Finally available to stream, this eerie Japanese New Wave classic is ripe for rediscovery.
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While it’s not technically the Carole King story, Allison Anders’s 1996 music drama brings her creativity and curiosity to life better than a traditional biopic.
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As we commemorate the 25th anniversary of 9/11, let’s look back at how the Weinsteins into crisis mode when they had some ill-timed films on their schedule.
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Jean-Jacques Annaud’s adaptation of Umberto Eco’s novel is a gorgeous and grotesque medieval whodunnit, proving that the conventional blockbuster can capture literary complexity.
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Eric Rohmer’s effervescent coming-of-age story is a perfect balm for the end-of-summer blues.
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A new biography and retrospectives of journeyman director Richard Fleischer should bring new eyeballs to his masterful but underseen 1971 thriller.
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A salute to Louis Malle’s bittersweet swan song, which was the perfect basic cable counter-programming on a very dark day.
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Though perhaps best known for his work with Spielberg, in his own directorial debut, David Koepp exhibited a decidedly less rosy view of humanity.
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Sixty years on from its first Swedish screening, Ingmar Bergman’s mid-career masterpiece remains a slippery, enigmatic litmus test for audiences.
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On its 75th anniversary, a look at the many off-kilter charms of the Cary Grant and Joseph L. Mankiewicz collaboration.
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Duke Mitchell’s gonzo exploitation masterwork was once thought lost and unsalvageable. Now, it’s widely available to see. But are you ready for it?
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Lionel Barrymore plays a delightfully arrogant murderer in this cruelly efficient piece of pre-Code nastiness from nearly a century ago.
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