The 2008 comedy, which is all over the streaming services this month, was something of a crossroads for writer/director Kevin Smith – and a tantalizing glimpse at what could have been.
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The 1974 drama – now streaming on the Criterion Channel and Amazon Prime Video – offers an uncommonly insightful (and often unforgiving) peek into the mind of the compulsive gambler.
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Netflix’s new animated family comedy is a rollicking treat – with something to say about technology and personal connection.
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Amazon’s Michael B. Jordan-fronted Tom Clancy adaptation wastes a lot of talent – and your time.
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How Tony Scott reinvigorated his style in the 1990s with spiritual sequels to three 1970s classics.
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Towards a unifying theory of cinematic burnouts.
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On its 70th anniversary, a look back at the chilling sci-fi/horror film that is, these days, too often viewed only in comparison to its remake.
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Abel Ferrara’s revenge thriller (released forty years ago this month) remains both a genre masterpiece and a staggering examination of sexual politics and rape culture.
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This rousing Western adventure was one of Charles Bronson’s first films after ‘Death Wish’ – and the kind of movie he stopped making because of that film’s success.
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How good is the latest feature film adaptation of the beloved video game? Well, that depends on what you want out of it.
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Our go-to images of the 1950s – white picket fences, conspicuous consumption, cheerful conformity – are often, and effectively, contradicted by the cinema of the era.
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How the Nine Inch Nails frontman became one of the film industry’s most venerated composers.
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