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From the Criterion Channel’s new Dirk Bogarde program, a look at Luchino Visconti’s “beautiful film that is deeply hard to watch.”

Fellini’s first color feature spotlights one of his most important leading ladies, and presents a striking contrast to his better-known works.

Preston Sturges’s definitive screwball came early in one of the most remarkable runs of any writer/director’s career.

Gordon Parks Jr. and Max Julien’s riff on ‘Bonnie & Clyde’ in this entertaining and often subversive Black Western.

Mike Nichols’ scathing 1971 sex comedy, now streaming on Amazon Prime Video, may or may not have been his best film – but it now feels like his most influential.

Leonard Kastle’s 1970 dramatization of the crimes of Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck isn’t your typical lovers-on-the-run movie. Here’s why:

A look back at the ‘Jaws’ rip-off that was so good, Spielberg poached its director.

The Burt Reynolds-fronted football farce, now streaming on Prime Video and Hulu, harkens back to an era when mainstream studio comedy was allowed to be a bit messier.

This week’s Classic Corner is stretching the definition of “classic” just a bit, but nevertheless, Jane Fonda and Roger Vadim’s sci-fi sexcapade is streaming on Amazon and Criterion, so why the hell not?

Luis Buñuel’s 1972 Oscar winner (new on Blu-ray from Criterion and streaming on Amazon Prime) remains one of his most savage pictures – and one of his funniest.

Mae West’s best films are now streaming on The Criterion Channel, so this week’s Classic Corner pick is her first starring vehicle, the notorious ‘She Done Him Wrong.’