Category: Classic Corner

John Frankenheimer’s 1986 adaptation of Elmore Leonard’s novel is a sleazy, hard-nosed urban nightmare.

Take our advice: Howard Hawks’s 1941 screwball comedy is the only live-action “Snow White” that’s worth your time.

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.

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.

Chantal Akerman’s 1982 drama is a valentine to the pleasures and heartaches of the night.

William Friedkin’s 1985 cop thriller is noteworthy not only for its 80s aesthetics and hard-hitting action, but for its cold, dark heart.

Some films are impossible to separate from their provenance. That’s especially true for those made during wartime. 1943’s The Life and […]

With “Hard Truths” in theaters, a look back at one of Mike Leigh’s earliest and thorniest pictures.

With the Bob Dylan biopic “A Complete Unknown” nabbing 8 Oscar nominations, this week’s pick is the 1965 documentary that captures Dylan at his trickiest.