Category: Happy Birthday

In “The Best Man,” a politician played by Henry Fonda considers accusing another, played by Cliff Robertson, of being a “homosexual.” It was the first time the word was used in a major movie.

Steve Spielberg’s debut theatrical feature, released 50 years ago this week, isn’t exactly a Rosetta Stone. But it hints at themes and ideas that would preoccupy his subsequent work.

On its 20th anniversary, a look back at Lars von Trier’s controversial and divisive Nicole Kidman vehicle.

Thirty years on, one of the Coens’ biggest box office bombs looks better than ever.

In 2004, Todd Phillips turned a classic TV show into his funniest movie.

Ritchie’s feature directorial debut looked at first like a Tarantino knock-off — but would prove wildly influential in its own right.

A look back at the improbable origins and legacy of Alex Cox’s satirical sci-fi punk rock classic, released 40 years ago.

Now streaming on the Criterion Channel, Jonathan Glazer’s second feature is a haunting, grief-stricken romance with a never-better Nicole Kidman.

There’s only one reason to talk about “Eurotrip” two decades on: the pitch-perfect adultery anthem at its center.

On her 110th birthday, an appreciation of the groundbreaking animated dinosaur whose influence is still keenly felt.

When it comes to modernized remakes of classic films, most fail to replicate the success of the original. This is certainly […]

Thirty years after its ignominious release, we look back at a maximalist neo-noir nightmare that deserved better.