With Valentine’s Day approaching, we look at a very particular subset of the romantic comedy: the stories of robots and the women they love.
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With Kenneth Branagh’s new adaptation out this week, we look back at the star-studded 1978 take on Agatha Christie’s classic – and the landmines of adapting her work overall.
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Louis Malle’s semi-autobiographical 1971 film remains as warm, funny, and provocative as ever.
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To mark both Black History Month and Valentine’s season, this month’s catalogue of Miramax’s misdeeds looks back at their fumbled release of a low-budget Black romance.
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A legendary (but not often seen, at least in the U.S.) Spanish cult film finally makes its way to our screens, and it is a scorcher.
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This 1928 feature was long considered one of Chaplin’s lesser works. But now it stands as his first great combination of comedy and pathos.
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Years before they donned superhero suits, Christian Bale and Tom Holland were child actors anchoring very different stories of survival.
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The 1983 debut feature from director Avery Crounse is finally getting its long-overdue Blu-ray release – and its due as a groundbreaking low-budget creeper.
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Billy Wilder’s 1964 sex comedy was a critical and commercial flop. But on re-examination, it’s a fascinating exploration of themes often kept under the surface.
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Thirty years ago, Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Reservoir Dogs’ made its Sundance debut, redefining indie filmmaking and narrative screenwriting – particularly in one key sequence.
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With his new film “Belfast” an Oscar frontrunner, we look back at one of the least loved entries in Kenneth Branagh’s filmography – and one of the most interesting.
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Elia Kazan’s Oscar-winning 1947 drama (now streaming on Criterion Channel) is sometimes dismissed as dated and preachy – which is part of why it’s so valuable.
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