That a picture this great isn’t seen as one of John Ford’s go-to “classics” is simply a commentary on the high quality of his entire filmography.
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Released 95 years ago, this Oscar-winning pre-Code drama stars Norma Shearer as a strikingly bold and independent career woman who leaves her husband behind.
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David Lean’s 1945 melodrama is modest but mighty, and its influence on cinematic romances is still keenly felt.
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The most famous Iranian feminist vampire Western is somehow far cooler than that description reveals.
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“Marty” may have been released 70 years ago today, but its ideas about masculinity and solitude are refreshingly timely.
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John Frankenheimer’s 1986 adaptation of Elmore Leonard’s novel is a sleazy, hard-nosed urban nightmare.
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Pink Narcissus knows the seductive appeal of locking oneself at home to explore one’s fantasy life. It also sees the dangers […]
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Akira Kurosawa and Toshiro Mifune’s final epic collaboration was released 60 years ago. It marked the end of a brilliant, 17-year run.
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The great French director, a key name in the New Wave, is the subject of a new collection on the Criterion Channel.
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Welcome to Harvey’s Hellhole, a monthly column devoted to spotlighting the movies that were poorly marketed, mishandled, reshaped, neglected or just […]
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Thirty years ago, Chris Farley left ‘Saturday Night Live’ and starred in ‘Tommy Boy,’ a comedy classic that shows both great silliness and skill as an actor.
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Jack Black had done smaller work as well as co-headlined Tenacious D beforehand, but his scene-stealing supporting role in the Stephen Frears comedy made him a star.
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