Years before they donned superhero suits, Christian Bale and Tom Holland were child actors anchoring very different stories of survival.
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Our mini-reviews of ‘Warhunt,’ ‘They/Them/Us,’ ‘Lockdown,’ and more.
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Our first festival dispatch, featuring mini-reviews of ‘When You Finish Saving the World,’ ‘Dual,’ ‘892,’ and more.
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The 1983 debut feature from director Avery Crounse is finally getting its long-overdue Blu-ray release – and its due as a groundbreaking low-budget creeper.
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Billy Wilder’s 1964 sex comedy was a critical and commercial flop. But on re-examination, it’s a fascinating exploration of themes often kept under the surface.
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The Sundance Film Festival kicks off tonight, so let’s take a look at some of its most… Sundance-y titles.
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This oddball family fantasy has been sitting on a shelf since 2014, and it’s not hard to see why.
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Thirty years ago, Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Reservoir Dogs’ made its Sundance debut, redefining indie filmmaking and narrative screenwriting – particularly in one key sequence.
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With his new film “Belfast” an Oscar frontrunner, we look back at one of the least loved entries in Kenneth Branagh’s filmography – and one of the most interesting.
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In two movies of the 2010s, two filmmakers attempted to capture the charms of the island state – with wildly varying degrees of success.
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Elia Kazan’s Oscar-winning 1947 drama (now streaming on Criterion Channel) is sometimes dismissed as dated and preachy – which is part of why it’s so valuable.
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The latest installment of the venerable slasher franchise fumbles occasionally, but its heart is in the right place.
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