Category: Classic Corner

“It’s Xavier,” he mumbles. “With an X or an S?” comes the reply, and an early hint at the kind of […]

A more-personal-than-usual reflection on the holiday perennial, now streaming on Amazon Prime.

Ingmar Bergman’s 13th feature, now streaming on the Criterion Channel and Max, was a breakthrough: “I felt for the first time I’d made a good film.”

Otto Preminger’s 1944 film noir fave maintains its ability to delight and surprise.

Dick Richards’s 1975 adaptation of ‘Farewell, My Lovely’ (now streaming on Peacock and Amazon Prime) merges ‘70s institutional ennui with the hangdog charms of star Robert Mitchum.

In the late ’60s, when both men were at the peak of their powers (and coolness), Jean-Pierre Melville directed the late Alain Delon in his career-defining role.

Catherine Breillat’s debut feature (now streaming in a Criterion Channel retrospective) is not your typical “summer that changed my life” story.

This 1930 fusion of documentary and drama captures both a country and an art form on the verge of tremendous change.

Masks are always a popular part of spooky season. But as this French cult classic demonstrates, sometimes it’s not a villain they conceal but a victim.

Widely sneered at upon its release, Richard Franklin’s 1983 sequel to Hitchcock’s classic holds up just fine on its own terms.