
On the 20th anniversary of its release, the remake of John Carpenter’s classic offers the opportunity to examine the durability of an oft-told tale.
Read moreA look back at the classics
On the 20th anniversary of its release, the remake of John Carpenter’s classic offers the opportunity to examine the durability of an oft-told tale.
Read more“When one townie falls in the forest, can anyone hear it?” — The Hold Steady, “One for the Cutters” Arriving near […]
Read moreThe holidays may be over, but Ernst Lubitsch’s Christmas favorite is still ideal cold-weather comfort viewing for its 85th anniversary.
Read moreDunst’s characters in the two films maybe be polar opposites, but to champion one without the other falls prey to the social norms in which they—and we—exist.
Read more“It’s Xavier,” he mumbles. “With an X or an S?” comes the reply, and an early hint at the kind of […]
Read moreA new year is supposed to bring with it a clean slate but Ben Wheatley’s pitch-black family comedy reveals the lie behind that promise.
Read moreAhead of Robert Eggers’s much-hyped update on Nosferatu, a look back at the underrated meta horror film from 2000.
Read moreThe 1984 cult favorite imparts a pragmatic but ultimately hopeful message for other misfits toughing out the holiday season.
Read moreA more-personal-than-usual reflection on the holiday perennial, now streaming on Amazon Prime.
Read moreFive decades have done little to diminish the confrontational power of Lina Wertmüller’s 1974 classic of sexual politics. In fact, they might have intensified it.
Read moreTerry Gilliam’s vision of a totalitarian state where Christmas shopping and terrorist bombings exist side by side is a discomfiting primer for things to come.
Read moreWhen Walt Disney Pictures released ‘Fantasia 2000’ in IMAX, they paved the way for a whole new world of theatrical exhibition.
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