Before Robert Eggers, Werner Herzog brought his signature bleak outlook to the vampire movie with his ‘Nosferatu’ remake, released 45 years ago this week.
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In 1949, Walt Disney and his animators wrapped up their package era with a two-short feature that’s still got the capacity to terrify 75 years later.
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Powell and Pressburger’s 1947 classic starts like a prestige drama and slowly but surely creeps into the realm of psychological terror.
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Saoirse Ronan continues to impress in a challenging role as an alcoholic in this hopeful drama.
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Shudder kicks off the spooky season in style with Damian Mc Carthy’s ‘Oddity,’ which joins his first feature ‘Caveat’ on the service.
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Nearly two years after the release of Elizabeth Banks’ campy horror hit, low-budget filmmakers are still pumping out animal drugsploitation.
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The 30th anniversary of Quentin Tarantino’s revolutionary ‘Pulp Fiction’ is fast approaching, but let’s give special attention to a less-than revolutionary movie that came out twenty years ago — on home video! — that QT slapped his name on.
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On the 30th anniversary of Tim Burton’s bonkers biopic, a celebration of the Oscar-winning work of Martin Landau.
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As the Criterion Channel celebrates the 100th birthday of Marcello Mastroianni, we recommend one of his undersung comedies for your streaming pleasure.
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Let us ponder the strange case of filmmaker Jason Reitman. When he charged out of the gate with his debut feature Thank You for Smoking, all the way back in 2005, he seemed like the model of a responsible nepo baby: sure, he acknowledged the help accorded him by his last name (his father, Ghostbusters […]
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Tarsem’s labor of love, years in the making, envisions a pirate’s life from a hospital bed in Hollywood’s early days.
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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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