Taking inspiration from a variety of classic Hollywood sources, Almodóvar’s film is a mother-daughter melodrama with an unexpected take on gender roles.
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The beloved 1961 adaptation of the iconic Broadway musical boasted two very different directors, but its memorable visuals and balletic choreography can best be attributed to just one of those men.
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This posthumous release from the documentarian William Greaves is a movie fifty-plus years in the making — and worth the wait.
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In the ’70s and ’80s, Rollin’s work struggled to find an audience, but now his dreamy surrealism is readily available to stream.
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Our bi-weekly look at the best new titles on Blu-ray, 4K, and your subscription streaming services.
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Our final report from NYFF 64 includes thoughts on “Godzilla Minus Zero,” “Paper Tiger,” “Behemoth!,” “The Debut,” “The Only Living Pickpocket in New York,” “A Statement,” “Bucking Fastard,” and more.
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Thirty-five years ago, Jim Varney’s Halloween treat scarred a generation and killed a multi-picture deal, but it still doesn’t get enough credit for laying the modern groundwork of kid-somewhat-friendly horror.
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Orson Welles’s low-budget 1951 adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy is one of his most ingenious pictures, a threadbare, ramshackle, discombobulated production that he all but willed into greatness.
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Alex Gibney has built a career making the biggest liars of our time compellingly watchable. Ahead of his four-hour Elon Musk documentary, a look at how he does it.
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Chris Rock’s new seriocomic drama is a messy examination of a potentially compelling character — and of its filmmaker’s own weaknesses and biases.
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David Byrne’s characteristically idiosyncratic vision of smalltown America now feels like a thesis statement for the solo career he would soon be embarking on.
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The notorious experimental arthouse horror film returns to theaters by way of a surprising restoration.
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