The Oscar-winning actor’s sole directorial effort was released 55 years ago. Though considered one of the finest films of the 1950s, it took some time to find its audience.

What happens when Hollywood’s alpha male of action cinema slips a little existentialism into his escapism? The results are somewhat confusing but strangely compelling.

Frank Marshall’s “thrill-omedy” deftly combines Hitchcockian suspense with campy 1950s creature feature fun, but there’s more to this film than basic B-movie entertainment.

In 1945, Gene Kelly was about to near the beginning of his illustrious career. Jerry Mouse was already at the top. We explore how the two came to dance together.

In a setting away from their childhood homes, two young men realize they have taken different paths. One has entered into professional success and presents himself with a kind of cocksure swagger, while the other watches in sustained awe from a state of suspended adolescence. This pent-up frustration gives way to a pursuit to reclaim […]

Bill Murray’s only directorial effort captures his curmudgeonly spirit in its chronicle of three bank robbers on a farcical New York City odyssey.