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Odie Henderson

Odie Henderson is The Boston Globe's film critic. His work has appeared in The Village Voice, Vulture, Cineaste, Salon, and RogerEbert.com.

A Pryor Engagement: BAM Celebrates Richard Pryor

A Pryor Engagement: BAM Celebrates Richard Pryor

by Odie Henderson
February 8, 2013

The genius of Richard Pryor can be summed up by the last lines in Live on the Sunset Strip.

Summer of ‘87: Nadine: Love, Bullets and the Blondes of the Blue Bonnet

Summer of ‘87: Robert Benton’s Nadine at 25

by Odie Henderson
October 5, 2012

Nadine uses its criminal situation as metaphor for the trials and tribulations of every marriage.

Summer of ‘87: Tibor Takács's The Gate at 25

Summer of ‘87: Tibor Takács’s The Gate at 25

by Odie Henderson
August 25, 2012

Long before Stephen Dorff went Somewhere, he made his screen debut in this horror oddity .

Summer of ‘87: Tom Mankiewicz's Dragnet at 25

Summer of ‘87: Tom Mankiewicz’s Dragnet at 25

by Odie Henderson
August 23, 2012

Maybe it’s time to let go of some of that ’80s love.

Summer of ‘87: Harry and the Hendersons: Messin’ With Sasquatch

Summer of ‘87: Harry and the Hendersons: Messin’ with Sasquatch

by Eric Henderson Odie Henderson
August 8, 2012

Summertime, and the gimmickry’s easy.

If I Had a Sight & Sound Film Ballot: Odie Odienator Henderson's Top 10 Films of All Time

If I Had a Sight & Sound Film Ballot: Odie Henderson’s Top 10 Films of All Time

by Odie Henderson
August 2, 2012

I’m a compulsive. It’s no surprise that my list is full of movies about compulsion.

The Monster Squad

Summer of ‘87: Fred Dekker’s The Monster Squad at 25

by Odie Henderson
August 1, 2012

One can imagine the human aspects of The Monster Squad as some form of semi-autobiographical recollection.

Summer of ‘87: Fred Schepisi's Roxanne at 25

Summer of ‘87: Fred Schepisi’s Roxanne at 25

by Odie Henderson
July 26, 2012

Read the damn play. Because after you do, you’ll appreciate all the more how Steve Martin’s screenplay transforms it.

Ishtar

Summer of ‘87: Elaine May’s Ishtar at 25

by Odie Henderson
July 8, 2012

Here’s a conspiracy theory for you: Ishtar is intentionally terrible.

Night of the Creeps

Summer of ‘86: Fred Dekker’s Night of the Creeps at 25

by Odie Henderson
August 31, 2011

My ’80s adolescence was filled with movies about zombies, aliens, exploding heads, and axe murderers.

Summer of ‘86: I Ran All The Way Home: Stand By Me, Take One

Summer of ‘86: Rob Reiner’s Stand By Me at 25, Take One

by Odie Henderson
August 10, 2011

Reiner and company seem to be giving permission to the men in the audience to succumb to the lumps in their throats.

Summer of ‘86: Better Off Demi: One Crazy Summer

Summer of ‘86: Savage Steve Holland’s One Crazy Summer

by Odie Henderson
August 2, 2011

Remember when your mother used to tell you that, if you made faces and somebody hit you, your face might get stuck?

Summer of ‘86: Peter Hyams's Running Scared at 25

Summer of ‘86: Peter Hyams’s Running Scared at 25

by Odie Henderson
July 20, 2011

Peter Hyams’s Running Scared is one of the finest examples of The Jungle Fever Cookie Buddy Movie.

Summer of ‘86: John Carpenter's Big Trouble in Little China at 25, Take 2

Summer of ‘86: John Carpenter’s Big Trouble in Little China at 25, Take 2

by Odie Henderson
July 14, 2011

It belongs in the same bucket as another unfairly maligned 1986 mythical fantasy with a bad script, The Golden Child.

Under the Cherry Moon

Summer of ‘86: Prince’s Under the Cherry Moon

by Odie Henderson
July 7, 2011

Under the Cherry Moon is terrible, and it really didn’t have to be.

Summer of '86: Labyrinth

Summer of ‘86: Jim Henson’s Labyrinth

by Odie Henderson
June 29, 2011

The M.C. Escher stairs sequence is especially memorable, as is the one number David Bowie doesn’t sing.

Legal Eagles

Summer of ‘86: Ivan Reitman’s Legal Eagles

by Odie Henderson
June 15, 2011

Legal Eagles is a comedy, if you believe its ad campaign, but it’s funny in all the wrong places.

Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling

Summer of ‘86: Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling

by Odie Henderson
May 4, 2011

The film is Richard Pryor’s All That Jazz.

The Spielberg Blogathon: Indy Edition

The Spielberg Blogathon: Indy Edition

by Odie Henderson Keith Uhlich Matt Zoller Seitz
December 18, 2010

Today marks the start of Ryan Kelly and Adam Zanzie’s Spielberg blogathon.

All About Eve

Eve of Destruction: 60 Years of All About Eve

by Odie Henderson
October 13, 2010

Joseph L. Mankiewicz introduced Margo Channing and her catty cohorts to the general public on October 13, 1950.

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