Crimes of Passion in USA

[Iain Fisher]

The Knoxville Horror Film Fest present Crimes of Passion on 15 February 2025.  It is in a double bill with Gus Van Sant's To Die For in the Central Cinema.

"CRIMES OF PASSION, a trashy romp featuring electric performances from Kathleen Turner and Anthony Perkins... In the early 1980s, British filmmaker Ken Russell (THE DEVILS, TOMMY) travelled to America and placed his unorthodox imprint on CRIMES OF PASSION—a crazed erotic thriller starring Kathleen Turner (SERIAL MOM) and Anthony Perkins (PSYCHO). Fashion designer Joanna Crane (Turner) leads a double life. At night, she is China Blue, a prostitute who has attracted the attention of a psychopathic priest (Perkins). With its outrageous script by gay screenwriter Barry Sandler and sparkling score from Rick Wakeman of the band Yes, CRIMES OF PASSION is a movie that could only have been realized by the gonzo creativity of Ken Russell".

The cinema website is here
https://www.facebook.com/CentralCinemaKnox
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[Iain Fisher]

The Plaza Theatre in Atlanta is showing Crimes of Passion on 12 and 15 Aug 2024.

The Plaza Atlanta theatre website is here
https://www.plazaatlanta.com/now-showing

More on Crimes of Passion here
https://iainfisher.com/russell/ken-russell-film-crimes-of-passion.html

[Iain Fisher]

Crimes of Passion will be shown as part of the After Midnight film series in Coolidge Corner Theater in Massachusetts.  It is screened on 26 May 2023 at one minute before midnight.

"In the early eighties British enfant terrible Ken Russell traveled to America and placed his unorthodox imprint on a pair of US movies. The first was Altered States, so out-there its screenwriter disowned it. The second was the equally crazy Crimes of Passion, starring Kathleen Turner (Body Heat, Serial Mom) at the height of her powers".

More details are here
http://www.iainfisher.com/russell/ken-russell-news.html