Some movies are classics for a reason. Carol Reed’s 1949 thriller, back in theaters in a new 35mm re-release, is one of them.
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One of this century’s most touching and honest depictions of the gay experience, this 2011 drama is streaming on the Criterion Channel just in time for Pride Month.
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Nagisa Ōshima’s 1969 classic plays at American Cinematheque’s Los Feliz Theatre on June 7th as part of Bleak Week. But you don’t have to be in L.A. to be bummed out by it.
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With a new legacyquel/reboot/whatever in theaters this week, our latest look at the cinematic sins of the Weinstein brothers revisits their series of spoofs of their own series of slasher meta-movies.
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Newly streaming on HBO Max, this brutal 1949 noir explores the devastating consequences of bringing wartime ordeals home to the U.S.
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With a big-budget ‘Masters of the Universe’ arriving in theaters next week, we look at the last such attempt, courtesy of the corner-cutting Cannon Films.
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Robert Zemeckis’s 1980 flop really is the kind of comedy they don’t make any more — because no one is redeemed, and no lessons are learned.
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Before “Backrooms”, we had “Beyond the Black Rainbow,” an intense and surreal take on the liminal horror genre that’s now part of internet lore.
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Peter Hyams’s distinctive 1981 thriller combines sci-fi and Western storytelling with a forward-looking takedown of predatory capitalism.
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Sixty years ago this week, Robert Bresson’s religious allegory premiered to mixed reviews. But time has been kind to it, even as (or perhaps because) the world itself grows more cruel.
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When you think about the disciples of Bob Fosse, you naturally think of … David Fincher, right? Here’s why their films pair more than you’d think.
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On its fiftieth anniversary, we dive into the oddly poignant chaos that ensued that time Rock Hudson grew a lady in a lab.
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