In light of the tragic passing of Anne Heche, we look back at her indie movie breakthrough – and how it was all but ignored by its distributor.
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The Locarno Film Festival’s retrospective shone a new light on the works of melodrama maestro Douglas Sirk.
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Allow us to direct your attention to the quippy Ryan Gosling action movie that everyone *should* be watching on Netflix.
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Critics like Pauline Kael and Roger Ebert did not appreciate what Mel Brooks was up to in his 1977 Hitchcock spoof. It’s now streaming on HBO Max, so let’s take another look at this under-appreciated gem.
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Aubrey Plaza plays it straight in this compelling and effective crime thriller – and comes up with her best performance to date.
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James Ponsoldt’s latest is basically a gender-swapped ‘Stand by Me’, but it lacks everything that makes a good coming-of-age drama.
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This high school comedy/drama was an unexpected hit with teens in 1982. What lessons can it teach Gen-Z 40 years on?
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Our mini-reviews of ‘Canvas,’ ‘Tin Can,’ ‘My Favorite Girlfriend,’ and more new straight-to-VOD fare.
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With a new follow-up novel and 4K edition on shelves, we look back at the various homages, rip-offs and bastardized re-imaginings of Michael Mann’s magnum opus.
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Vittoria De Sica’s 1970 Oscar winner is a wrenching (and sadly timely) portrait of slowly creeping fascism.
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Over the course of two movies and a handful of TV episodes, Dan Trachtenberg has demonstrated he’s a sure hand at delivering lean, genre-heavy franchise entries. Trachtenberg’s first feature, 10 Cloverfield Lane, was a tight thriller nominally connected to Matt Reeves’ Cloverfield. Trachtenberg’s latest, Prey, is a similarly impressive entry for the Predator franchise. Prey […]
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The ensemble comic mystery is full of dynamic performances and memorable dialogue, even if it never quite pulls together.
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