As he celebrates his 100th birthday, a look back at one of Dick Van Dyke’s most challenging, memorable, and apparently personal turns.
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There’s not an anniversary, or a news peg, or a new streaming or disc release. We just figure you probably haven’t seen this 1979 disco roller musical — and here’s why you should.
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When Akira Kurosawa made this Russian co-production 50 years ago, his career (and life) was at a low point— and yet he came up with one of his most unusual and affecting pictures.
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That a picture this great isn’t seen as one of John Ford’s go-to “classics” is simply a commentary on the high quality of his entire filmography.
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On the 40th anniversary of its release, a look back at Rob Reiner’s sophomore feature — one too often overlooked among his jaw-dropping string of ‘80s all-timers.
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As the “Barbie” gender essentialism discourse finally (hopefully?) comes to an end, let’s take a look at one of our favorite female-coded movies.
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The comic documentary, released 25 years ago, remains a funny but pointed examination of capitalist longing.
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We kick off our week of anti-Valentine’s Day recommendations with this bleak, bitter New York City drama from director Jack Garfein.
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Juan Piquer Simón’s outrageous ‘Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ riff hit theaters 40 years ago. Our look at what it’s really up to:
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A quarter-century after the release of Kevin Smith’s slacker rom-com, we look at its gradual fall from public favor – and make the case for its virtues.
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The harrowing heroin drama, released 50 years ago this week, remains a powerful portrait of addiction and co-dependency.
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Abel Ferrara’s revenge thriller (released forty years ago this month) remains both a genre masterpiece and a staggering examination of sexual politics and rape culture.
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