The convicted criminal, later a successful crime writer and filmmaker, was the subject of the retrospective at the 2026 San Sebastián Film Festival.
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Bob Fosse’s 1974 biopic of the groundbreaking comedian Lenny Bruce is a prickly, brutal, occasionally frustrating, yet formally impressive work.
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To mark his centenary, a look at the dramatic career highs and lows of gravel-voiced ’50s movie star.
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In the late ’70s, there were two surefire ways to break into movies: porn and horror. Abel Ferrara tried both, launching a career spent probing society’s underbelly.
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Released 20 years ago this week, Brian De Palma’s neo-noir is overdue for the critical reassessment given to his other misunderstood masterpieces.
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Finally available to stream, this eerie Japanese New Wave classic is ripe for rediscovery.
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While it’s not technically the Carole King story, Allison Anders’s 1996 music drama brings her creativity and curiosity to life better than a traditional biopic.
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As we commemorate the 25th anniversary of 9/11, let’s look back at how the Weinsteins into crisis mode when they had some ill-timed films on their schedule.
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Jean-Jacques Annaud’s adaptation of Umberto Eco’s novel is a gorgeous and grotesque medieval whodunnit, proving that the conventional blockbuster can capture literary complexity.
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Eric Rohmer’s effervescent coming-of-age story is a perfect balm for the end-of-summer blues.
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A new biography and retrospectives of journeyman director Richard Fleischer should bring new eyeballs to his masterful but underseen 1971 thriller.
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A salute to Louis Malle’s bittersweet swan song, which was the perfect basic cable counter-programming on a very dark day.
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