The story goes that producer Walter Wanger came to Frank Borzage with a title, two pages of a script and a start date scheduled for four weeks away. It was a crazy proposition even by breakneck Old Hollywood production standards, but what a title. Wanger knew Borzage had been itching for a change of pace […]
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This snow-covered, blood-spattered holiday action flick is dumb, sure – but delightfully dumb.
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Carly Simon’s recent induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame confirms her singer/songwriter bona fides. But what of her film work?
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Our mini-reviews of “Confessions of a Hitman,” “Ainbo: Spirit of the Amazon,” “Summertime Dropouts,” and more straight-to-VOD selections.
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These two horror films, made a decade apart, depict the breakdown of society to a degree where reality loses all meaning.
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Two portraits of prep-school life and sympathetic instructors, but drawing on very different worldviews and outcomes.
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Our resident Weinstein expert weighs in on the new film’s fact and fiction, and what’s changed in the years since its events.
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Luca Guadagino and Timotheé Chalamet’s reunion movie starts so well… and slowly but surely slides right off the rails.
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Based on a true story, this Netflix film combines two of cinema’s most inspirational genres: the sports movie and the survival drama.
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The ‘Knives Out’ sequel is a playful crime comedy that betters its predecessor in landing its satirical barbs, structuring its plot, and delivering a hell of a good time.
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On the anniversary of its American theatrical release, we look back at Atom Egoyan’s best film, whose portrait of parental loss has only grown more potent.
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Louis Malle’s solo directorial debut remains a stunning, scorching slice of French New Wave noir.
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