Welcome to Harvey’s Hellhole, a monthly column devoted to spotlighting the movies that were poorly marketed, mishandled, reshaped, neglected or just […]
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Two decades on, the Europe-set caper remains a wittily subversive heist movie.
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Otto Preminger’s 1944 film noir fave maintains its ability to delight and surprise.
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Stanley Kubrick’s final film, which turned 25 this year, has become an unexpected holiday perennial. It has also become a repository for conspiracy theories.
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Released 80 years ago this week, Vincente Minnelli’s musical remains a vibrant jolt of nostalgic warmth.
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Daniel Craig’s starring role in the new drama ‘Queer’ is reminiscent of his little-seen breakout role in a dark, true life drama of love and art.
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Robert Mitchum and Janet Leigh star in this appealingly low-key Christmas rom-com, released 75 years ago this week.
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Dick Richards’s 1975 adaptation of ‘Farewell, My Lovely’ (now streaming on Peacock and Amazon Prime) merges ‘70s institutional ennui with the hangdog charms of star Robert Mitchum.
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With Steve McQueen’s “Blitz” landing on Apple TV+ this week, a look back at John Boorman’s wartime memory film “Hope and Glory.”
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The crowning achievement of John Cassavetes and Gena Rowlands’s decades-long partnership is a grueling portrait of a couple that can’t live together but can’t survive apart.
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In the late ’60s, when both men were at the peak of their powers (and coolness), Jean-Pierre Melville directed the late Alain Delon in his career-defining role.
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Woody Allen’s scabrous 1997 comedy fascinatingly intermingles his longtime persona, personal scandals, and biting, semi-surrealist satire.
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