Lynne Ramsay’s 2002 psychological drama certainly isn’t a conventional choice for a “holiday movie,” but let’s think outside the box for a moment.
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Jack Clayton’s adaptation of Henry James’ ‘The Turn of the Screw’ is a haunting story of adults, children, ghosts, and darkness.
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In our ongoing quest to expand the holiday canon, we offer up Gunther von Fritsch and Robert Wise‘s 1944 sequel to the classic B-movie.
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On their twentieth anniversaries, a look back at the considerable impact of two giant movie franchises, for good and ill. (Mostly ill.)
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The acidity of Lumet and Chayefsky’s classic – released 45 years ago – has been duly noted. But what about its heart?
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This 1947 Tyrone Power vehicle has become a film noir favorite. A look back, on the eve of Guillermo del Toro’s remake:
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Back in 1997, Miramax did Guillermo del Toro dirty. With his “Nightmare Alley” on the way, we look back at that ill-fated collaboration.
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With Warren Beatty’s 1978 version out this week on Blu-ray, we take a look at the various screen iterations of ‘Here Comes Mr. Jordan,’ aka ‘Heaven Can Wait.’
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The new Jane Campion film’s deconstruction of masculinity in the western is quite effective – but it’s not as revolutionary as you might think.
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Long before “Get Back,” Peter Jackson was experimenting with the documentary form in this playful slice of fictional film history.
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With ‘The Power of the Dog’ on the horizon, a look back at one of Jane Campion’s less acknowledged – but most striking – earlier works.
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Frank Perry’s stark anti-Western (now streaming on Hulu and Paramount+) is a revisionist take on one of the most frequently filmed legends of the Old West.
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