The Super

Scuggs, the utterly unpleasant superintendent of a Bronx tenement, is driven to desperate measures by an innocent-appearing yet manipulative 11-year-old girl. Based on the graphic novel by Will Eisner, the American master, Meinecke blends larger-than-life characters, borrows from the traditions of melodrama, and employs a visual language rooted in German Expressionism to craft a haunting tale that earned particular favor with New York critics.