Luchino Visconti’s 1963 epic is deeply rooted in Italian history, but also in its director’s personal and political struggles.
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Potter’s adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s novel has beautiful imagery and a passionate certainty that expands our ideals of the possible.
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Martha Coolidge’s social satire, released 40 years ago and loosely based on Romeo and Juliet, is one of the rare frothy teen comedies that stands the test of time.
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Mel Brooks’ infamously audacious comedy lands its laughs with giddy pleasure and unexpected depth.
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Claude Chabrol’s ‘La Cérémonie’ and Pedro Almodóvar’s ‘Live Flesh’ maintain the spirit of the British thriller novelist’s work, while adding their directors’ own personal touches.
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When Rob Marshall’s adaptation of the 1975 Broadway show was released 20 years ago, it helped pave the way for a new generation of big-budget movie musicals.
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Michael Moore’s Oscar winner was released two decades ago. What can it still tell us about American gun culture?
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His debut feature, which hit Australian theaters 30 years ago, remains the skeleton key for everything that followed.
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Alan J. Pakula’s 1974 conspiracy thriller is that rarest of beasts: a film firmly rooted in its moment, yet increasingly relevant with the passage of time.
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The British are particularly fixated on their class system – and equally obsessed with satirizing it. Peter Medak’s The Ruling Class, […]
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Ernst Lubitsch’s comedy about a ménage à trois (now streaming on the Ccriterion Channel) is a Pre-Code treat – a sexy, free-spirited examination of attraction and affection.
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One of America’s horniest filmmakers was also one of its most subversive – a gleeful bomb-thrower in an era of profound social and political change.
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