Category: Classic Corner

Paul Newman’s directorial debut (now streaming on HBO Max) is, above all else, a tribute to the considerable gifts of wife Joanne Woodward.

Dorothy Arzner’s Pre-Code romance alternates between light comedy and doomed drama with airy ease.

Offered up alongside the new, female-fronted take on the true crime story, the 1968 ‘Boston Strangler’ similarly reflects the moviemaking of its moment.

This week’s pick is a killer noir, notable for its racy script and scorching performances by Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Kirk Douglas, and Lizabeth Scott.

Newly minted Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh’s first starring role was in this wild and wacky action comedy, now streaming on the Criterion Channel.

You will believe a man can be an infant in the delightful cult oddity ‘The Baby,’ released 50 years ago this week.

Jean Cocteau’s 1946 adaptation of ‘Beauty and the Beast’ is a luminous work, with edges that its subsequent versions have sadly sanded down.

Alan Rudolph’s 1978 character study, long unavailable for home viewing, is now streaming on Amazon Prime – and it’s a sometimes puzzling and utterly scathing work.

With ‘Possession’ finally available to stream, let’s take a look back at director Andrzej Zulawski’s early breakout film, a dark melodrama with its  own cult following.

With Jerzy Skolimowski’s name back in the headlines for his Oscar-nominated “EO”, we look back at one of his early provocations.

Clint Eastwood’s 1971 thriller, now on Netflix, raises a question or two about what it means for a movie to be “dated.”