Editor Jacob Calta takes on Francis Ford Coppola’s latter-day sci-fi epic and tries to articulate what it is that made this such a fascinating and powerful watch.
Author Archives: Jacob Calta
Past Lives (2023) – Crossings
Guest columnist Jesus Unzueta takes a look at Celine Song’s Oscar-nominated directorial debut, a compelling romantic drama of childhood friends set adrift in life.
Rock Odyssey (1987) – When America’s Fun Factory Went Glam
Editor Jacob Calta dives deep into the vaults to review a bizarre 1987 Hanna-Barbera pop fantasia. Not a set of words you see everyday!
The Offbeat Marquee: Short Film Set #1
The Offbeat Marquee returns with a mini-festival! Editor Jacob Calta dives headlong into the exciting world of the short film to showcase a dozen wildly different examples of the dynamic medium!
The Offbeat Marquee #9: In the Vinyl’s Twilight
General Editor Jacob Calta returns to the marquee with one swell program: a string of films looking back on the “good old days” of the rock-n-roll 50s through fresh eyes.
The Hell is a Barbenheimer? Reviewing Two of 2023’s Hottest Blockbusters
Critics Amos Lamb and David Alkhed take on the films behind the strange internet phenomenon: Greta Gerwig’s fantasy comedy “Barbie” and Christopher Nolan’s epic biopic “Oppenheimer”
The Keep (1983) – To Mann’s Horror
Editor Jacob Calta unearths the fantasy horror diamond-in-the-rough found in director Michael Mann’s sophomore feature.
Risky Business (1983) – The Dream is Always The Same
Guest columnist Televisual Word takes us into the high class world and high stakes passions of a business student in the 1983 breakout dramedy for actor Tom Cruise.
In Search of Darkness Part III (2022) – The Last Gasp of a Grand Decade
Editor Jacob Calta comes back to finish what CreatorVC started in the final epic in David Weiner and Robin Block’s 80s horror retrospective.
The Offbeat Marquee Presents: Double Bill Delights #6 – “He Who Controls the Past”
Editor Jacob Calta queues up two doubleplusgood takes on the landmark dystopian novel by George Orwell.
A Fistful of Film 