Cary Grant shows off his acrobatic skills in Frank Capra’s ‘Arsenic and Old Lace’, which turns 80 this month. Here’s a look at this masterful blend of screwball comedy and dark satire.
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Many will remember Bob Newhart best as a sitcom star. But he had a film career too, playing a soldier, aged elf, the President of the United States, and even a psychiatrist. Here is our appreciation of his movie stardom.
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Featuring a mesmerizing performance from Ray Milland, Hitchcock’s “Dial ‘M’ for Murder” still stuns as a gruesome tale of jealousy and revenge. A look back, on the eve of its 70th anniversary.
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In “The Best Man,” a politician played by Henry Fonda considers accusing another, played by Cliff Robertson, of being a “homosexual.” It was the first time the word was used in a major movie.
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The collision of Jean Simmons and Robert Mitchum in “Angel Face” led Jacques Rivette to call the film the secret to understanding director Otto Preminger’s work. Here we look at this gem of film noir.
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The Pixar classic ‘Finding Nemo’ turns twenty this month. A look at the film’s enduring legacy, and how the its depiction of the ocean captivates children and adults alike.
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As ‘History of the World, Part II’ debuts on Hulu, we look back at Mel Brooks’s original film, which is a wonderfully strange and funny tale told at the expense of history’s sacred cows.
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Alfred Hitchcock’s personal favorite of his films celebrates its 80th anniversary this month – a gem of film noir that gets at one of the harsh realities of adulthood: learning that members of your family often aren’t who you thought they were.
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Director Bianca Stigter turns three minutes of home movie footage into a powerful feature documentary about a community soon to be murdered in the Holocaust, and an essayistic meditation on the moving image – one of 2022’s best films.
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Fifty years later, the 1972 musical ‘1776’ remains a film worth watching, both for the honest and dishonest ways it portrays American history.
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The 1967 classic, now streaming on HBO Max, is so much more than its famous climax – it’s a superb example of how to turn the theatrical into a cinematic spectacle.
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Critics like Pauline Kael and Roger Ebert did not appreciate what Mel Brooks was up to in his 1977 Hitchcock spoof. It’s now streaming on HBO Max, so let’s take another look at this under-appreciated gem.
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