Two iconic 1950 films looked at the challenges of aging for actresses – and have lost little of their relevance in the ensuing seven decades.
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The great thing about the vast world of VOD is that it makes room for everything from serious examinations of religion to penis-chomping Icelandic vampires, as demonstrated in this week’s selection of underground VOD releases. Buddy Games (VOD and DVD November 24): Josh Duhamel may be the quintessential generic bro actor, so it’s appropriate that […]
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When ‘Mona Lisa Smile’ arrived in theaters in 2003, many critics wrote it off as a lesser ‘Dead Poets Society’ – which is wildly reductive to both the film and its themes.
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M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Sixth Sense’ follow-up – released 20 years ago this week – wasn’t based on a comic book. But it captured the spirit of comic books and super heroes as few other films have.
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The 1948 thriller has the look and pedigree of film noir, but it’s a clear forerunner for the police procedurals to come.
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The meaning behind the title of Alexander Nanau’s documentary Collective is twofold. It’s the name of a Bucharest nightclub where a 2015 fire killed 27 people and injured 180, with deaths in the hospital continuing to pile up in the weeks and months that followed. It also refers to the concept of collective community, and […]
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With the pitch-black theater and lack of rescuing distractions, horror movies especially benefit from the big-screen experience. The audience gets a chance to steep in their fear, feeling just as trapped as the characters they’re viewing. Originally slated for a Mother’s Day theatrical release, Run capitalizes on having its premiere on Hulu in one way: […]
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Pierce Brosnan’s first James Bond adventure hit screens 25 years ago this week – and marked a turning point for the venerable spy franchise. A look back:
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Aaron Sorkin’s first dramatization of life in the West Wing hit theaters 25 years ago, and it seems even more like fantasy today.
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The 1990 comedy, released 30 years ago this week, is a holiday perennial and family favorite. So what are we to make of the intensity of its slapstick violence?
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Our “Noirvember” celebration continues with Joseph H. Lewis’s 1955 masterpiece, the story of an obsessed cop’s pursuit of a ruthless gangster (and the collateral damage along the way):
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Sean Durkin’s latest ingeniously grafts the stylistic flourishes of slow-burn horror onto an unnerving familial drama
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