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Stanley Tucci and Campbell Scott’s familial drama, released 25 years ago this week, is so much more than a food movie.

Thirty years ago, two great films examined the life of the writer – and deemed it a hell on earth.

Alfred Hitchcock’s 1946 classic is one of his knottiest pictures, with his trademark spy movie trappings barely concealing a level of cynicism for the transactional relationships between men and women.

George Stevens’ classic, released 70 years ago this week, features two of the most beautiful stars in movie history – and a knotty message about the doors that such beauty opens.

The first sequel to “Alien,” released 35 years ago this week, pushed one of the primary themes of the series: that in an ultra-capitalist future, humans are always expendable.

Released 30 years ago this week, ‘Terminator 2: Judgment Day’ expanded the canvas of James Cameron’s original – and explored his fascination with the limits of the human body.

On its fortieth anniversary, a look back at the unjustly overlooked breakthrough film of groundbreaking Pakistani independent filmmaker Jamil Dehlavi.

A few kind words for the recently-departed and invaluable co-star of the Muppets’ second movie, released 40 years ago this week.

The stakes are modest in the original outing, released 20 years ago this week – but the skeleton of the unstoppable cinematic machine is clearly in place.