Frank Capra’s 1941 drama – now streaming on Amazon Prime Video – explores political themes and ideas that are far from unique to its time.
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John Sturges’s 1960 Western – now streaming on Amazon Prime Video – is a masterfully crafted and perfectly cast blast of fireworks.
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Jacques Tati’s delightful 1953 comedy is, in many ways, the perfect summer movie.
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This late John Wayne vehicle is a mighty good Western – and a none-too-subtle commentary on his place in the cinema of its time.
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The 1946 film noir classic, featuring iconic performances from John Garfield and Lana Turner, remains a sexy summer scorcher.
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Vincente Minnelli’s 1960 classic isn’t just some lightweight, frothy musical comedy – and the complexities and neurosis of its heroine ring especially true at this strange moment.
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The 1977 WWII epic (now streaming on Netflix) is a good, old-fashioned entertainment – in more than one way.
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George Cukor’s classic movie musical – now available on 4K disc and streaming on Netflix – is a stark reminder of how far the genre has fallen.
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Sergio Corbucci’s influential, much-imitated Spaghetti Western remains thrilling, nasty, and proudly disreputable.
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It spawned one of the most ubiquitous memes on the Internet. The rest of the movie (now streaming on HBO Max) is pretty great too.
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Well, the ‘Paddington 2’/’Citizen Kane’ Rotten Tomatoes story did one thing: it gave ‘Kane’ fans a new villain, after years of jeering this, its Best Picture usurper.
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The 1974 drama – now streaming on the Criterion Channel and Amazon Prime Video – offers an uncommonly insightful (and often unforgiving) peek into the mind of the compulsive gambler.
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