For its 25th anniversary, we look back at Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Pulp Fiction’ follow-up ‘Jackie Brown’ – its breathless anticipation, initial disappointment, and eventual (and deserved) reappraisal.
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Francois Truffaut’s debut feature is one of the seminal texts of the French New Wave, and a thornier-than-usual examination of a childhood informed by the cinema.
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Musical polymath Jon Brion’s solo album ‘Meaninglessness’ has been re-released, making this a good time to look back at his collaborations with Paul Thomas Anderson.
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The Brenaissance is here, but before ‘The Whale,’ Brendan Fraser went toe-to-toe with no less than Michael Caine in this razor-sharp adaptation of Graham Greene’s novel.
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With three separate ‘Pinocchio’ adaptations hitting screens this year, it’s time for a 20th anniversary postmortem of Roberto Benigni’s notorious version.
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The story goes that producer Walter Wanger came to Frank Borzage with a title, two pages of a script and a […]
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Two portraits of prep-school life and sympathetic instructors, but drawing on very different worldviews and outcomes.
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On the anniversary of its American theatrical release, we look back at Atom Egoyan’s best film, whose portrait of parental loss has only grown more potent.
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Louis Malle’s solo directorial debut remains a stunning, scorching slice of French New Wave noir.
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Steve Martin and Carl Reiner’s affectionate film noir spoof turned 40 this year. Here’s why it makes for suitable Noirvember viewing.
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Claire Denis once again offers a penetrating glimpse into the entanglements of humanity, albeit with a greater focus on the flesh.
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Since ‘Armageddon Time’ is currently in theaters, let’s talk about when its director had to deal with Harvey Weinstein not once, but twice.
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