Category: Happy Birthday

Four months before ‘Black Christmas’ invented the modern slasher, director Bob Clark dragged a much older kind of horror story through the foxholes of Vietnam to even more disturbing effect.

The charming Julie Andrews may have a reputation for being essentially a piece of confectionery in human form, but that doesn’t mean she wasn’t capable of delivering the most genteel burn in awards speech history.

In 1999, Steve Martin and Eddie Murphy skewered Hollywood with a sly satire that also embraced the magic of filmmaking.

When he was offered the job in late 1963, Richard Lester was well-positioned to tackle the assignment of directing the Beatles […]

As the oldest living actress of Hollywood’s golden age celebrates her 100th birthday, we reconsider her work in the two stone-cold classics of her career.

As well as its jokes and social commentary hold up 25 years after its release, the film’s songs and grasp of musical theater history increasingly feel like its defining elements.

On this, its 45th anniversary, a look back at the magic and mayhem of Jim Henson and company’s inaugural effort.

Fifty years after its release, a look back at the brilliant neo-noir mystery and its muddled legacy.

Forty years ago this week, two movies were released that once again proved that the hybrid of horror and comedy works tremendously well.

The rock-and-roll greaser adventure movie, released 40 years ago this week, remains a fascinating anomaly and a one-of-a-kind jukebox oddity.

“The Thin Man” captured everything soon to be forbidden by the Hays Code in an exemplary crime comedy anchored by one of the screen’s most charismatic couples and their dog.