When Steven Spielberg made ‘Saving Private Ryan’ 25 years ago, the casting of Tom Hanks in a WWII epic was an unconventional one. In retrospect, it was not only inspired but necessary.
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In 1977, Paul Newman re-teamed with director George Roy Hill to make one of the all-time great sports comedies. It’s now streaming on Netflix.
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Paul Verhoeven’s early Dutch films laid the groundwork for his Hollywood career, but good luck finding one to watch on his 85th birthday.
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Before Greta Gerwig took a meta-swing at the world’s most famous doll, Todd Haynes used Barbie to disturbingly examine the deterioration of another all-American girl.
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It’s earned a perennial slot on spooky season TV broadcasts and special-event screenings. Here’s why the horror comedy might be a hard sell if you didn’t grow up watching it.
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Luchino Visconti’s 1963 epic is deeply rooted in Italian history, but also in its director’s personal and political struggles.
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The comic documentary, released 25 years ago, remains a funny but pointed examination of capitalist longing.
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With this James Joyce adaptation, John Huston made his final film a love letter to his daughter.
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No two films could capture the range of the late Jackson’s talent but her Oscar winning roles in ‘Women in Love’ and ‘A Touch of Class’ are a great place to start.
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Arthur Penn’s 1975 detective yarn, now streaming on the Criterion Channel, is a quintessential example of ’70s genre-busting bummer cinema.
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1960s ‘monster mags’ gave us the movies we loved – and a welcome sense of community as well.
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From the start of his directing career, Pier Paolo Pasolini paid close attention to the plight of those on the bottom rungs of society.
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