Alfred Hitchcock’s 1954 favorite (out now in a gorgeous new 4K transfer) remains one of his most effective movies – and one of his kinkiest.
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Luis Buñuel’s final film (now streaming on Prime Video) is challenging, often confounding exploration of sex and power.
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Terrence Malick’s 1978 classic (now streaming on Amazon Prime) remains a gorgeous sensory experience – and a showcase for several magnificent performances.
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The duality that defines Agnés Varda’s Cléo from 5 to 7 is present from, quite literally, its opening frames: a title […]
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“If everybody want to stick together, I stick with ‘em. But if nobody want to stick together, I stick alone, by […]
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“That twinkle in your eye,” Clark Gable marvels at Carole Lombard in No Man of Her Own. “Wrap it up for […]
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Like The Stepford Wives, I’d avoided the original Rollerball due to a flaw over which it had no responsibility: spawning an […]
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One of the most excruciating and heartbreaking aspects to Bruce Lee’s death in 1973 – beyond his tender age (32) and […]
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On May 8, 1970, the AFL-CIO mobilized some two hundred New York City construction workers and sicc’ed them on about a […]
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“What do you think you are doing?” yells the village elder, to the boys he cannot see. “Playing a game? Who […]
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When a filmmaker tells you what influenced them, believe it. Back in 2017, when Jordan Peele was making the rounds promoting […]
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It takes a big man to admit when he’s wrong, and I’m 6’4”, so I admit that I’m wrong a lot. […]
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