Merawi Gerima’s drama is a deeply personal reminder that you can’t go home again.
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The once and future collaborators’ path from ‘The Last Temptation of Christ’ to ‘After Hours’ to ‘Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters’ to ‘The Last Temptation of Christ’ (again).
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‘Hackers,’ released 25 years ago today, is in many ways a mid-‘90s relic. But it also predicted much about the way we choose to see and present ourselves in the not-so-real world.
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Our mini-reviews of ‘Lost Girls & Love Hotels,’ ‘Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs,’ ‘The Swerve,’ and more
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“The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you’re uncool.” A look back at ‘Almost Famous,’ released 20 years ago this week.
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Alfred Hitchcock’s 1954 favorite (out now in a gorgeous new 4K transfer) remains one of his most effective movies – and one of his kinkiest.
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When ‘Five Easy Pieces’ hit theaters 50 years ago, moviegoers saw a Jack Nicholson they hadn’t seen before – and rarely have since.
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Rent-A-Pal is technically set in 1990, but this throwback thriller is a reminder of how that turn-of-the-decade year was very much still the ‘80s, in every way that mattered. From its opening credits in that pixelated VCR font to vintage cans of Pepsi, writer and director Jon Stevenson’s feature debut is steeped in the bygone […]
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HBO Max’s “Unpregnant” plays like a road comedy version of “Never Rarely Sometimes Always,” approaching similarly serious subject matter with a light touch.
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When Alfred Hitchcock’s classic went into wide release 60 years ago today, it was preceded by a very unusual trailer. A look back at that clip, and the marketing it influenced:
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Writer/director Charlie Kaufman’s latest, the Netflix film ‘I’m Thinking of Ending Things,’ is (among other things) a thoughtful exploration of a recurring but unexamined theme in his work.
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Disney’s latest live-action remake (available at premium pricing on Disney+) stumbles a bit in the transition, but the new film’s fresh (and refined) elements are worth your consideration.
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