With his new ‘Crimes of the Future’ out this Friday, we revisit one of the filmmaker’s most unusual but affecting works.
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Yippie kai-yay, melon farmer.
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On Ralph Bakshi’s blisteringly transgressive animated satire of American race relations, now streaming on The Criterion Channel.
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Roger Corman’s social thriller was released 60 years ago this week, but it feels as vital and urgent as today’s headlines.
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In light of his recent announcement of retirement, we look back at one of the least discussed (but most effective) Bruce Willis performances.
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When Michael Haneke remade his 1997 film ‘Funny Games’ 15 years ago, he joined a long, strange tradition of filmmakers remaking their own movies.
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Michael Ritchie teamed with Burt Reynolds to adapt the bestselling novel about good ol’ boy pro football players – and crafted something no one was expecting.
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In 1938, the gifted actress was struggling after a string of flops. She would have to redefine her screen persona to save her career – and she did just that.
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The British are particularly fixated on their class system – and equally obsessed with satirizing it. Peter Medak’s The Ruling Class, […]
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We’ve seen plenty of cinematic riffs on the characters and tropes of the fairy tale – but never one quite like this.
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On this, the week of his milestone birthday, we look back at the genius of Grant’s iconic performance in ‘Withnail & I.’
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Hal Ashby’s foul-mouthed favorite – now streaming on HBO Max – sports an iconic Jack Nicholson performance and an anti-authoritarian streak a mile wide.
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