At a crossroads in his career, Neil Young turned out a nuclear-charged fable about mankind’s last day on Earth. Four decades on, audiences are still scratching their heads.
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Sidney Poitier’s buddy Western – shouted out in “Nope” – is a fascinating mixture of light humor and heavy themes.
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In light of the tragic passing of Anne Heche, we look back at her indie movie breakthrough – and how it was all but ignored by its distributor.
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The Locarno Film Festival’s retrospective shone a new light on the works of melodrama maestro Douglas Sirk.
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Critics like Pauline Kael and Roger Ebert did not appreciate what Mel Brooks was up to in his 1977 Hitchcock spoof. It’s now streaming on HBO Max, so let’s take another look at this under-appreciated gem.
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This high school comedy/drama was an unexpected hit with teens in 1982. What lessons can it teach Gen-Z 40 years on?
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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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