
Some films are impossible to separate from their provenance. That’s especially true for those made during wartime. 1943’s The Life and […]
Read moreSome films are impossible to separate from their provenance. That’s especially true for those made during wartime. 1943’s The Life and […]
Read moreOne of the most uncompromisingly bleak neo-noirs to come out of the late 80’s boom makes its well-deserved Criterion Collection debut this month.
Read moreFive decades have done little to diminish the confrontational power of Lina Wertmüller’s 1974 classic of sexual politics. In fact, they might have intensified it.
Read moreThe crowning achievement of John Cassavetes and Gena Rowlands’s decades-long partnership is a grueling portrait of a couple that can’t live together but can’t survive apart.
Read moreMasks are always a popular part of spooky season. But as this French cult classic demonstrates, sometimes it’s not a villain they conceal but a victim.
Read moreAs the Criterion Channel celebrates the 100th birthday of Marcello Mastroianni, we recommend one of his undersung comedies for your streaming pleasure.
Read moreAs this gangster classic re-enters the Criterion Collection, we offer an ode to Bob Hoskins’s most crucial contribution: his face.
Read more“With the DNC returning to Chicago for the first time since 1968, Haskell Wexler’s indelible chronicle of that tempestuous year has never been more relevant.
Read moreAs the oldest living actress of Hollywood’s golden age celebrates her 100th birthday, we reconsider her work in the two stone-cold classics of her career.
Read moreRobert Hamer’s acerbic class satire wasn’t a guaranteed hit for Ealing Studios back in the day. Seventy five years on, it still feels riskier than any current mainstream comedy.
Read moreThe recent Kino Lorber Blu-Ray marks the latest in a series of restorations of Nancy Savoca’s work. It’s a good reminder that all movies are miracles, some more than others.
Read moreIn between the two “Godfather” films, Francis Ford Coppola made this down and dirty surveillance thriller. Released fifty years ago this week, it might just be his masterpiece.
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