The Overlook

In The Overlook, A.V. Club film critic Ignatiy Vishnevetsky examines the misfits, under-appreciated gems, and underseen classics of film history.

The late Tobe Hooper blew the nuclear family to pieces in Spontaneous Combustion

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

8/29/17 10:25am

In The Overlook, A.V. Club film critic Ignatiy Vishnevetsky examines the misfits, underappreciated gems, and underseen…

It takes a master to make a crime movie without guns

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

8/01/17 9:20am

In The Overlook, A.V. Club film critic Ignatiy Vishnevetsky examines the misfits, underappreciated gems, and underseen…

The Last Year At Marienbad of Z-grade bad movies

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

6/13/17 12:00am

In The Overlook, A.V. Club film critic Ignatiy Vishnevetsky examines the misfits, underappreciated gems, and underseen…

Almost 60 years ago, an unorthodox film tackled race and racism in the classroom

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

5/09/17 1:32pm

In The Overlook, A.V. Club film critic Ignatiy Vishnevetsky examines the misfits, underappreciated gems, and underseen…

The director of Bad Lieutenant takes on the prescient cyberpunk of William Gibson

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

4/25/17 12:00am

In The Overlook, A.V. Club film critic Ignatiy Vishnevetsky examines the misfits, underappreciated gems, and underseen…

From Fascist Italy came a violent medieval fantasy epic way ahead of its time

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

4/11/17 10:45am

In The Overlook, A.V. Club film critic Ignatiy Vishnevetsky examines the misfits, underappreciated gems, and underseen…

75 years later, Orson Welles’ troubled follow-up to Citizen Kane continues to enchant

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

3/21/17 12:00am

In The Overlook, A.V. Club film critic Ignatiy Vishnevetsky examines the misfits, underappreciated gems, and underseen…

Sax and violence: The intoxicating alternate reality of Trouble In Mind

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

2/14/17 12:00am

In The Overlook, A.V. Club film critic Ignatiy Vishnevetsky examines the misfits, underappreciated gems, and underseen…

Rapture with parrots: The delirious world of Finland’s king of melodrama

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

1/17/17 10:35am

In The Overlook, A.V. Club film critic Ignatiy Vishnevetsky examines the misfits, underappreciated gems, and underseen…

Kenji Mizoguchi made masterpieces, but nothing as strange as Miyamoto Musashi

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

11/01/16 12:38pm

In The Overlook, A.V. Club film critic Ignatiy Vishnevetsky examines the misfits, underappreciated gems, and underseen…

The fogbound mystery that predicted film noir, fascism, and the French New Wave

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

10/18/16 12:00am

In The Overlook, A.V. Club film critic Ignatiy Vishnevetsky examines the misfits, underappreciated gems, and underseen…

Anti-Christ in a custom van: The churchy cheap thrills of A Thief In The Night

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

10/04/16 12:00am

In The Overlook, A.V. Club film critic Ignatiy Vishnevetsky examines the misfits, underappreciated gems, and underseen…

The Eraserhead baby from space: David Lynch made a weird world in Dune

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

9/27/16 12:00am

In The Overlook, A.V. Club film critic Ignatiy Vishnevetsky examines the misfits, underappreciated gems, and underseen…

There was more to Aussie comic Yahoo Serious than just his dumb hair

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

8/23/16 12:00am

In The Overlook, A.V. Club film critic Ignatiy Vishnevetsky examines the misfits, underappreciated gems, and underseen…

Overlooked movies of 1996

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

8/09/16 12:18pm

In The Overlook, A.V. Club film critic Ignatiy Vishnevetsky examines the misfits, underappreciated gems, and underseen…

Oh, Brother: Russia’s beloved and troubling no-budget hit man movie

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

7/27/16 9:00am

In The Overlook, A.V. Club film critic Ignatiy Vishnevetsky examines the misfits, underappreciated gems, and underseen…

A legendary Hollywood director scaled the Great Pyramid with a visionary flop

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

6/28/16 12:00am

In The Overlook, A.V. Club film critic Ignatiy Vishnevetsky examines the misfits, underappreciated gems, and underseen…

Giving a forgotten Ashton Kutcher vanity project its due

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

6/14/16 12:00am

In The Overlook, A.V. Club film critic Ignatiy Vishnevetsky examines the misfits, underappreciated gems, and underseen…

The bold, innovative Canon City deserves to be better known

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

5/17/16 12:00am

In The Overlook, A.V. Club film critic Ignatiy Vishnevetsky examines the misfits, underappreciated gems, and underseen…

Iconic cinematographer Christopher Doyle cut loose with a little-seen film

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

4/19/16 12:00am

In The Overlook, A.V. Club film critic Ignatiy Vishnevetsky examines the misfits, underappreciated gems, and underseen…