Vittoria De Sica’s 1970 Oscar winner is a wrenching (and sadly timely) portrait of slowly creeping fascism.
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With three collaborations (and another near-miss), the actor and the filmmaker teamed up at key points in both of their careers.
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‘Nope’ has prompted comparisons to Shyamalan’s alien invasion flick, released 20 years ago – both as a compliment andas an insult.
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After winning an Oscar and achieving the biggest hit of his career, Steven Soderbergh chose to bite the hand that fed him. Here’s how that panned out.
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Robert Altman met Raymond Chandler and took no prisoners in this 1973 masterpiece, now streaming on Amazon Prime.
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When the Gary Cooper vehicle strode into theaters 70 years ago, it became one of the most controversial – and influential – Westerns of its day.
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For a brief, bizarre time in the 1950s, filmmakers figured they could make a quick buck by catering their pictures to the newly relevant teen audience. Here’s how that went:
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As we approach the 100th anniversary of the great actor’s birth, we look back at one of his very best performances.
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Philip Kaufman’s remake of the 1956 sci-fi classic has become a standard bearer of its own, equal parts creepy and witty.
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This 1965 foray into science fiction from the Italian horror master is a fascinating deviation (and inspiration for one of the best sci-fi films of the ’70s).
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With ‘Devil In a Blue Dress’ joining the Criterion Collection, a deep dive on the man who made it – and the first-rate crime picture that got him the gig.
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With a new T. Rex documentary on deck, we look back at Todd Haynes’ fictionalized 1998 exploration of the seminal music scene.
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