Our go-to images of the 1950s – white picket fences, conspicuous consumption, cheerful conformity – are often, and effectively, contradicted by the cinema of the era.
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Werner Herzog seemed like an unlikely director for a Nicolas Cage cop movie. But the resultant collaboration was steeped in the director’s customary themes and preoccupations.
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It’s the earliest Marx Brothers movie streaming as part of Criterion Channel’s new Marx program – and it tells us much about their longevity and appeal.
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With only one week between them, the film adaptations of ‘Mystery Science Theater 3000’ and ‘The Kids in the Hall’ hit theaters 25 years ago. It didn’t go so well for either of them.
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Originally released in 1971, Ken Russell’s masterwork remains unavailable in the director’s preferred version.
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The teen erotic thriller, released 25 years ago this week, is a silly, entertaining time capsule with more on its mind than you might think.
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From the Criterion Channel’s new Dirk Bogarde program, a look at Luchino Visconti’s “beautiful film that is deeply hard to watch.”
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In memory of the brilliant character actor Yaphet Kotto, we look back at two of his onscreen deaths, and what they tell us about his considerable gifts as an actor.
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Fellini’s first color feature spotlights one of his most important leading ladies, and presents a striking contrast to his better-known works.
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With the 1945 classic streaming on HBO Max, we take a look back at its considerable pleasures – and the thorniness of its messaging.
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The 2005 action/comedy – one of Pierce Brosnan’s wonderful subversions of his Bond years – hits a little differently now.
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Preston Sturges’s definitive screwball came early in one of the most remarkable runs of any writer/director’s career.
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