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This 1979 comedy-drama is a real oddity: a film about a woman from a writer known for his stories about men, from a director known primarily as a screenwriter, with a serious supporting turn from one of the era’s biggest comedy stars.

Seventy years later, Nicholas Ray’s harrowing melodrama about pharmacology, middle class anxiety, and paternal madness is more relevant than ever.

Oliver Stone’s early, angry chronicle of a war correspondent under fire boasts a ferocious energy and an electrifying performance by James Woods.

Gillian Armstrong’s 1979 adaptation of Miles Franklin’s novel provided early breakthrough roles for both Judy Davis and the late, great Sam Neill.

As the world prepares for Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey,” we look back at a very different adaptation of classical Greek antiquity, dealing with the aftermath of the Trojan War.

Eighty years after its initial release, Jacques Tournier’s underrated ensemble Western is ripe for canonization.

Often viewed as his most “normal” film, David Lynch’s sophomore feature is as Lynchian as what came before and after it.

The 1987 screwball comedy is a Swiss watch of comic precision.

Raoul Walsh’s chronicle of the Prohibition era is a thrilling American epic in miniature.

Some movies are classics for a reason. Carol Reed’s 1949 thriller, back in theaters in a new 35mm re-release, is one of them.

Nagisa Ōshima’s 1969 classic plays at American Cinematheque’s Los Feliz Theatre on June 7th as part of Bleak Week. But you don’t have to be in L.A. to be bummed out by it.

Robert Zemeckis’s 1980 flop really is the kind of comedy they don’t make any more — because no one is redeemed, and no lessons are learned.