The 1982 Tobe Hooper/Steven Spielberg team-up remains one of the latter’s most fascinating works, both revisiting and subverting his recurring preoccupations.
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Given its time, ‘I Want to Live!’ (released 65 years ago this week) is surprisingly aware of the raw deal women defendants get in a “trial by media.”
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Though classic ghost stories are told time and time again, Alejandro Amenábar’s ‘The Others’ reminds us that each retelling can be surprising and scary.
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Now streaming on the Criterion Channel, James Whale’s follow-up to ‘Frankenstein’ warrants enshrinement in the Universal Horror pantheon.
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With 1983’s ‘The Dead Zone,’ David Cronenberg took on the all-American pastime of adapting a Stephen King novel.
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With their final film together out this week, a look at the decades-long creative collaboration between the director and the musician.
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Robert Bresson’s penultimate film — now streaming on the Criterion Channel — remains challenging, difficult, and darkly funny.
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Twenty years ago, Michael Bay produced the cinematic rebirth of Leatherface, initiating a series of increasingly dire horror remakes.
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Recent restorations of three early Adzrej Zulawski films (‘The Third Part of the Night,’ ‘Diabel,’ and ‘On the Silver Globe’) comprise an apocalyptic trilogy unlike any other.
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A look at how the venerable slasher trope changed for the times, via one film each from the ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s.
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“We were young and making a feature film! I think that kind of enthusiasm has a lot to do with the […]
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Victor Erice’s masterpiece of the horrors of the Franco era is perfect spooky season viewing for those who prefer more symbolic scares.
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In 1988, idiosyncratic filmmaker Ken Russell kicked off a three-picture deal with Vestron Pictures with a delightfully absurd, low-budget adaptation of one of Bram Stoker’s *other* novels.
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Robert Redford and George Roy Hill’s 1975 reunion (now streaming on Netflix) is a fascinating experiment in tonal shifts and audience empathy.
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An appreciation of the Chicano cinema classic ahead of its induction into the Criterion Collection.
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