Tag: classic corner

Robert Mitchum turns in a late-career-best performance in Peter Yates’s powerfully bleak Boston crime picture.

Bernardo Bertolucci’s 1972 drama (now streaming on Amazon Prime) was one of the most controversial films of its day—and has only grown more so in the intervening years.

“My Neighbor Totoro” is Hayao Miyazaki’s most notable work, weaving together themes that reverberate throughout his entire filmography.

Kim Ki-young’s 1960 delight (now streaming on the Criterion Channel) isn’t just one of the formative films of Korean cinema – it’s one of the key precursors of the erotic thriller.

Sergio Leone’s 1968 Western epic is less an exploration of genre tropes than an expansion and explosion of them.

The 1955 coming-of-age drama (streaming on HBO Max) is uniquely of its moment – in every sense of the phrase.

George Lucas’s sophomore feature and first big hit (now streaming on Netflix) is a complicated examination of nostalgia and coming of age.

George Romero only made one vampire film, but “Martin” might be the darkest movie he ever made.

Paul Newman’s directorial debut (now streaming on HBO Max) is, above all else, a tribute to the considerable gifts of wife Joanne Woodward.

Dorothy Arzner’s Pre-Code romance alternates between light comedy and doomed drama with airy ease.

Offered up alongside the new, female-fronted take on the true crime story, the 1968 ‘Boston Strangler’ similarly reflects the moviemaking of its moment.

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.