Twenty years ago, Michael Bay produced the cinematic rebirth of Leatherface, initiating a series of increasingly dire horror remakes.
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Victor Erice’s masterpiece of the horrors of the Franco era is perfect spooky season viewing for those who prefer more symbolic scares.
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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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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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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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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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Not everything about Sofia Coppola’s second film has aged like a fine wine, but its portrait of two adrift souls is timeless.
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Before Keanu wreaked havoc on a mysterious, arcane underworld in the John Wick franchise, Wesley Snipes boldly walked a similar path as vampire hunter Blade.
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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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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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After a strong run of ensemble and co-lead turns, Angela Bassett finally got the chance to shine as a true lead, delivering a well-rounded, self-empowering performance that viewers have rarely seen in the subsequent quarter-century.
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Thirty years ago, ‘The Wedding Banquet’ introduced audiences to Ang Lee’s cinematic musings on repression and passion.
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