As well as its jokes and social commentary hold up 25 years after its release, the film’s songs and grasp of musical theater history increasingly feel like its defining elements.
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Jacques Demy’s enchanting, heartsick 1961 debut isn’t a musical, but that’s not for lack of trying.
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A commercial failure upon its release and all but forgotten since, the Paul Schrader / Michael J. Fox / Joan Jett team-up doesn’t quite land, but has moments of electricity.
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Once a box-office flop, Joe Dante’s celebration of B-movie magic now gets the restoration and appreciation it deserves.
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Three interpretations of Herman Wouk’s “The Caine Mutiny” raise questions about the good and the bad of ingrained hierarchies, and what it means to dutifully and faithfully serve.
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On this, its 45th anniversary, a look back at the magic and mayhem of Jim Henson and company’s inaugural effort.
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Sam Fuller’s 1959 thriller begins as a sordid police procedural, but morphs into something far more unusual and compelling.
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This nuanced story of a liberal father and his fundamentalist son was one of several films Miramax unceremoniously dumped in theaters in the summer of ’99.
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Fifty years after its release, a look back at the brilliant neo-noir mystery and its muddled legacy.
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Hal Ashby’s 1975 Warren Beatty vehicle (now streaming on Amazon Prime) is a sharp political commentary — and a crackerjack sex comedy.
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Robert Hamer’s acerbic class satire wasn’t a guaranteed hit for Ealing Studios back in the day. Seventy five years on, it still feels riskier than any current mainstream comedy.
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Esther Williams was an athlete turned actress and now, over 70 years later, we’re still in awe of her athletic feats.
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