Carey Williams’ one-crazy-night college comedy is a conscious throwback – with an edge.
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Roger Corman’s social thriller was released 60 years ago this week, but it feels as vital and urgent as today’s headlines.
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In light of his recent announcement of retirement, we look back at one of the least discussed (but most effective) Bruce Willis performances.
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When Michael Haneke remade his 1997 film ‘Funny Games’ 15 years ago, he joined a long, strange tradition of filmmakers remaking their own movies.
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Michael Ritchie teamed with Burt Reynolds to adapt the bestselling novel about good ol’ boy pro football players – and crafted something no one was expecting.
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Ninja Thyberg’s debut feature is all about porn, but it’s not interested in delivering the thrills its title promises.
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Universal is trying its best to keep you from seeing ‘Firestarter’ – so why not watch this superior telekinetic-tyke movie instead?
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The new documentary ‘One More Time With Feeling’ continues to capture the singer-songwriter’s life and art, and their intersections.
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Our mini-reviews of “Lockdown,” “Tankhouse,” “A Taste of Blood,” and more of this week’s direct-to-VOD fare.
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In 1938, the gifted actress was struggling after a string of flops. She would have to redefine her screen persona to save her career – and she did just that.
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The British are particularly fixated on their class system – and equally obsessed with satirizing it. Peter Medak’s The Ruling Class, made 50 years ago in a time of social discontent not unlike our own, is a freewheeling but trenchant look at aristocratic privilege, and the cruelty its members will accept in order to maintain […]
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Audrey Diwan’s drama was powerful enough to win the Golden Lion at Venice. Now, unexpectedly, it’s even more pointed and potent.
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