An appreciation of the Chicano cinema classic ahead of its induction into the Criterion Collection.
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In his controversial 1989 drama, Pedro Almodovar crafted a storybook Stockholm Syndrome with still-provocative NC-17 flair.
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The first film in the Criterion Channel’s “High School Horror” collection proves ordinary people make the scariest monsters.
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Thirty years ago, Richard Linklater made a high school hangout comedy inspired by his Texas youth, which then shaped two more of his personal films decades later.
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As ‘Farewell My Concubine’ gets an uncut, 30th-anniversary re-release this weekend, we look back at the Cannes-winning, politically charged melodrama that was trimmed by Chinese sensors AND Harvey Weinstein.
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On the 20th anniversary of its release, an up-close-and-personal look at the making of Don Coscarelli’s cult classic.
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Critics complained that Cliff Robertson’s Best Actor win for ‘Charly’ (released 55 years ago this month) was “based more on promotion than on performance.” Sound familiar?
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The city of Venice has been the setting for many macabre tales. With “Don’t Look Now,” director Nicolas Roeg told one of its most chilling.
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Martin Scorsese’s ‘The Age of Innocence’ remains one of the only adaptations of Edith Wharton’s work. On its 30th anniversary, we explore what binds these two artists together.
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Not everything about Sofia Coppola’s second film has aged like a fine wine, but its portrait of two adrift souls is timeless.
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When Robbie Robertson passed last month, he left behind arguably the greatest concert film ever made.
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One of the greatest baseball movies of all time is about exploited players who can only assert their value by losing on purpose.
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