John Huston’s 1972 comeback movie, streaming on Amazon Prime, remains a beguiling ode to washouts and losers.
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Guillermo del Toro’s carny noir is a rich, atmospheric, fatalistic thriller – a feast for the eyes and the darkened soul.
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When Hal Ashby’s cult comedy hit theaters 50 years ago, it boasted a soundtrack that took on a life of its own.
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Clint Eastwood’s cop franchise began 50 years ago. A look back at the shifts of that character over his five films:
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Kenneth Branagh’s “Hamlet” hit theaters 25 years ago, while the freewheeling “Macbeth” adaptation “Scotland, PA” just hit its 20 year anniversary. A look at their contrasting approaches to putting the Bard on film:
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The latest from “The Young Pope” director Paulo Sorrentino is strikingly personal and profoundly affecting.
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Featuring mini-reviews of “The Hating Game,” “The Darkness of the Road,” “Mr. Birthday,” and more new straight-to-VOD fare.
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Lynne Ramsay’s 2002 psychological drama certainly isn’t a conventional choice for a “holiday movie,” but let’s think outside the box for a moment.
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Jack Clayton’s adaptation of Henry James’ ‘The Turn of the Screw’ is a haunting story of adults, children, ghosts, and darkness.
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In our ongoing quest to expand the holiday canon, we offer up Gunther von Fritsch and Robert Wise‘s 1944 sequel to the classic B-movie.
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The latest comedy from “Tangerine” director Sean Baker is a fumble, too sympathetic to its loathsome protagonist.
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On their twentieth anniversaries, a look back at the considerable impact of two giant movie franchises, for good and ill. (Mostly ill.)
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