
Our week of Bad Romances climaxes with Nagisa Oshima’s graphic story of sexual obsession – one still unseen in its home country in its uncut form.
Read moreA look back at the classics
Our week of Bad Romances climaxes with Nagisa Oshima’s graphic story of sexual obsession – one still unseen in its home country in its uncut form.
Read moreAndzrej Zulawski’s eye-popping, gonzo gangland romance turns 40, just in time for Valentine’s Day.
Read morePhilip Kaufman’s dramatization of a torrid affair between literary legends was the first-ever NC-17 movie, but this erotic drama deserves to be known for more than that.
Read moreFor Valentine’s Day, we’re once again looking at the wide variety of onscreen relationships: movies about ill-fated couplings, toxic partners, and […]
Read moreA film as flawed as its narcissistic protagonist, Cameron Crowe’s second collaboration with Tom Cruise is a master class in depicting toxic relationships.
Read moreA new BBC miniseries, screened at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, pays tribute to the so-called “video nasty” period.
Read moreStop me faster than a speeding bullet if you’ve heard this one. New York City’s costumed savior has fallen. The captive […]
Read moreSome films are impossible to separate from their provenance. That’s especially true for those made during wartime. 1943’s The Life and […]
Read moreLove has always been a foundational aspect of Disney’s animated storytelling, in short or feature form. The notion of “happily ever […]
Read moreWith “Hard Truths” in theaters, a look back at one of Mike Leigh’s earliest and thorniest pictures.
Read moreOne of the most uncompromisingly bleak neo-noirs to come out of the late 80’s boom makes its well-deserved Criterion Collection debut this month.
Read moreWith his second feature – and first with star Julianne Moore – indie auteur Todd Haynes showed how even the rich and privileged could be made to feel vulnerable.
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