In John Huston’s postwar masterpiece, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, and Edward G. Robinson match wits in a Florida hotel in the midst of a raging hurricane.
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Director Bob Rafelson and star Jack Nicholson’s “Five Easy Pieces” reunion (now streaming on Prime Video) is a tricky, prickly, ultimately unforgettable piece of work.
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The 1944 Bogie and Bacall vehicle was a transparent attempt to create another “Casablanca” – but it has plenty of pleasures of its own.
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John Boorman’s 1972 backwoods thriller (now streaming on HBO Max) remains a potent and powerful work – a revenge movie with a twist.
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Peter Bogdanovich’s 1972 screwball comedy has its problems, but it also has Babs.
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The Alan Arkin-directed Elliott Gould vehicle, now streaming as part of Criterion Channel’s “New York Stories” series, is the comic equivalent of grimy classics like ‘Taxi Driver.”
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In six masterful late ‘50s Westerns, director Budd Boetticher and star Randolph Scott brilliantly reimagined the Western and its hero.
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Martin Scorsese’s breakthrough feature showcases the style and sensibility (and morality) that would become his trademark.
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The 1974 crime classic – now streaming on Prime Video – is a boisterous tribute to New York City, working class competence, and Walter Matthau’s inimitable mug.
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Why has the fifty-plus-year-old French thriller ‘La Piscine’ (now streaming on the Criterion Channel) so resonated with audiences this summer? Some thoughts:
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‘The Killing of a Chinese Bookie’ was titled and sold like a gangster movie, but it’s something much harder to pin down: a Cassavetes movie.
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Bryan Forbes’s supernatural thriller – now streaming on HBOMax and The Criterion Channel – is moody, atmospheric, messy, and fascinating.
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