Based in an actual high school, production company American High has quietly amassed a canon of funny and progressive teen movies, including this week’s “Summer of 69.”
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This early feature from Francis Ford Coppola is far from his best, but it boasts several signs of a genuine, budding talent.
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Jillian Bell makes her directorial debut with this sweet teen sex comedy.
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John Schlesinger’s adaptation of Nathanael West’s novella is one of the most caustic takedowns of classic Hollywood the 70’s produced. Maligned on its initial release, it’s ripe for rediscovery by modern audiences.
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Riding the wave of horror remakes in the early 2000s, “Non-Stop” director Jaume Collet-Serra’s debut film is very much a time capsule of 2005 (See Paris Die!) and a timeless young-people-in-peril chiller.
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Our mini-reviews of “Electra,” “Unit 234,” “Lucky Star,” and more of this week’s on-demand treasures and trash.
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A look back at Miramax and Dimension’s various re-cuttings and re-packagings of the works of the legendary martial artist and screen comedian.
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In the wake of the massive success of “Sinners,” a look back at another genre-bending film about the mythical power of blues music.
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The 1972 experimental drama serves as both a valentine to the talent and gifts of Edie Sedgwick, and an elegy following her tragically early death.
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Like a bottle of prosecco gone flat, this Italian-set sequel to A Simple Favor has lost all the fizz of its predecessor. Another Simple Favor has a vague whiff of what made the original so much fun, but that makes its current flat state all the more depressing. This thriller is supposed to be a […]
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Claude Berri’s epic two-parter, recently added to the Criterion Collection, is the sort of meticulous historical recreation that doesn’t get made enough anymore.
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Our bi-weekly look at the best new titles on Blu-ray, 4K, and your subscription streaming services.
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