Our mini-reviews of “Jade,” “Three Birthdays,” “Trigger Happy,” and more of this week’s VOD and limited-release offerings.
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As we approach its 25th anniversary, a look at the groundbreaking queer coming-of-age comedy and its legacy,
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Our week of Bad Romances climaxes with Nagisa Oshima’s graphic story of sexual obsession – one still unseen in its home country in its uncut form.
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Andzrej Zulawski’s eye-popping, gonzo gangland romance turns 40, just in time for Valentine’s Day.
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Philip Kaufman’s dramatization of a torrid affair between literary legends was the first-ever NC-17 movie, but this erotic drama deserves to be known for more than that.
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Solid work from Anya Taylor-Joy and Miles Teller can’t rescue this unimaginative sci-fi/horror movie.
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For Valentine’s Day, we’re once again looking at the wide variety of onscreen relationships: movies about ill-fated couplings, toxic partners, and unconventional romances, to help offset the sticky-sweetness of the season. Follow along here. “I think he is one of the most inspiring filmmakers to come out in the last couple of years,” Tarantino said […]
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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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A film as flawed as its narcissistic protagonist, Cameron Crowe’s second collaboration with Tom Cruise is a master class in depicting toxic relationships.
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A new BBC miniseries, screened at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, pays tribute to the so-called “video nasty” period.
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Stop me faster than a speeding bullet if you’ve heard this one. New York City’s costumed savior has fallen. The captive audience, a central-casting cross-section of urban bustle, assumes the worst. And then, one by one, they become their best. Ordinary heroes hoist their unmasked champion back to his feet and, once he’s strong enough […]
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Some films are impossible to separate from their provenance. That’s especially true for those made during wartime. 1943’s The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp is now considered a classic of “Englishness,” but at the time Churchill himself tried to get the production shut down, fearing what a satire of British soldiers might do for […]
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