William Friedkin’s tough-as-nails cop movie, released 50 years ago this month, is one of the quintessential films of New York’s roughest era.
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When “Romeo + Juliet” hit screens 25 years ago (and ‘Titanic’ followed the following year), Leonardo DiCaprio was cemented as a hyper-specific, of-his-moment young male star.
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Clint Eastwood’s 1976 Western, now streaming on Netflix, is one of his first great directorial efforts – and a fascinating fusion of his split filmmaking personalities.
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A full-throated defense of one of the least respected Stephen King adaptations (and that’s saying something).
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These early ‘80s meditations on mass media have proven eerily prescient of our contemporary concerns – and Extremely Online culture.
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It’s impossible to separate the power of Gus Van Sant’s queer classic – out 30 years ago this week – from the haunted performance at its center. And maybe that’s as it should be.
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In John Huston’s postwar masterpiece, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, and Edward G. Robinson match wits in a Florida hotel in the midst of a raging hurricane.
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Twenty years ago, Richard Linklater released two very different experimental films, two weeks apart. A look back at what those films told us about his work – then and now:
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An examination of the nightmare visions of David Lynch’s 2001 noir/horror mind trip.
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Director Bob Rafelson and star Jack Nicholson’s “Five Easy Pieces” reunion (now streaming on Prime Video) is a tricky, prickly, ultimately unforgettable piece of work.
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The 1931 version of “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” remains an astonishing achievement, melding state-of-the-art effects with a stunning lead performance.
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In 2002, director Wes Craven and screenwriter Kevin Williamson reunited and returned to Miramax to recreate the magic of “Scream.” It did not go as planned.
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