‘Cassandro,’ starring the eternally baby-faced Gael Garcia Bernal, is a captivating portrait of an LGBTQ athlete persevering in an homophobic, oppressive industry (and culture). Unfortunately, it’s also sus as hell.
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Thirty years ago, Richard Linklater made a high school hangout comedy inspired by his Texas youth, which then shaped two more of his personal films decades later.
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As ‘Farewell My Concubine’ gets an uncut, 30th-anniversary re-release this weekend, we look back at the Cannes-winning, politically charged melodrama that was trimmed by Chinese sensors AND Harvey Weinstein.
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On the 20th anniversary of its release, an up-close-and-personal look at the making of Don Coscarelli’s cult classic.
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Our mini-reviews of “Barber,” “Condition of Return,” “The Curse of the Willow Song,” and more.
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Our correspondent reports from a TIFF of strike-inspired uncertainty and wildly uneven selections.
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Critics complained that Cliff Robertson’s Best Actor win for ‘Charly’ (released 55 years ago this month) was “based more on promotion than on performance.” Sound familiar?
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The city of Venice has been the setting for many macabre tales. With “Don’t Look Now,” director Nicolas Roeg told one of its most chilling.
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Basically a feature-length “American Masters” episode, it’s a standard-issue but satisfying documentary on the sharp-dressed square who set off the new wave of rock-star reporters in the 1960s.
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Historical monster Augusto Pinochet turns into a literal vampire with this beautifully shot horror comedy from Pablo Larraín.
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Craig Gillsepie’s dramatization of the GameStop stock saga is fast and funny, with razor-sharp work by its stellar ensemble cast.
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Martin Scorsese’s ‘The Age of Innocence’ remains one of the only adaptations of Edith Wharton’s work. On its 30th anniversary, we explore what binds these two artists together.
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