Powell and Pressburger’s 1947 classic starts like a prestige drama and slowly but surely creeps into the realm of psychological terror.
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As the Criterion Channel celebrates the 100th birthday of Marcello Mastroianni, we recommend one of his undersung comedies for your streaming pleasure.
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A celebration of Francis Ford Coppola’s other 1983 S.E. Hinton adaptation — one of his strangest and most beautiful films.
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This 1973 production, part of the American Film Theater project, captures awe-inspiring turns by Lee Marvin and Robert Ryan.
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In response to a surprising Oscar win, Luis Buñuel doubled down on thumbing his nose at convention.
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When Carol Reed’s classic thriller unspooled in London cinemas 75 years ago this week, it gripped viewers with its cynical view of a war that was still quite fresh in the mind.
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John Huston’s 1982 adaptation of the Broadway smash is a bit of a mess, but an undeniably engaging one.
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John M. Stahl’s Technicolor Noir (the “Gone Girl” of its day) remains a chilling and effective psychological thriller.
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Few knew what to make of W.D. Richter and Earl Mac Rauch’s sci-fi comedy when it premiered 40 years ago, but a dedicated cult soon grew around it.
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Robert Downey Sr.’s 1972 acid Western riff on the Christ story is a wild, strange, funny, and confounding piece of work.
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This 1986 Sean Penn/Christopher Walken drama is less a crime picture than a Greek tragedy.
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Bill L. Norton’s 1972 drama (now streaming on Amazon Prime) is a melancholy portrait of bad vibes and burnouts, featuring an unforgettable Kris Kristofferson in the title role.
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