
Vincente Minnelli’s 1960 classic isn’t just some lightweight, frothy musical comedy – and the complexities and neurosis of its heroine ring especially true at this strange moment.
Read moreVincente Minnelli’s 1960 classic isn’t just some lightweight, frothy musical comedy – and the complexities and neurosis of its heroine ring especially true at this strange moment.
Read moreThe 1977 WWII epic (now streaming on Netflix) is a good, old-fashioned entertainment – in more than one way.
Read moreGeorge Cukor’s classic movie musical – now available on 4K disc and streaming on Netflix – is a stark reminder of how far the genre has fallen.
Read moreSergio Corbucci’s influential, much-imitated Spaghetti Western remains thrilling, nasty, and proudly disreputable.
Read moreIt spawned one of the most ubiquitous memes on the Internet. The rest of the movie (now streaming on HBO Max) is pretty great too.
Read moreWell, the ‘Paddington 2’/’Citizen Kane’ Rotten Tomatoes story did one thing: it gave ‘Kane’ fans a new villain, after years of jeering this, its Best Picture usurper.
Read moreThe 1974 drama – now streaming on the Criterion Channel and Amazon Prime Video – offers an uncommonly insightful (and often unforgiving) peek into the mind of the compulsive gambler.
Read moreThis rousing Western adventure was one of Charles Bronson’s first films after ‘Death Wish’ – and the kind of movie he stopped making because of that film’s success.
Read moreIt’s the earliest Marx Brothers movie streaming as part of Criterion Channel’s new Marx program – and it tells us much about their longevity and appeal.
Read moreFrom the Criterion Channel’s new Dirk Bogarde program, a look at Luchino Visconti’s “beautiful film that is deeply hard to watch.”
Read moreFellini’s first color feature spotlights one of his most important leading ladies, and presents a striking contrast to his better-known works.
Read morePreston Sturges’s definitive screwball came early in one of the most remarkable runs of any writer/director’s career.
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