The Loveless
First screened in October 2025
Directors: Kathryn Bigelow and Monty Montgomery. Cast: Willem Dafoe, Marin Kanter, Robert Gordon, Phillip Kimbrough, Tina L'Hotsly, Lawrence Matarese, Danny Rosen, J. Don Ferguson, Jane Berman, Elizabeth Gans, Margaret Jo Lee. Screenplay: Kathryn Bigelow and Monty Montgomery.

   
Photo © 1981 Pioneer Films, © 1984 Atlantic Releasing Corp.
In Brief: Leathery interstice between Anger and Lynch. Early stylistic promise isn't steadily sustained, but it has something.

VOR:   Taut montage, febrile color, and offbeat mood, somewhere between menacing and comic, help first stretch stand out. Shaker later, but interesting.

Grade: B–


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