Category: Classic Corner

Gillian Armstrong’s 1979 adaptation of Miles Franklin’s novel provided early breakthrough roles for both Judy Davis and the late, great Sam Neill.

As the world prepares for Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey,” we look back at a very different adaptation of classical Greek antiquity, dealing with the aftermath of the Trojan War.

Eighty years after its initial release, Jacques Tournier’s underrated ensemble Western is ripe for canonization.

Often viewed as his most “normal” film, David Lynch’s sophomore feature is as Lynchian as what came before and after it.

The 1987 screwball comedy is a Swiss watch of comic precision.

Raoul Walsh’s chronicle of the Prohibition era is a thrilling American epic in miniature.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The New Orleans-set erotic thriller still sizzles with the scorching chemistry of stars Dennis Quaid and Ellen Barkin.

The psychological horror film that Spanish Surrealist Luis Buñuel was born to direct is now streaming on Criterion in all its sordid glory.