No more talk of “Ella McCay” — let us instead look back at James L. Brooks’s feature screenwriting debut, now streaming on the Criterion Channel.
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No more talk of “Ella McCay” — let us instead look back at James L. Brooks’s feature screenwriting debut, now streaming on the Criterion Channel.
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For seven years in the mid-‘70s, the Jimmy Cliff vehicle played to sold-out crowds at the Orson Welles Cinema, and its runaway success brought reggae to an unlikely audience.
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Akira Kurosawa’s final Shakespeare adaptation, which turns forty this month, stands as one of the legendary director’s greatest cinematic achievements.
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Fifty years ago this month, François Truffaut’s stunning period piece introduced American audiences to Isabelle Adjani’s uniquely dedicated brand of acting.
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With Jim Jarmusch’s “Father Mother Sister Brother” out this month, a look back at his first indie triptych.
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Alexander Mackendrick’s noir-vember essential was a flop upon its initial release in 1957 — but its weathered, weary cynicism has aged like a fine wine.
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Jacques Tourneur’s 1947 thriller is one of the greatest of all films noir, full of dangerous dames, cigarette smoke, and Robert Mitchum not giving a damn.
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Decades before it became ‘MST3K’ fodder, Gamera posed a serious challenge to Godzilla’s status as “king of the monsters.”
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To honor the late, great Diane Keaton, a look back at the movie that won her an Oscar and made her an icon.
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Director Joan Micklin Silver and star Carol Kane tell a timeless story of tradition, assimilation, and agency.
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The shout-out to Gillo Pontecorvo’s 1966 masterpiece in “One Battle After Another” isn’t casual — and the film itself remains earth-shattering.
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One decade after introducing Godzilla to the world, Ishiro Honda brought to the screen a more down-to-earth threat to humanity.
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