With a new T. Rex documentary on deck, we look back at Todd Haynes’ fictionalized 1998 exploration of the seminal music scene.
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In ‘Don’t Bother to Knock,’ released this week in 1952, Marilyn Monroe gives one of her best and most underrated performances as a traumatized young woman.
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Louis Malle’s 1980 masterpiece is a glorious ode to lifelong losers, self-delusion, and the charms of Susan Sarandon.
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The problem with ‘Persuasion’ isn’t just its near-heretical take on the Jane Austen classic; it’s that it does it so poorly.
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Olivia Newman’s much-ballyhooed adaptation of the 2018 bestseller is a maddeningly generic piece of work.
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For Bastille Day, we look at Miramax’s short-lived and mostly forgotten French cinema specialty label.
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When Leslie Howard’s plane was shot down in June of 1943, it launched questions and conspiracy theories that persist to this day.
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Our mini-reviews of “Karmalink,” “The Summoned,” “Love Accidentally,” and more of this week’s straight-to-home-viewing fare.
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Michael Myers’ return from the grave in 2002 had dire consequences for Laurie Strode, but things could have gone differently.
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Alan J. Pakula’s 1974 conspiracy thriller is that rarest of beasts: a film firmly rooted in its moment, yet increasingly relevant with the passage of time.
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Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic’s keenly observed drama zigs when you expect it to zag, drawing the viewer in with four perfectly tuned performances.
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Claire Denis’ latest isn’t her first movie to deal with infidelity, but her third collaboration with Juliette Binoche still uncovers new ground in the erotic thriller genre.
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