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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In ‘Don’t Bother to Knock,’ released this week in 1952, Marilyn Monroe gives one of her best and most underrated performances as a traumatized young woman.
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Louis Malle’s 1980 masterpiece is a glorious ode to lifelong losers, self-delusion, and the charms of Susan Sarandon.
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For Bastille Day, we look at Miramax’s short-lived and mostly forgotten French cinema specialty label.
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When Leslie Howard’s plane was shot down in June of 1943, it launched questions and conspiracy theories that persist to this day.
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Michael Myers’ return from the grave in 2002 had dire consequences for Laurie Strode, but things could have gone differently.
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Alan J. Pakula’s 1974 conspiracy thriller is that rarest of beasts: a film firmly rooted in its moment, yet increasingly relevant with the passage of time.
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