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.
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Furiosa (2024) – A “Mad Max” Saga?
Critic David Alkhed returns to the Wastes once more to review George Miller’s prequel to the 2015 action juggernaut “Mad Max: Fury Road” starring Anya Taylor-Joy as Furiosa.
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!
Dune: Part Two (2024) – The Beginning of a Delicate Time
Know then that it is the year 2024, and not only is it exactly forty years since the release of David Lynch’s admirable but unsuccessful adaptation, we have now finally returned to Denis Villeneuve’s vision of Frank Herbert’s classic science fiction novel Dune in the latest chapter of his adaptation. The film covers more orContinue reading “Dune: Part Two (2024) – The Beginning of a Delicate Time”
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.
The Offbeat Marquee Presents: Double Bill Delights #4 – “Space Unsold”
Editor Jacob Calta journeys across the pond and into the archives to unearth two intriguing sci-fi pilot films.
A Fistful of Film 