Released 75 years ago this week, Nicholas Ray’s brutal, bleak noir features Humphrey Bogart at his hard-boiled best.
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This early feature from Francis Ford Coppola is far from his best, but it boasts several signs of a genuine, budding talent.
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The 1972 experimental drama serves as both a valentine to the talent and gifts of Edie Sedgwick, and an elegy following her tragically early death.
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A quarter century after its apparent sell-by date, the campy, Paul Bartel-directed black comedy/action/sci-fi mash-up remains uproariously funny and stubbornly relevant.
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David Lean’s 1945 melodrama is modest but mighty, and its influence on cinematic romances is still keenly felt.
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John Frankenheimer’s 1986 adaptation of Elmore Leonard’s novel is a sleazy, hard-nosed urban nightmare.
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Akira Kurosawa and Toshiro Mifune’s final epic collaboration was released 60 years ago. It marked the end of a brilliant, 17-year run.
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Take our advice: Howard Hawks’s 1941 screwball comedy is the only live-action “Snow White” that’s worth your time.
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Forty-plus years after its release, Louis Malle’s sleeper hit continues to prove that there’s nothing more thrilling than two smart people talking.
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As Monty Python’s second feature turns 50, a look at how it became the cult film that broke them in America.
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1968’s winner for the Best Foreign Language Oscar – now streaming on Criterion Channel in its Czech New Wave collection – is a wry warning against passivity in the face of fascism.
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Chantal Akerman’s 1982 drama is a valentine to the pleasures and heartaches of the night.
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