Unfairly swept aside by the French New Wave, director Claude Autant-Lara’s classic is a beautiful bauble.
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The Disney classic (released 65 years ago this week) pioneered the Xerographic process, which enabled animators to work quickly and effectively, even though the process would be used to diminishing returns for future titles.
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Richard Kelly’s sci-fi mindbender makes one yearn for a time when a movie could make a virtue of confounding its audience.
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As an animation master hits a milestone birthday, his studio’s presence overseas is dominated by an excess of merchandising that runs counter to his work.
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Akira Kurosawa’s final Shakespeare adaptation, which turns forty this month, stands as one of the legendary director’s greatest cinematic achievements.
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As he celebrates his 100th birthday, a look back at one of Dick Van Dyke’s most challenging, memorable, and apparently personal turns.
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Fifty years ago this month, François Truffaut’s stunning period piece introduced American audiences to Isabelle Adjani’s uniquely dedicated brand of acting.
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On its 60th anniversary, a look at Elizabeth Hartman’s dazzling debut turn, and what happened to her career in its wake.
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On its 25th anniversary, a look back at the movie that severed Miramax’s relationship with Billy Bob Thornton — and put his directorial side hustle to an end.
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Juzo Itami’s comic masterpiece remains one of the greatest films about food ever made. Just don’t watch it on an empty stomach
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Martin Scorsese’s Vegas mob drama features the single most wince-inducing sequence of his entire filmography.
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Pier Paolo Pasolini’s final film is just as hard to watch as it was half a century ago, but it’s even more necessary today.
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