Zach Vasquez
@zvasquez.bsky.social
Writer. Bylines: Guardian, Crooked Marquee, Noir City Fangoria, more. Fiction: Vautrin, Tough, Mystery Tribune, more.
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“Nebraska,” the album at the center of the new “Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere,” is “already deeply connected to American cinema, perhaps more so than any other album in the annals of rock n’ roll,” @zvasquez.bsky.social writes. crookedmarquee.com/springsteen-...
October 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
“Nebraska,” the album at the center of the new “Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere,” is “already deeply connected to American cinema, perhaps more so than any other album in the annals of rock n’ roll,” @zvasquez.bsky.social writes. crookedmarquee.com/springsteen-...
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DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE stinks but it inspired this very good piece by @zvasquez.bsky.social!
The new Bruce Springsteen biopic “Deliver Me From Nowhere,” about the making of his 1982 masterpiece “Nebraska,” is the latest in the album’s long cinematic lineage.
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October 23, 2025 at 12:43 AM
DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE stinks but it inspired this very good piece by @zvasquez.bsky.social!
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“Nebraska,” the album at the center of the new “Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere,” is “already deeply connected to American cinema, perhaps more so than any other album in the annals of rock n’ roll,” @zvasquez.bsky.social writes. crookedmarquee.com/springsteen-...
October 22, 2025 at 11:15 PM
“Nebraska,” the album at the center of the new “Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere,” is “already deeply connected to American cinema, perhaps more so than any other album in the annals of rock n’ roll,” @zvasquez.bsky.social writes. crookedmarquee.com/springsteen-...
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BOTD Jim Thompson!! MCCT5 JT/film 5)Série noire 4)Getaway 3)Coup/Torchon 2)After Dark, My Sweet 1)Grifters
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September 28, 2025 at 12:37 AM
BOTD Jim Thompson!! MCCT5 JT/film 5)Série noire 4)Getaway 3)Coup/Torchon 2)After Dark, My Sweet 1)Grifters
@fantomas2go.bsky.social w/key bio
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@mollsotov.bsky.social: nebraskapublicmedia.org/en/news/news...
@zvasquez.bsky.social / @crooked-marquee.bsky.social: crookedmarquee.com/inside-the-f...
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David Fincher’s brilliant serial-killer drama ‘Seven’ debuted 30 years ago. But @zvasquez.bsky.social doesn’t want to write about that. He wants to write about all the movies that ripped it off:
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September 20, 2025 at 8:01 PM
David Fincher’s brilliant serial-killer drama ‘Seven’ debuted 30 years ago. But @zvasquez.bsky.social doesn’t want to write about that. He wants to write about all the movies that ripped it off:
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“Given how indebted ‘Saw’ is to ‘Seven,’” @zvasquez.bsky.social writes, “I think its more than fair to say that the former is the true progenitor of torture porn, loathe as those of us who love it but can’t stand that category are to admit it.” crookedmarquee.com/copycat-kill...
September 15, 2025 at 11:15 PM
“Given how indebted ‘Saw’ is to ‘Seven,’” @zvasquez.bsky.social writes, “I think its more than fair to say that the former is the true progenitor of torture porn, loathe as those of us who love it but can’t stand that category are to admit it.” crookedmarquee.com/copycat-kill...
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David Fincher’s brilliant serial-killer drama ‘Seven’ debuted 25 years ago. But @zvasquez.bsky.social doesn’t want to write about that. He wants to write about all the movies that ripped it off: crookedmarquee.com/copycat-kill...
September 15, 2025 at 4:36 PM
David Fincher’s brilliant serial-killer drama ‘Seven’ debuted 25 years ago. But @zvasquez.bsky.social doesn’t want to write about that. He wants to write about all the movies that ripped it off: crookedmarquee.com/copycat-kill...
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For its ongoing re-release, @zvasquez.bsky.social looks back at ‘Who Killed Teddy Bear?’, a little-known but highly influential '60s cult classic neo-noir of psycho-sexual menace. crookedmarquee.com/classic-corn...
September 12, 2025 at 11:15 PM
For its ongoing re-release, @zvasquez.bsky.social looks back at ‘Who Killed Teddy Bear?’, a little-known but highly influential '60s cult classic neo-noir of psycho-sexual menace. crookedmarquee.com/classic-corn...
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Some essential film critics/writers to read/follow: @katiewalshstx.bsky.social @aheartofgould.bsky.social @bilgeebiri.bsky.social @roxana-hadadi.bsky.social @brndnstrssng.bsky.social @jasondashbailey.com @812filmreviews.com @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social @carlosfilm.bsky.social @zvasquez.bsky.social
feel free to respond to this with critics you enjoy following btw -
like i'll always read a @jacoboller.bsky.social piece, a @roxana-hadadi.bsky.social piece, a @jasondashbailey.com piece, a @maris.bsky.social piece
like i'll always read a @jacoboller.bsky.social piece, a @roxana-hadadi.bsky.social piece, a @jasondashbailey.com piece, a @maris.bsky.social piece
August 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Some essential film critics/writers to read/follow: @katiewalshstx.bsky.social @aheartofgould.bsky.social @bilgeebiri.bsky.social @roxana-hadadi.bsky.social @brndnstrssng.bsky.social @jasondashbailey.com @812filmreviews.com @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social @carlosfilm.bsky.social @zvasquez.bsky.social
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The late, great Stuart Gordon was born on this day in 1947. @zvasquez.bsky.social pays tribute to his late period: crookedmarquee.com/the-fascinat...
The Fascinating Provocations of Stuart Gordon's American Trilogy — Crooked Marquee
The late filmmaker was best known for horror and sci-fi, but his final three films straddled the line between horror, noir, and pitch-black comedy.
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August 11, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The late, great Stuart Gordon was born on this day in 1947. @zvasquez.bsky.social pays tribute to his late period: crookedmarquee.com/the-fascinat...
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“Mixing the more traditional murder mystery elements of gialli with the supernatural drama of his Three Mothers trilogy, Argento creates a movie that, even by his usual batsh*t standards, flies by the seat of its pants,” @zvasquez.bsky.social writes of PHENOMENA: crookedmarquee.com/classic-corn...
August 1, 2025 at 11:15 PM
“Mixing the more traditional murder mystery elements of gialli with the supernatural drama of his Three Mothers trilogy, Argento creates a movie that, even by his usual batsh*t standards, flies by the seat of its pants,” @zvasquez.bsky.social writes of PHENOMENA: crookedmarquee.com/classic-corn...
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“One month after ‘Back to the Future’ hit theaters, audiences were treated to back-to-back teen comedies that similarly focused on beleaguered eggheads and blended teenage comedy with science fiction,” @zvasquez.bsky.social writes. crookedmarquee.com/everybody-wa...
August 6, 2025 at 11:15 PM
“One month after ‘Back to the Future’ hit theaters, audiences were treated to back-to-back teen comedies that similarly focused on beleaguered eggheads and blended teenage comedy with science fiction,” @zvasquez.bsky.social writes. crookedmarquee.com/everybody-wa...
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“What makes ‘Dirty Work’ stand out from the pack, what ensured its status as a cult classic even as it was bombing at the box office, was the singular comedic stylings of its star and co-writer,” @zvasquez.bsky.social writes. crookedmarquee.com/dirty-work-a...
July 1, 2025 at 11:15 PM
“What makes ‘Dirty Work’ stand out from the pack, what ensured its status as a cult classic even as it was bombing at the box office, was the singular comedic stylings of its star and co-writer,” @zvasquez.bsky.social writes. crookedmarquee.com/dirty-work-a...
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“While less ideologically shaky than the ‘Dirty Harry’ movies, ‘Walking Tall’ is still very much a reactionary and authoritarian film,” @zvasquez.bsky.social writes. “It is also, as with so many cop/vigilante movies of its day, completely awesome.” crookedmarquee.com/walking-tall...
June 26, 2025 at 1:26 AM
“While less ideologically shaky than the ‘Dirty Harry’ movies, ‘Walking Tall’ is still very much a reactionary and authoritarian film,” @zvasquez.bsky.social writes. “It is also, as with so many cop/vigilante movies of its day, completely awesome.” crookedmarquee.com/walking-tall...
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The print edition of @noircitymag #43 is now available from Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FBX91D66
Zach Vasquez breaks down David Lynch’s seminal neo noir contributions; Eddie Muller revisits, and reconsiders, "The Big Heat", and much more!
@eddiemuller.bsky.social #noiralley @tcmparty.bsky.social
Zach Vasquez breaks down David Lynch’s seminal neo noir contributions; Eddie Muller revisits, and reconsiders, "The Big Heat", and much more!
@eddiemuller.bsky.social #noiralley @tcmparty.bsky.social
June 6, 2025 at 12:28 AM
The print edition of @noircitymag #43 is now available from Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FBX91D66
Zach Vasquez breaks down David Lynch’s seminal neo noir contributions; Eddie Muller revisits, and reconsiders, "The Big Heat", and much more!
@eddiemuller.bsky.social #noiralley @tcmparty.bsky.social
Zach Vasquez breaks down David Lynch’s seminal neo noir contributions; Eddie Muller revisits, and reconsiders, "The Big Heat", and much more!
@eddiemuller.bsky.social #noiralley @tcmparty.bsky.social
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With the release of his latest feature, "The Phoenecian Scheme," Wes Anderson continues to follow in the footsteps of the greatest of all auteurs, Federico Fellini. crookedmarquee.com/the-unexpect...
June 4, 2025 at 4:36 PM
With the release of his latest feature, "The Phoenecian Scheme," Wes Anderson continues to follow in the footsteps of the greatest of all auteurs, Federico Fellini. crookedmarquee.com/the-unexpect...
Now available: digital version of the latest Noir City magazine, featuring my cover story on the noir legacy of David Lynch. It was a great honor to write about my hero’s work in my favorite genre.
Print edition coming soon. surl.li/zxbglk
@noirfoundation.bsky.social
Print edition coming soon. surl.li/zxbglk
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June 4, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Now available: digital version of the latest Noir City magazine, featuring my cover story on the noir legacy of David Lynch. It was a great honor to write about my hero’s work in my favorite genre.
Print edition coming soon. surl.li/zxbglk
@noirfoundation.bsky.social
Print edition coming soon. surl.li/zxbglk
@noirfoundation.bsky.social
Watching The Swimmer at my bar, realizing how good a double feature this would make with After Hours.
Day/night
Suburban nightmare/urban nightmare
WASP/New York ethnic
NO ONE GETS LAID
Day/night
Suburban nightmare/urban nightmare
WASP/New York ethnic
NO ONE GETS LAID
June 3, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Watching The Swimmer at my bar, realizing how good a double feature this would make with After Hours.
Day/night
Suburban nightmare/urban nightmare
WASP/New York ethnic
NO ONE GETS LAID
Day/night
Suburban nightmare/urban nightmare
WASP/New York ethnic
NO ONE GETS LAID
Opening page of my upcoming Noir City cover story on David Lynch:
May 29, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Opening page of my upcoming Noir City cover story on David Lynch:
Extremely excited to share that I wrote the cover story for the upcoming issue of Noir City. It was a great honor to be able to pay tribute to the noir legacy of my hero, David Lynch. Can’t wait to see it in print!
@noirfoundation
@noirfoundation
May 27, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Extremely excited to share that I wrote the cover story for the upcoming issue of Noir City. It was a great honor to be able to pay tribute to the noir legacy of my hero, David Lynch. Can’t wait to see it in print!
@noirfoundation
@noirfoundation
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“One of the reasons that ‘Possession’ is so deeply loved, the reason I hold it as my favorite film of all time, is because of how deeply personal and singular a work of art—art, not content—it is,” @zvasquez.bsky.social writes:
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May 14, 2025 at 11:15 PM
“One of the reasons that ‘Possession’ is so deeply loved, the reason I hold it as my favorite film of all time, is because of how deeply personal and singular a work of art—art, not content—it is,” @zvasquez.bsky.social writes:
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When @zvasquez.bsky.social asks to write about POSSESSION, you let him write about POSSESSION
A new Indonesian remake of “Possession” is the latest ill-advised reimagining of Andrzej Zulawski's deeply personal masterpiece. crookedmarquee.com/the-unholy-o...
May 14, 2025 at 10:53 PM
When @zvasquez.bsky.social asks to write about POSSESSION, you let him write about POSSESSION
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“‘Crossroads,’ like ‘Sinners,’ embraces the myth of the tramping musician in all of its rugged individualism,” @zvasquez.bsky.social writes. “You’ve got to follow your muse, even if she brings you face to face with the devil.” crookedmarquee.com/dancing-with...
May 3, 2025 at 1:26 AM
“‘Crossroads,’ like ‘Sinners,’ embraces the myth of the tramping musician in all of its rugged individualism,” @zvasquez.bsky.social writes. “You’ve got to follow your muse, even if she brings you face to face with the devil.” crookedmarquee.com/dancing-with...
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Thirty years ago, Terry Zwigoff's documentary about the troubled life of underground comix legend R. Crumb hit theaters. @zvasquez.bsky.social looks back on the film's enduring, disturbing power. crookedmarquee.com/art-wont-sav...
April 28, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Thirty years ago, Terry Zwigoff's documentary about the troubled life of underground comix legend R. Crumb hit theaters. @zvasquez.bsky.social looks back on the film's enduring, disturbing power. crookedmarquee.com/art-wont-sav...
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Our pal @zvasquez.bsky.social is on it crookedmarquee.com/nostalgia-an...
April 20, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Our pal @zvasquez.bsky.social is on it crookedmarquee.com/nostalgia-an...