Mel Brooks’ infamously audacious comedy lands its laughs with giddy pleasure and unexpected depth.
Read moreIt’s been four decades since Monty Python’s last hurrah, which found them in a philosophical frame of mind.
Read moreIn this seriocomic drama, released 30 years ago this month, both Robert De Niro and Bill Murray tinkered with their established personas in ways that would re-direct their careers.
Read moreThe 60-year-old “High and Low” proves Akira Kurosawa was just as adept at crafting contemporary stories as he was samurai epics.
Read moreForty years on from its theatrical release, Bill Forsyth’s signature film still casts a heady spell, despite his own feelings about ‘the Brigadoon thing.’
Read moreWhen it hit theaters on this day 25 years ago, “The Wedding Singer” seemed like another goofy Adam Sandler comedy. But it proved a hinge point in his long, often unpredictable career.
Read moreTwenty-five years ago, Alfonso Cuarón transformed Charles Dickens’ renowned novel into his most underrated film.
Read more‘Casablanca’ was released 80 years ago today, and there’s a reason why its “La Marseillaise” scene is so powerful: it’s filled with actors who were themselves displaced by the Nazi regime.
Read moreAlfred Hitchcock’s personal favorite of his films celebrates its 80th anniversary this month – a gem of film noir that gets at one of the harsh realities of adulthood: learning that members of your family often aren’t who you thought they were.
Read moreWhen Rob Marshall’s adaptation of the 1975 Broadway show was released 20 years ago, it helped pave the way for a new generation of big-budget movie musicals.
Read moreFor its 25th anniversary, we look back at Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Pulp Fiction’ follow-up ‘Jackie Brown’ – its breathless anticipation, initial disappointment, and eventual (and deserved) reappraisal.
Read moreWith three separate ‘Pinocchio’ adaptations hitting screens this year, it’s time for a 20th anniversary postmortem of Roberto Benigni’s notorious version.
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