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It’s been 30 years since Woody Allen’s private life became all too public, and 30 years since the release of one of his most challenging films, which got swept up in the maelstrom.

His debut feature, which hit Australian theaters 30 years ago, remains the skeleton key for everything that followed.

Juan Piquer Simón’s outrageous ‘Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ riff hit theaters 40 years ago. Our look at what it’s really up to:

At a crossroads in his career, Neil Young turned out a nuclear-charged fable about mankind’s last day on Earth. Four decades on, audiences are still scratching their heads.

This high school comedy/drama was an unexpected hit with teens in 1982. What lessons can it teach Gen-Z 40 years on?

‘Nope’ has prompted comparisons to Shyamalan’s alien invasion flick, released 20 years ago – both as a compliment andas an insult.

After winning an Oscar and achieving the biggest hit of his career, Steven Soderbergh chose to bite the hand that fed him. Here’s how that panned out.

In ‘Don’t Bother to Knock,’ released this week in 1952, Marilyn Monroe gives one of her best and most underrated performances as a traumatized young woman.

Michael Myers’ return from the grave in 2002 had dire consequences for Laurie Strode, but things could have gone differently.

The multifaceted actor revived her career in the summer of 1997 with two very different films: “My Best Friend’s Wedding” and “Conspiracy Theory.”

When it came to bringing Robert Ludlum’s novel to the screen, casting the right actor made all the difference.

Roger Corman’s social thriller was released 60 years ago this week, but it feels as vital and urgent as today’s headlines.