Rob KoteckiWhy you watch: Crooklyn (1994)It’s time for Spike Lee’s love letter to his mother and his neighborhood to be rediscovered for what it still is: an act of radical…Jun 29, 2020Jun 29, 2020
Rob KoteckiWhy you watch: Talk to Me (2007)Kasi Lemmons skipped the pieties while directing this biopic about a legendary DJ and his manager, to deliver a hilarious and…Jun 8, 2020Jun 8, 2020
Rob KoteckiWhy You Watch: The Hospital (1971)Even if this bleak, blistering comedy mines our broken healthcare system for plenty of laughs, it still shows how a director can fail a…May 26, 2020May 26, 2020
Rob KoteckiWhy You Watch: Quiz Show (1994)Robert Redford’s exposé on a game show scandal from the 1950s bombed at the box office, but it remains a brilliant look at the dangers of…May 18, 2020May 18, 2020
Rob KoteckiWhy you watch: Bug (2006)William Friedkin adapted Tracy Letts’ hit play into a hot-house of paranoia and body horror that shows why conspiracy theories are so…May 11, 2020May 11, 2020
Rob KoteckiWhy you watch: Drunken Angel (1948)Akira Kurosawa’s early classic reimagines the crime flick into a stylish meditation of what real virtue might be.May 4, 2020May 4, 2020
Rob KoteckiWhy you watch: Salem’s Lot (1979)Vampires rarely terrify anyone anymore, but the original TV miniseries of Stephen King’s novel still disturbs, thanks to its canny…Apr 27, 2020Apr 27, 2020
Rob KoteckiWhy you watch: Doc (1971)Long out of print, Frank Perry’s salty revisionist Western just showed up on Amazon Prime, and here’s why it should never disappear again.Apr 20, 2020Apr 20, 2020
Rob KoteckiWhy you watch: The Ice Harvest (2005)This great comic noir slipped through the cracks, but it’s ripe to be rediscovered, given how prescient it was about why we’d eventually…Apr 13, 2020Apr 13, 2020
Rob KoteckiWhy you watch: Daniel Isn’t Real (2019)This whip-smart indie about a truly terrible imaginary friend is a great example of how to ground a horror premise without muting its…Apr 6, 2020Apr 6, 2020