As we mark five years since the COVID-19 lockdown, a look back at the Scotch-taped solutions for theatrical distribution, which resulted in the memory-holing of some very fine films.

David Cronenberg’s oppressively bleak drama “Spider” is often seen as un-Cronenbergian, but that couldn’t be further from the truth.

“I can’t say that I would recommend it to anyone other than to look at it in the context of a career.” –Steven Soderbergh It’s a safe bet The Underneath is nobody’s favorite Steven Soderbergh film. That goes double for the director himself, since he had no problem with allowing it to be included as […]

Released at the same time Barack Obama was sweeping the 2008 Democratic primaries, Margaret Brown’s documentary about Mobile, Ala.’s segregated Mardi Gras celebrations is a potent reminder of a time when hope and change were plentiful.

Before producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson handed the James Bond reins to Amazon, only one mission was completed outside the family, and now ‘Never Say Never Again’ plays like prophecy.