With the release of his latest feature, “The Phoenecian Scheme,” Wes Anderson continues to follow in the footsteps of the greatest of all auteurs, Federico Fellini.
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Our mini-reviews of “The Karamazovs,” “The Gardener,” “Bleeding,” and more of this week’s on-demand treasures and trash.
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On the eve of its much-ballyhooed re-release, a look back at the hubbub around one of the few movies Miramax couldn’t (technically) release.
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Fassbinder’s riff on “Sunset Boulevard” depicted the decline of a movie-star in post-war Germany with stunning cinematography and a total sense of hopelessness.
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By its nature, precision on screen can seem stuffy or dull. A filmmaker following the rules — even the ones they’ve set for themselves — could lead to a resulting film that feels by-the-numbers or coldly rigid. With The Phoenician Scheme, Wes Anderson is, well, Wes Anderson, adhering as closely as ever to what the […]
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A new re-release of the film’s original cut allows us to make connections between the lonely men the actor has frequently played.
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The Farrelly Brothers’ 1996 comedy, ‘The Big Lebowski,’ and ‘Buffalo ’66′ combined for an all-too-brief trend of films that captured the sport’s allure and eccentricities.
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Our bi-weekly look at the best new titles on Blu-ray, 4K, and your subscription streaming services.
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The 78th edition of the French festival honored the past in more ways than one.
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Mark Rydell’s adaptation of Ernest Thompson’s play may be formulaic and it may be treacly, but it offers the opportunity to bask in the considerable glow of three movie legends.
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The latest entry in the venerable franchise boasts many of the same virtues of its immediate predecessor – and some of the same flaws.
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One of Disney’s earliest live-action hits had its roots on TV as a halfway marketing campaign for the Disneyland theme park.
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