Twenty years ago this fall, George Clooney made two movies that tanked at the box office but pointed the way towards the actor and filmmaker he’d become.
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At the end of the Bush era, these dark western masterpieces comprise a grand trilogy about the decline of the American Empire.
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The 1967 classic, now streaming on HBO Max, is so much more than its famous climax – it’s a superb example of how to turn the theatrical into a cinematic spectacle.
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The conversations surrounding ‘Blonde’ – biography, dramatization, exploration, and exploitation – are nothing new. Nearly 40 years ago, much of the same controversy greeted Bob Fosse’s film on the life and death of Playboy Playmate Dorothy Stratten.
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The D.A. Pennebaker-directed concert film, which languished in post-production for nearly a decade, offers up a rough but fascinating look at David Bowie in his prime.
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Once upon a time, Robert Altman and a gaggle of movie stars went to Paris to wreak havoc on the fashion industry – on Harvey Weinstein’s dime!
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We mourn the loss of Jean-Luc Godard by revisiting this 1966 meditation on youth, romance, and other matters.
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It’s been 30 years since Woody Allen’s private life became all too public, and 30 years since the release of one of his most challenging films, which got swept up in the maelstrom.
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Released one century ago, Danish filmmaker Benjamin Christensen’s investigation into witchcraft lore remains a singular satanic sensation.
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Peter Hyams is both a journeyman director and the embodiment of the auteur. A look back at his endlessly entertaining body of work and his total mastery of craft:
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Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1961 drama is one of his finest explorations of alienation and marital despair.
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As Banned Books Week approaches, we look back on Truffaut’s flawed but fascinating adaptation of Bradbury’s censorship classic.
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