A look at how the venerable slasher trope changed for the times, via one film each from the ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s.
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“We were young and making a feature film! I think that kind of enthusiasm has a lot to do with the […]
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Victor Erice’s masterpiece of the horrors of the Franco era is perfect spooky season viewing for those who prefer more symbolic scares.
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In 1988, idiosyncratic filmmaker Ken Russell kicked off a three-picture deal with Vestron Pictures with a delightfully absurd, low-budget adaptation of one of Bram Stoker’s *other* novels.
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Robert Redford and George Roy Hill’s 1975 reunion (now streaming on Netflix) is a fascinating experiment in tonal shifts and audience empathy.
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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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