A forgotten ’50s musical noir melodrama is an unexpected gonzo masterpiece that deserves rediscovery and cult classic status.
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Bill Duke’s adaptation of Chester Himes’s iconic crime novel remains a minor but important work in the canon of neo-noir cinema.
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For its 30th anniversary, a reconsideration of this flawed but fascinating all-star neo-noir.
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The filmography of the late Chuck Norris wasn’t exactly filled with masterpieces. But one title stands out as legitimately jaw dropping, slyly subversive, and terrifyingly prescient.
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A trio of fantasy hybrids released 40 years ago — “Nomads,” “Highlander,” and “Rawhead Rex” — share a surprising amount of overlap, especially in how they view the youth of the ’80s.
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Controversial Polish director Andrzej Zulawski passed away in February 2016, months before his final film debuted in America. Ten years later, we look back on his absurdist swan song.
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Twenty years after its release, and with a new stage version playing on Broadway, we look back at William Friedkin and Tracy Letts’s berserk and prophetic horror romance.
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A year after his passing, we look back at the small but eclectic list of films that the singular filmmaker produced.
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The new independent drama “Rosemead” turns the spotlight on a section of Los Angeles that’s rarely recognized on screen.
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The Oscar-winning actor’s 2025 is arguably the feather in the cap of a singular career.
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The new Bruce Springsteen biopic, about the making of his 1982 minimalist masterpiece, is the latest in the album’s long cinematic lineage.
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David Fincher’s brilliant serial-killer drama Seven debuted 30 years ago. Since then, it has inspired dozens of rip-offs, popular movie tropes, and entire genres.
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