Miramax was presumably looking for a typical “New Jack City”-style action movie back in 2002 – and instead, they got a complex, complicated character study.

A look back at the ‘Jaws’ rip-off that was so good, Spielberg poached its director.

The ‘Chinatown’ follow-up, both starring and directed by Jack Nicholson, has mostly been forgotten – perhaps unfairly. A look back at ‘The Two Jakes,’ now streaming on Amazon Prime Video:

In the John Woo-directed action film, released 25 years ago this month, Christian Slater attempted to bend his Gen-X bad boy persona into a ‘90s popcorn mold.

Shudder’s new “A Nightmare Wakes” is the latest attempt to bring the real story of Frankenstein’s creator to the screen – and, once again, it’s a big miss. What keeps going wrong?

On its 30th anniversary, a look back at the serial killer thriller that terrified a generation.

There are plenty of erotic films that purport to represent subcultures, but few are more accurate than Steven Shainberg’s Secretary. Released in 2002 and expanding upon a short story by Mary Gaitskill, the story concerns a young woman struggling with mental instability who begins a...

Theaters and video stores of the 1990s were awash with valentines to the open road, free love, and casual crime. A look back at some of those films, and what they tell us about the time:

This Valentine’s Day, how about an, um, unconventional romance?

The cartoon counterpart to Harry Nilsson’s album, which premiered 50 years ago, was both of its specific moment and a timeless story of self-identity and acceptance.

The Beatles’ favorite filmmaker spent the decade directing films like “Cuba,” “Juggernaut,” and “Royal Flash” – complicated contemplations of heroism, masculinity, and morality.

The Burt Reynolds-fronted football farce, now streaming on Prime Video and Hulu, harkens back to an era when mainstream studio comedy was allowed to be a bit messier.

Though separated by two decades and two languages, Tsai Ming-Liang’s 2003 drama and Bill and Turner Ross’s 2020 pseudo-documentary share an affinity for the bonds that grow between strangers in shared spaces.

An in-depth look at the themes, nuances, and complexities of the iconic early-‘70s revenge series, starring the great Meiko Kaji.

The Tarantino-penned, Rodriguez-helmed action/horror mash-up, released 25 years ago this week, remains vital for one key reason: the electrifying charisma of its leading man.