquez.bsky.social doesn’t want to write about that. He wants to write about all the movies that ripped it off:

“Given how indebted ‘Saw’ is to ‘Seven,’” @zvasquez.bsky.social writes, “I think its more than fair to say that the former is the true progenitor of torture porn, loathe as those of us who love it but can’t stand that category are to admit it.” crookedmarquee.com/copycat-kill...

David Fincher’s brilliant serial-killer drama ‘Seven’ debuted 25 years ago. But @zvasquez.bsky.social doesn’t want to write about that. He wants to write about all the movies that ripped it off: crookedmarquee.com/copycat-kill...

For its ongoing re-release, @zvasquez.bsky.social looks back at ‘Who Killed Teddy Bear?’, a little-known but highly influential '60s cult classic neo-noir of psycho-sexual menace. crookedmarquee.com/classic-corn...

So good! I’m a really big fan of Bogosian in these types of roles (any role, really). And Lund, of course. Particularly liked the subversively dark happy ending.

Also, was dying at the random Tootsie reference and choose to believe they exist in the same universe.

Some essential film critics/writers to read/follow: @katiewalshstx.bsky.social @aheartofgould.bsky.social @bilgeebiri.bsky.social @roxana-hadadi.bsky.social @brndnstrssng.bsky.social @jasondashbailey.com @812filmreviews.com @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social @carlosfilm.bsky.social @zvasquez.bsky.social

Guess I’m watching Special Effects tonight.

The Fascinating Provocations of Stuart Gordon's American Trilogy — Crooked Marquee The late filmmaker was best known for horror and sci-fi, but his final three films straddled the line between horror, noir, and pitch-black comedy.

The late, great Stuart Gordon was born on this day in 1947. @zvasquez.bsky.social pays tribute to his late period: crookedmarquee.com/the-fascinat...

“Mixing the more traditional murder mystery elements of gialli with the supernatural drama of his Three Mothers trilogy, Argento creates a movie that, even by his usual batsh*t standards, flies by the seat of its pants,” @zvasquez.bsky.social writes of PHENOMENA: crookedmarquee.com/classic-corn...

“One month after ‘Back to the Future’ hit theaters, audiences were treated to back-to-back teen comedies that similarly focused on beleaguered eggheads and blended teenage comedy with science fiction,” @zvasquez.bsky.social writes. crookedmarquee.com/everybody-wa...

“What makes ‘Dirty Work’ stand out from the pack, what ensured its status as a cult classic even as it was bombing at the box office, was the singular comedic stylings of its star and co-writer,” @zvasquez.bsky.social writes. crookedmarquee.com/dirty-work-a...

“While less ideologically shaky than the ‘Dirty Harry’ movies, ‘Walking Tall’ is still very much a reactionary and authoritarian film,” @zvasquez.bsky.social writes. “It is also, as with so many cop/vigilante movies of its day, completely awesome.” crookedmarquee.com/walking-tall...

The print edition of @noircitymag #43 is now available from Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FBX91D66
Zach Vasquez breaks down David Lynch’s seminal neo noir contributions; Eddie Muller revisits, and reconsiders, "The Big Heat", and much more!
@eddiemuller.bsky.social #noiralley @tcmparty.bsky.social

With the release of his latest feature, "The Phoenecian Scheme," Wes Anderson continues to follow in the footsteps of the greatest of all auteurs, Federico Fellini. crookedmarquee.com/the-unexpect...

NOIR CITY Magazine 43 NOIR CITY Magazine 43 [Muller, Eddie, Smith, Imogen Sara, Kronenberg, Michael] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. NOIR CITY Magazine 43

Printe edition also available to order: a.co/d/bgP55mk

Now available: digital version of the latest Noir City magazine, featuring my cover story on the noir legacy of David Lynch. It was a great honor to write about my hero’s work in my favorite genre.

Print edition coming soon. surl.li/zxbglk

@noirfoundation.bsky.social

To me, that sentiment hits harder the more it’s held back.

When we doing the Renner draft?

Watching The Swimmer at my bar, realizing how good a double feature this would make with After Hours.

Day/night

Suburban nightmare/urban nightmare

WASP/New York ethnic

NO ONE GETS LAID

Gonna need a pack of cigs for this one

Opening page of my upcoming Noir City cover story on David Lynch:

Extremely excited to share that I wrote the cover story for the upcoming issue of Noir City. It was a great honor to be able to pay tribute to the noir legacy of my hero, David Lynch. Can’t wait to see it in print!

@noirfoundation

“One of the reasons that ‘Possession’ is so deeply loved, the reason I hold it as my favorite film of all time, is because of how deeply personal and singular a work of art—art, not content—it is,” @zvasquez.bsky.social writes:

When @zvasquez.bsky.social asks to write about POSSESSION, you let him write about POSSESSION

“‘Crossroads,’ like ‘Sinners,’ embraces the myth of the tramping musician in all of its rugged individualism,” @zvasquez.bsky.social writes. “You’ve got to follow your muse, even if she brings you face to face with the devil.” crookedmarquee.com/dancing-with...

Thirty years ago, Terry Zwigoff's documentary about the troubled life of underground comix legend R. Crumb hit theaters. @zvasquez.bsky.social looks back on the film's enduring, disturbing power. crookedmarquee.com/art-wont-sav...

Our pal @zvasquez.bsky.social is on it crookedmarquee.com/nostalgia-an...

The newly streaming baseball comedy “Eephus” is one of several recent indies that use shuttering locales to examine life in 21st-century America. crookedmarquee.com/nostalgia-an...

Wrote about 3 of the best movies in recent years—Eephus, Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point, and Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets—what they mean for indie film, and what they have to say about the way we live now.