Thirty years ago, Chris Farley left ‘Saturday Night Live’ and starred in ‘Tommy Boy,’ a comedy classic that shows both great silliness and skill as an actor.
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Jack Black had done smaller work as well as co-headlined Tenacious D beforehand, but his scene-stealing supporting role in the Stephen Frears comedy made him a star.
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Take our advice: Howard Hawks’s 1941 screwball comedy is the only live-action “Snow White” that’s worth your time.
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Most of the general public (and even film fans) of the 1990s never heard of Feature Films for Families. But for a certain sliver of young cinephiles, it is a core memory — and for their parents, a source of telephone trauma.
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This emotionally resonant tale of a hitman and his target connecting, which celebrates its 30th anniversary this month, is ripe for rediscovery.
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Years before Patrick Bateman cornered the market on homicide in the American boardroom, Michael Caine crossed the pond to show him how it’s done in this giddy black comedy.
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Forty-plus years after its release, Louis Malle’s sleeper hit continues to prove that there’s nothing more thrilling than two smart people talking.
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Forget about Disney’s live-action remake and stream ‘Robot Dreams’ director Pablo Berger’s lovely 2012 silent-film take on Snow White
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In spring of 1995, with the releases of “Exotica,” “Muriel’s Wedding,” and “Priest,” Miramax was ready to test the limits of censors and audiences.
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As we mark five years since the COVID-19 lockdown, a look back at the Scotch-taped solutions for theatrical distribution, which resulted in the memory-holing of some very fine films.
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As Monty Python’s second feature turns 50, a look at how it became the cult film that broke them in America.
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David Cronenberg’s oppressively bleak drama “Spider” is often seen as un-Cronenbergian, but that couldn’t be further from the truth.
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