1930s screen goddess Kay Francis (whose films are now streaming on the Criterion Channel) embodied the Pre-Code era’s spirit of “sheer elegance and pure sex.”
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In honor of its seventieth anniversary, we look back at a ‘don’t-make-them-like-they-used-to’ romance that probably couldn’t be made today at all.
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This tense drama depicts a few key weeks in the life of Golda Meir.
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Sammi Cohen’s adaptation of the YA novel proves to be much more than a Sandler family home movie.
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From ‘The Exorcist’ to ‘The Omen’ to the drive-in schlock that rode their coattails, ’70s audiences (and filmmakers) couldn’t get enough of Old Scratch.
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Emma Seligman and Rachel Sennott’s dark comedy about a lesbian fight club doesn’t pull any punches.
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“Ashkal: The Tunisian Investigation,” “Brightwood,” and “The Dive” are the highlights of this week’s indie VOD titles.
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Peter Weir’s survivor drama was too much for audiences in 1993, but it stands as one of his (and Jeff Bridges’s) towering achievements.
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Alain Resnais’ 1959 drama, now streaming on the Criterion Channel, asks again-timely questions about dramatizing tragic events.
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The latest from writer/director Dustin Guy Defa is a thoughtful, insightful piece of work that goes on just the tiniest bit too long.
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Forty years on, “Easy Money” remains Rodney Dangerfield’s least celebrated and most honest slobs-versus-snobs comedy because, for once, the slobs lose.
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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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