The collision of Jean Simmons and Robert Mitchum in “Angel Face” led Jacques Rivette to call the film the secret to understanding director Otto Preminger’s work. Here we look at this gem of film noir.
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In its unsparing depiction of a con job, the dynamic between the conman and his victim is both depressingly transparent and truly mystifying.
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Our round-up of anti-Valentine’s fare continues with Bob Fosse’s feature directorial debut, adapting his hit stage musical into an unconventional musical comedy.
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When it comes to modernized remakes of classic films, most fail to replicate the success of the original. This is certainly […]
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A valentine to the influential (and Kubrick-approved) 1979 romantic comedy from writer/director/star Albert Brooks.
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We kick off our annual series of anti-Valentine’s Day fare with Steven Spielberg and George Lucas’s dual-divorce movie.
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Thirty years after its ignominious release, we look back at a maximalist neo-noir nightmare that deserved better.
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Martin Scorsese’s 1974 Oscar winner, now streaming on Netflix, is an outlier in his filmography… or is it?
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‘Zardoz’ may have a reputation as one of the worst films of the ’70s, but John Boorman’s twisty sci-fi demands far more than your memes.
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Overqualified and underrated as ever, “Running Scared” remains an essential, entertaining text about escaping the January doldrums for a little sweet freedom.
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Unfortunately for all of us, Stanley Kubrick’s Cold War masterpiece has never stopped being timely.
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A trio of ’80s post-apocalyptic exploitation films currently streaming on the Criterion Channel tests the adage about imitation being the sincerest form of flattery.
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