Steve Spielberg’s debut theatrical feature, released 50 years ago this week, isn’t exactly a Rosetta Stone. But it hints at themes and ideas that would preoccupy his subsequent work.
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Love makes a mess in John Cassavetes’ 1971 romance, now streaming (a rarity) on Amazon Prime Video.
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With Kevin Spacey trying to make a comeback with his new film ‘Peter Five Eight,’ this month’s Harvey’s Hellhole revisits his 1996 directorial debut, a familiar, quietly chaotic bit of real-time pulp that’s the least embarrassing thing he’s done in his career.
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On its 20th anniversary, a look back at Lars von Trier’s controversial and divisive Nicole Kidman vehicle.
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While the Cold War thawed in the late ’80s, Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki chronicled that most unlikely of rock bands, the Leningrad Cowboys.
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“West Indies” is an unusual musical which calls for revolution against the persistence of colonialism and capitalist exploitation.
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Generally considered a classic of the so-bad-it’s-good variety, the original “Road House” is, in actuality, a great movie that subverts viewers’ expectations at every turn.
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Primarily known for his romantic comedies, the late filmmaker is at his best while exploring the darker side of humanity in “Changing Lanes” and “My Cousin Rachel.”
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Fassbinder’s “Querelle” got razzed for its music, but it was a bold and unapologetically homoerotic final statement from the iconoclastic filmmaker.
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Thirty years on, one of the Coens’ biggest box office bombs looks better than ever.
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The ’50s greaser drama, currently streaming on Netflix, boasts fascinating early turns by Sylvester Stallone and Henry Winkler.
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In 2004, Todd Phillips turned a classic TV show into his funniest movie.
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