David Byrne’s characteristically idiosyncratic vision of smalltown America now feels like a thesis statement for the solo career he would soon be embarking on.
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As the premiere of his granddaughter Zoe’s Netflix limited series approaches, we look back at Elia Kazan’s truncated version of Steinbeck’s classic novel.
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Sixty years on from its first Swedish screening, Ingmar Bergman’s mid-career masterpiece remains a slippery, enigmatic litmus test for audiences.
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Long unavailable for home viewing, a new Warner Archives release of Frank Perry’s 1969 drama makes the case for it as a generation-defining classic.
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Nagisa Ōshima’s 1969 classic plays at American Cinematheque’s Los Feliz Theatre on June 7th as part of Bleak Week. But you don’t have to be in L.A. to be bummed out by it.
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Sixty years ago this week, Robert Bresson’s religious allegory premiered to mixed reviews. But time has been kind to it, even as (or perhaps because) the world itself grows more cruel.
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Twenty-five years ago, Michael Haneke’s shocker premiered at Cannes, giving Isabelle Huppert one of her greatest roles in a career with no shortage of them.
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Forty years ago, Merchant Ivory’s first big hit debuted in theaters and period pieces haven’t been the same since.
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In honor of the actress’s eightieth birthday this week, we look back at the film that gave her her greatest screen role.
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Certainly Billy Bob Thorton’s work in “The Man Who Wasn’t There,” joining the Criterion Collection this week, is in the running.
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The best-loved of director Hiroshi Teshigahara’s three collaborations with novelist Kobe Abe presents a battle of the sexes of primordial proportions.
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Elia Kazan’s 1957 film is known as Andy Griffith’s show, but it’s Neal who gives its most crucial performance.
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