In Noah Baumbach’s 1995 debut feature Kicking and Screaming, everyone is having trouble leaving the comfortable nest of college. Grover (Josh […]
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As Kathryn Bigelow’s sci-fi thriller turns 25, a look back on its prescient and powerful commentary on police brutality and virtual reality.
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David Cronenberg’s debut feature plays like a road map of the preoccupations that would consume him for the rest of his career.
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The vibrant street scenes and joyful interactions of Jacques Demy’s 1967 musical hit differently after all these months of isolation.
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The two animated 2015 animated features are worlds apart – yet strangely aligned in questions of empathy and introspection.
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The dual debut of both director Karyn Kusama and star Michelle Rodriguez, ‘Girlfight’ (released 20 years ago this week) remains a fierce manifesto for getting – and staying – angry.
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Abel Ferrara’s crime drama, released 30 years ago this week, casts Christopher Walken as a singularly coldblooded antihero.
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This week’s Classic Corner pick, a long-forgotten Rod Serling-penned drama from 1956, comes recommended by a highly reputable source.
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With a new showcase of his work on the Criterion Channel, we look at how Albert Brooks explored the possibilities of his carefully crafted comic persona.
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It’s approaching its 45th anniversary and back on our minds thanks to Ryan Murphy’s ill-advised “Ratched,” so we look back at Milos Forman’s Oscar-sweeping story of rebellion (and emasculation).
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It’s a time capsule of ‘90s fashion, music, and attitudes. But its central ethos has, if anything, grown more poignant with the passage of time.
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Robert Siodmak’s 1949 thriller (now streaming on the Criterion Channel) is a master class in noir construction, characterization, and mood.
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