Forty years on from its theatrical release, Bill Forsyth’s signature film still casts a heady spell, despite his own feelings about ‘the Brigadoon thing.’
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When it hit theaters on this day 25 years ago, “The Wedding Singer” seemed like another goofy Adam Sandler comedy. But it proved a hinge point in his long, often unpredictable career.
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One of queer cinema’s most outspoken voices, Derek Jarman has a career-spanning retrospective this month on The Criterion Channel.
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Movies about brazen gold-digging women flourished in the pre-Code era, and Jean Harlow and Barbara Stanwyck played two of the most vibrant and memorable.
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Alfred Hitchcock’s messiest and most divisive film found a director whose name is synonymous with control losing it, big time.
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Claude Chabrol’s ‘La Cérémonie’ and Pedro Almodóvar’s ‘Live Flesh’ maintain the spirit of the British thriller novelist’s work, while adding their directors’ own personal touches.
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So Yong Kim’s achingly realist romantic drama is a cut above the usual Sundance indie romance fare.
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In her debut directorial effort, writer/director/star Elaine May proved love means never having to kill in cold blood.
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We kick off our week of anti-Valentine’s Day recommendations with this bleak, bitter New York City drama from director Jack Garfein.
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With Jerzy Skolimowski’s name back in the headlines for his Oscar-nominated “EO”, we look back at one of his early provocations.
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Twenty-five years ago, Alfonso Cuarón transformed Charles Dickens’ renowned novel into his most underrated film.
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Clint Eastwood’s 1971 thriller, now on Netflix, raises a question or two about what it means for a movie to be “dated.”
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