The New Orleans-set erotic thriller still sizzles with the scorching chemistry of stars Dennis Quaid and Ellen Barkin.
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Liliane de Kermadec’s 1975 biopic, starring Isabelle Huppert and Delphine Seyrig, profiles outsider artist Aloise Coutaz in a subtly unconventional manner.
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A forgotten ’50s musical noir melodrama is an unexpected gonzo masterpiece that deserves rediscovery and cult classic status.
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Twenty-five years ago, Michael Haneke’s shocker premiered at Cannes, giving Isabelle Huppert one of her greatest roles in a career with no shortage of them.
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The psychological horror film that Spanish Surrealist Luis Buñuel was born to direct is now streaming on Criterion in all its sordid glory.
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The all-access Madonna tour doc, released 35 years ago, catches the queen of provocation at the height of her choke hold on popular culture.
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The third installment in the action franchise marked the end of an era for its star and producer, as well as for the film series itself.
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Bill Duke’s adaptation of Chester Himes’s iconic crime novel remains a minor but important work in the canon of neo-noir cinema.
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At the height of the Golan-Globus B-movie empire’s mid-’80s success, an unsung, under-the-radar release hinted at a different path for the Go-Go Boys.
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This witty, fast-paced 1948 noir about a man framed by his own boss is as tightly constructed as the giant timepiece at the center of its narrative.
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You think this has nothing to do with you? Twenty years ago, ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ became the unofficial onboarding manual for millennials in the white-collar workforce – and its sequel only builds on this legacy.
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Barbara Kopple’s second theatrical feature takes a prescient look at the rise of corporate ruthlessness, via a mid-‘80s strike in Minneapolis.
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