When Iris Apfel died in March, she left behind an improbable legacy as—to use her words—“a geriatric starlet.” After living in […]
Read moreIn “The Brink’s Job,” director William Friedkin and screenwriter Walon Green found the humor in one of the most notorious bank robberies in Boston by playing with the standards set by previous crime films set in the Commonwealth.
Read moreTina Turner turned in a pair of indelible screen performances that extended—and, in some cases, subverted—the qualities that made her appealing on record and in concert.
Read moreWith their final film together out this week, a look at the decades-long creative collaboration between the director and the musician.
Read moreNeil Jordan’s collaboration with Sinead O’Connor is a lasting testament to their friendship and to the values in which she was most invested.
Read moreIn the early days of hip hop, the nascent genre had a visual counterpart in graffiti culture. Just as the spare […]
Read moreIt’s earned a perennial slot on spooky season TV broadcasts and special-event screenings. Here’s why the horror comedy might be a hard sell if you didn’t grow up watching it.
Read moreRobert Mitchum turns in a late-career-best performance in Peter Yates’s powerfully bleak Boston crime picture.
Read moreSome of the singer-songwriter’s most substantial films were made with Wittliff, a fellow Texan who expanded upon the characters and stories in Nelson’s songs over three feature films.
Read moreOffered up alongside the new, female-fronted take on the true crime story, the 1968 ‘Boston Strangler’ similarly reflects the moviemaking of its moment.
Read moreThe recently departed composer’s ability to set a mood through memorable melodies and canny vocal arrangements added to the timelessness and relatability of beloved feature films, while elevating some of the tackier basic-cable fare of the 1980s and beyond.
Read moreCale’s scores offer some insight into the development of his ideas, and should be viewed as an even more experimental facet of a peripatetic and engaging career.
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