This contemporary take on ‘Dog Day Afternoon’ is well-acted, well-executed, and morally complicated.
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The new George Miller feature is a little messy, sure. But as a demonstration of sheer filmmaking craft, it’s hard to beat.
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His debut feature, which hit Australian theaters 30 years ago, remains the skeleton key for everything that followed.
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Juan Piquer Simón’s outrageous ‘Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ riff hit theaters 40 years ago. Our look at what it’s really up to:
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At a crossroads in his career, Neil Young turned out a nuclear-charged fable about mankind’s last day on Earth. Four decades on, audiences are still scratching their heads.
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Sidney Poitier’s buddy Western – shouted out in “Nope” – is a fascinating mixture of light humor and heavy themes.
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Baltasar Kormákur’s latest delivers on its “Idris Elba vs. a lion” premise, with the actor nicely elevating the sleek survival thriller.
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The latest from filmmaking-writing-acting team Jeff Baena and Alison Brie boasts juicy performances but a sour tone.
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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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