The collision of Jean Simmons and Robert Mitchum in “Angel Face” led Jacques Rivette to call the film the secret to understanding director Otto Preminger’s work. Here we look at this gem of film noir.
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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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In its unsparing depiction of a con job, the dynamic between the conman and his victim is both depressingly transparent and truly mystifying.
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Our round-up of anti-Valentine’s fare continues with Bob Fosse’s feature directorial debut, adapting his hit stage musical into an unconventional musical comedy.
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When it comes to modernized remakes of classic films, most fail to replicate the success of the original. This is certainly the case with the 1994 version of The Getaway, directed by Roger Donaldson, which was so poorly received upon release that star Alec Baldwin was still calling it “a bomb” almost 15 years later. […]
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A valentine to the influential (and Kubrick-approved) 1979 romantic comedy from writer/director/star Albert Brooks.
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Former partners Juliette Binoche and Benoît Magimel reunite for this remarkably good romance about the pleasures of cooking and eating.
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We kick off our annual series of anti-Valentine’s Day fare with Steven Spielberg and George Lucas’s dual-divorce movie.
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Our reviews of “Ghostwritten,” “Marmalade,” “Willie and Me,” and more new video on demand offerings.
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A look at the offerings of this year’s IFFR, including “DUCK,” “Piano 17,” “78 Days,” and more.
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Thirty years after its ignominious release, we look back at a maximalist neo-noir nightmare that deserved better.
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Martin Scorsese’s 1974 Oscar winner, now streaming on Netflix, is an outlier in his filmography… or is it?
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