The Offbeat Marquee
by Jacob Calta
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 #8 – From Out of the Underground
Editor Jacob Calta looks back fondly on the many films he discovered through a special late-night programming block on classic cinema giant Turner Classic Movies
The Offbeat Marquee Presents: Double Bill Delights #5 – “Running in the 80’s”
Editor Jacob Calta revs the Marquee up to a full roar with two racing dramas from the early 80s.
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.
The Offbeat Marquee Presents: Double Bill Delights #3 – “The Waves of the World”
General Editor Jacob Calta returns to the Marquee with a sun-tanned, surf-soaked double bill of late 60s fun.
The Offbeat Marquee Presents: Double Bill Delights #2
Once again, writer Jacob Calta explores the teenaged exploits of American International Pictures, with one of their fun double bills.
The Offbeat Marquee Presents: Double Bill Delights #1
Writer Jacob Calta returns with a new column format, and with a most unorthodox pair of films to kick off the proceedings.
The Offbeat Marquee #7: Dig This Mack!
Writer Jacob Calta shakes, rattles, and rocks his way back around the clock to explore the teen films of American International Pictures.
An Offbeat Marquee Tribute – Ennio Morricone
Like many people, I was not expecting to wake up and find that one of the greatest creative forces in the world of film has passed. Sadly, Italian composer Ennio Morricone has leftus at age 91. And while most people will point to the masterful music penned for the work ofSergio Leone or for blockbusters…
The Offbeat Marquee #6: MJ’s Marquee
This sixth installment explores chapters in the legacy of one of the world’s most renowned entertainers, Michael Joseph Jackson. For over four decades, Jackson sang and danced his way into the radios, stereo systems, television screens, and indeed into the theaters of the world. Today, Calta takes a look at some of the many audiovisual…
The Offbeat Marquee #5: “The Radiation Wave of Cinema”
This time around, Calta digs into a subject that has long fascinated him. The 1980s, for all its neon-lit, synth-heavy glory, was a time for serious reflection on the state of the world in terms of nuclear power and warfare. Filmmakers had the power to illustrate the serious effects of things going wrong. Here, he…
The Offbeat Marquee #4: “Down and Out in New York City”
The Offbeat Marquee is the theater that will show just about anything. Columnist Jacob Calta unearths everything from forgotten Hollywood dramas to underground animation to the many oddball genre films from around the world. This fourth installment is not a matter of obscure cinema, but of an obscure idea about cinema, the hypnosis that certain…
The Offbeat Marquee #3: Music Videos
The Offbeat Marquee is the theater that will show just about anything. Columnist Jacob Calta unearths everything from forgotten Hollywood dramas to underground animation to the many oddball genre films from around the world. In this third installment, he takes a look at a medium of incredible reach and creativity: the music video! Introduction “In…
The Offbeat Marquee #2: A Snapshot of Adult Cinema
The Offbeat Marquee is the theater that will show just about anything. Columnist Jacob Calta unearths everything from forgotten Hollywood dramas to underground animation to the many oddball genre films from around the world. This second installment takes on the wild world of adult cinema. Hardcore pornography was a unique beast in the wake of…
The Offbeat Marquee #1: The Duel Project
The Offbeat Marquee is the theater that will show just about anything. Columnist Jacob Calta unearths everything from forgotten Hollywood dramas to underground animation to the many oddball genre films from around the world. This first installment takes on two films from the nation of Japan. Two halves of a friendly competition with exceptionally specific…
Jacob Calta is a filmmaker, composer, and raving movie fanatic. Fan of basically all cinema. Can be found watching an art film one day, a silent film the next, a schlocky horror film after that, and then probably will mess about watching music videos. I have a sizeable collection of DVDs, Blu-ray discs, and VHS tapes.
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A Fistful of Film 