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Sergio Leone’s 1968 Western epic is less an exploration of genre tropes than an expansion and explosion of them.
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The 1955 coming-of-age drama (streaming on HBO Max) is uniquely of its moment - in every sense of the phrase.
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George Lucas's sophomore feature and first big hit (now streaming on Netflix) is a complicated examination of nostalgia and coming of age.
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George Romero only made one vampire film, but "Martin" might be the darkest movie he ever made.
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Paul Newman's directorial debut (now streaming on HBO Max) is, above all else, a tribute to the considerable gifts of wife Joanne Woodward.
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Dorothy Arzner's Pre-Code romance alternates between light comedy and doomed drama with airy ease.
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Offered up alongside the new, female-fronted take on the true crime story, the 1968 'Boston Strangler' similarly reflects the moviemaking of its moment.
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This week's pick is a killer noir, notable for its racy script and scorching performances by Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Kirk Douglas, and Lizabeth Scott.
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Newly minted Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh's first starring role was in this wild and wacky action comedy, now streaming on the Criterion Channel.
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You will believe a man can be an infant in the delightful cult oddity ‘The Baby,’ released 50 years ago this week.
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Jean Cocteau’s 1946 adaptation of 'Beauty and the Beast' is a luminous work, with edges that its subsequent versions have sadly sanded down.
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Alan Rudolph's 1978 character study, long unavailable for home viewing, is now streaming on Amazon Prime - and it's a sometimes puzzling and utterly scathing work.
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With ‘Possession’ finally available to stream, let’s take a look back at director Andrzej Zulawski's early breakout film, a dark melodrama with its own cult following.
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When it hit theaters on this day 25 years ago, "The Wedding Singer" seemed like another goofy Adam Sandler comedy. But it proved a hinge point in his long, often unpredictable career.
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Alfred Hitchcock’s messiest and most divisive film found a director whose name is synonymous with control losing it, big time.