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The New Cult Canon

  • The New Cult Canon Dazed And Confused 

    Texas, 1976: Booze, dope, paddling, and other rites of passage 

    January 26, 2012 | 12:01am -

  • The New Cult Canon The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, And Her Lover

    A visionary crank’s most accessible movie is also one of his meanest.

    January 5, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • The New Cult Canon Diggstown

    The heroes of this movie are bad. But, compared to the world around them, they could be worse. 

    December 8, 2011 | 12:00am -

  • The New Cult Canon Anaconda

    Rediscovering the trashy charms of a basic-cable favorite.

    November 10, 2011 | 12:00am -

  • The New Cult Canon The Human Centipede (First Sequence)

    The Human Centipede earned immediate infamy with its ass-sewn-to-mouth premise. But is it more dare than movie?

    October 20, 2011 | 12:01am -

  • The New Cult Canon Black Dynamite

    Who’s the soulful Vietnam vet/former CIA agent/master detective who’s a sex machine to all the chicks? (And also really good at kung fu.) 

    September 29, 2011 | 12:01am -

  • The New Cult Canon Shaun Of The Dead 

    Zombies fill this breakthrough horror comedy, and not all of them are undead. 

    September 8, 2011 | 12:00am -

  • The New Cult Canon Inside

    How much is too much? An unborn-child-in-peril slasher film from France might provide the answer.

    August 18, 2011 | 12:00am -

  • The New Cult Canon Zodiac 

    Clues, patterns, and determined men, yet the killer slips away in an obsessive director’s study of obsession. 

    July 28, 2011 | 12:00am -

  • The New Cult Canon May

    Lucky McKee’s tender horror film about a beguiling outsider was too dark for arthouses and too arty for horror fans, but it’s earned a well-deserved cult following.

    July 7, 2011 | 12:00am -

  • The New Cult Canon Schizopolis

    By the mid-’90s Steven Soderbergh wasn’t sure why he wanted to make movies anymore. So he made a movie about it.

    June 16, 2011 | 12:00am -

  • The New Cult Canon The Vanishing

    The face of evil looks deceptively dull in this unusual thriller.

    June 2, 2011 | 12:00am -

  • The New Cult Canon Double Team

    Combine a stylish Hong Kong director, a moonlighting basketball star, and Jean-Claude Van Damme and what do you get? It’s kind of hard to tell.

    May 5, 2011 | 12:00am -

  • The New Cult Canon Slither

    Slither had everything a monster movie needed and more. Was it the “more” that made it a tough sell?

    April 21, 2011 | 12:00am -

  • Birdemic

    The New Cult Canon Birdemic: Shock And Terror

    When does incompetence become entertaining?

    April 7, 2011 | 12:00pm -

  • Highlander

    The New Cult Canon Highlander

    This combination of swordplay, rapid editing, and Queen songs struck a chord. Why?

    March 24, 2011 | 12:00am -

  • Enter The Void

    The New Cult Canon Enter The Void

    Know what it’s like to be dead? Trippy.

    March 10, 2011 | 12:00am -

  • Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas

    The New Cult Canon Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas

    Terry Gilliam takes on Hunter S. Thompson with predictably chaotic results.

    February 24, 2011 | 12:00am -

  • The Last Seduction

    The New Cult Canon The Last Seduction

    Film noir could only have come from a particular time. So why does it keep sticking around and finding new femmes fatale to embody its sinister allure?

    February 10, 2011 | 12:00am -

  • Series 7: The Contenders

    The New Cult Canon Series 7: The Contenders

    When Survivor and “The Most Dangerous Game” collide.

    January 27, 2011 | 12:00am -

  • Real Genius

    The New Cult Canon Real Genius

    The ’80s nerd cycle reaches its apex.

    January 13, 2011 | 12:00am -

  • Point Break

    The New Cult Canon Point Break

    Kathryn Bigelow’s shallow action film succeeds by following The Way Of The Swayze.

    December 23, 2010 | 12:00am -

  • Martyrs

    The New Cult Canon Martyrs

    Some movies dare you to watch them. But is this one worth the pain?

    December 9, 2010 | 12:00am -

  • Session 9

    The New Cult Canon Session 9

    Want to make a scary movie? Step one: Find a terrifying location.

    November 24, 2010 | 12:00am -

  • Clue

    The New Cult Canon Clue

    Whodunit? Well, that depends…

    November 11, 2010 | 12:00am -

  • House

    The New Cult Canon House

    And then the piano eats the one girl. And then… well, you have to see for yourself.

    October 28, 2010 | 12:00pm -

  • Kung Fu Hustle

    The New Cult Canon Kung Fu Hustle

    The unreal is here.

    October 14, 2010 | 12:00am -

  • Death Wish 3

    The New Cult Canon Death Wish 3

    Who will cry for The Giggler?

    September 30, 2010 | 12:00pm -

  • Demonlover

    The New Cult Canon Demonlover

    Trust no one.

    September 16, 2010 | 12:00am -

  • American Psycho

    The New Cult Canon American Psycho

    Patrick Bateman’s business card is better than yours.

    September 2, 2010 | 12:00am -