Steve Spielberg’s debut theatrical feature, released 50 years ago this week, isn’t exactly a Rosetta Stone. But it hints at themes and ideas that would preoccupy his subsequent work.
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Love makes a mess in John Cassavetes’ 1971 romance, now streaming (a rarity) on Amazon Prime Video.
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Across four recent movies, French filmmaker Julien Leclercq has established himself as an action auteur with seriousness and purpose.
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Alice Rohrwacher unearths deeper meaning in this magical realist film about an English graverobber looking for his lost love in Italy.
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With Kevin Spacey trying to make a comeback with his new film ‘Peter Five Eight,’ this month’s Harvey’s Hellhole revisits his 1996 directorial debut, a familiar, quietly chaotic bit of real-time pulp that’s the least embarrassing thing he’s done in his career.
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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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On its 20th anniversary, a look back at Lars von Trier’s controversial and divisive Nicole Kidman vehicle.
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While the Cold War thawed in the late ’80s, Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki chronicled that most unlikely of rock bands, the Leningrad Cowboys.
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The Sydney Sweeney-fronted (and produced) religious horror thriller leans too heavily on cheap thrills and jump scares.
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“West Indies” is an unusual musical which calls for revolution against the persistence of colonialism and capitalist exploitation.
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Generally considered a classic of the so-bad-it’s-good variety, the original “Road House” is, in actuality, a great movie that subverts viewers’ expectations at every turn.
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Our mini-reviews of “The Last Year of Darkness,” “Easter Bloody Easter,” “Powder Pup,” and more straight-to-home fare.
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