Whenever I see photos and video of sleazy downtown New York City and Boston’s Combat Zone, my eyes go straight to the movie theater marquees. What were the pervs of the ’70s lining up to see in the X-rated movie palaces? Did Travis Bickle buy popcorn to see all the amazing films? Many of them … Read more
Hot Spot isn’t an easy movie. Directed by Polish auteur Agnieszka Smoczyńska—best known for The Lure, a horror/musical take on The Little Mermaid—Hot Spot explores pressing issues like AI, state surveillance, police violence, and immigration. But it does so through a surreal, sci-fi lens, one that takes time out for
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