
In his controversial 1989 drama, Pedro Almodovar crafted a storybook Stockholm Syndrome with still-provocative NC-17 flair.
Read moreA look back at the classics
In his controversial 1989 drama, Pedro Almodovar crafted a storybook Stockholm Syndrome with still-provocative NC-17 flair.
Read moreThe first film in the Criterion Channel’s “High School Horror” collection proves ordinary people make the scariest monsters.
Read moreThirty years ago, Richard Linklater made a high school hangout comedy inspired by his Texas youth, which then shaped two more of his personal films decades later.
Read moreAs ‘Farewell My Concubine’ gets an uncut, 30th-anniversary re-release this weekend, we look back at the Cannes-winning, politically charged melodrama that was trimmed by Chinese sensors AND Harvey Weinstein.
Read moreOn the 20th anniversary of its release, an up-close-and-personal look at the making of Don Coscarelli’s cult classic.
Read moreCritics complained that Cliff Robertson’s Best Actor win for ‘Charly’ (released 55 years ago this month) was “based more on promotion than on performance.” Sound familiar?
Read moreThe city of Venice has been the setting for many macabre tales. With “Don’t Look Now,” director Nicolas Roeg told one of its most chilling.
Read moreMartin Scorsese’s ‘The Age of Innocence’ remains one of the only adaptations of Edith Wharton’s work. On its 30th anniversary, we explore what binds these two artists together.
Read moreNot everything about Sofia Coppola’s second film has aged like a fine wine, but its portrait of two adrift souls is timeless.
Read moreWhen Robbie Robertson passed last month, he left behind arguably the greatest concert film ever made.
Read moreOne of the greatest baseball movies of all time is about exploited players who can only assert their value by losing on purpose.
Read moreNeil Jordan’s collaboration with Sinead O’Connor is a lasting testament to their friendship and to the values in which she was most invested.
Read moreWelcome to Harvey’s Hellhole, a monthly column devoted to spotlighting the movies that were poorly marketed, mishandled, reshaped, neglected or just […]
Read moreBefore Keanu wreaked havoc on a mysterious, arcane underworld in the John Wick franchise, Wesley Snipes boldly walked a similar path as vampire hunter Blade.
Read more1930s screen goddess Kay Francis (whose films are now streaming on the Criterion Channel) embodied the Pre-Code era’s spirit of “sheer elegance and pure sex.”
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