Tag: classic corner

Some films are impossible to separate from their provenance. That’s especially true for those made during wartime. 1943’s The Life and […]

With “Hard Truths” in theaters, a look back at one of Mike Leigh’s earliest and thorniest pictures.

With the Bob Dylan biopic “A Complete Unknown” nabbing 8 Oscar nominations, this week’s pick is the 1965 documentary that captures Dylan at his trickiest.

“It’s Xavier,” he mumbles. “With an X or an S?” comes the reply, and an early hint at the kind of […]

A more-personal-than-usual reflection on the holiday perennial, now streaming on Amazon Prime.

Ingmar Bergman’s 13th feature, now streaming on the Criterion Channel and Max, was a breakthrough: “I felt for the first time I’d made a good film.”

Otto Preminger’s 1944 film noir fave maintains its ability to delight and surprise.

Dick Richards’s 1975 adaptation of ‘Farewell, My Lovely’ (now streaming on Peacock and Amazon Prime) merges ‘70s institutional ennui with the hangdog charms of star Robert Mitchum.

In the late ’60s, when both men were at the peak of their powers (and coolness), Jean-Pierre Melville directed the late Alain Delon in his career-defining role.

Catherine Breillat’s debut feature (now streaming in a Criterion Channel retrospective) is not your typical “summer that changed my life” story.