The 21st James Bond marked a turning point for the franchise, even though the new actor was met with some skepticism.
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Werner Herzog’s hypnotic fable premiered 50 years ago. It has been entrancing viewers willing to get on its wavelength ever since.
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When ‘Manos: The Hands of Fate’ and ‘Red Zone Cuba’ briefly saw the light of projector bulbs in November 1966, their makers had little idea they would get a second lease on life decades later.
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James Gray returns to his most recurrent motif in his newest hybrid of family and crime drama, and comes up with perhaps his finest film to date.
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The Vincente Minnelli-directed Best Picture winner brought us one of Gene Kelly’s finest performances— which was a clear inspiration for other, darker modern musicals.
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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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Ashley Judd gives one of her best performances in writer-director Joey Lauren Adams’s only feature film, a languid Southern character study released 20 years ago this week.
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In the glow of “Friends,” Miramax had big plans for star David Schwimmer — but they didn’t quite work out.
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Francis Ford Coppola’s ’50s time-travel tale was doomed to comparisons with ‘Back to the Future’ on its release in 1986, but it has distinct charms of its own.
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Martin McDonagh’s latest returns to some familiar themes and narrative threads, but with skill and pathos, bolstered by several tip-top performances.
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Teenage tragedy drives an unlikely friendship in this gem from ‘Ghostlight’ filmmakers Kelly O’Sullivan and Alex Thompson.
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In the oddly crowded subgenre of hitmen-with-memory-issues movies, “Dying of the Light” is a low point, but the bootleg recut, “Dark,” is a new zenith.
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