Looking Back
Sergio Leone’s 1968 Western epic is less an exploration of genre tropes than an expansion and explosion of them.
Looking Back
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.
Classic Corner
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.
Classic Corner
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.
Classic Corner
Alfred Hitchcock’s messiest and most divisive film found a director whose name is synonymous with control losing it, big time.
