Tag: classic corner

This rousing Western adventure was one of Charles Bronson’s first films after ‘Death Wish’ – and the kind of movie he stopped making because of that film’s success.

From the Criterion Channel’s new Dirk Bogarde program, a look at Luchino Visconti’s “beautiful film that is deeply hard to watch.”

Fellini’s first color feature spotlights one of his most important leading ladies, and presents a striking contrast to his better-known works.

Preston Sturges’s definitive screwball came early in one of the most remarkable runs of any writer/director’s career.

Gordon Parks Jr. and Max Julien’s riff on ‘Bonnie & Clyde’ in this entertaining and often subversive Black Western.

Mike Nichols’ scathing 1971 sex comedy, now streaming on Amazon Prime Video, may or may not have been his best film – but it now feels like his most influential.

Leonard Kastle’s 1970 dramatization of the crimes of Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck isn’t your typical lovers-on-the-run movie. Here’s why:

A look back at the ‘Jaws’ rip-off that was so good, Spielberg poached its director.

The Burt Reynolds-fronted football farce, now streaming on Prime Video and Hulu, harkens back to an era when mainstream studio comedy was allowed to be a bit messier.

This week’s Classic Corner is stretching the definition of “classic” just a bit, but nevertheless, Jane Fonda and Roger Vadim’s sci-fi sexcapade is streaming on Amazon and Criterion, so why the hell not?

Luis Buñuel’s 1972 Oscar winner (new on Blu-ray from Criterion and streaming on Amazon Prime) remains one of his most savage pictures – and one of his funniest.