Forty-plus years after its release, Louis Malle’s sleeper hit continues to prove that there’s nothing more thrilling than two smart people talking.
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As Monty Python’s second feature turns 50, a look at how it became the cult film that broke them in America.
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1968’s winner for the Best Foreign Language Oscar – now streaming on Criterion Channel in its Czech New Wave collection – is a wry warning against passivity in the face of fascism.
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Chantal Akerman’s 1982 drama is a valentine to the pleasures and heartaches of the night.
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William Friedkin’s 1985 cop thriller is noteworthy not only for its 80s aesthetics and hard-hitting action, but for its cold, dark heart.
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Our week of Bad Romances climaxes with Nagisa Oshima’s graphic story of sexual obsession – one still unseen in its home country in its uncut form.
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Some films are impossible to separate from their provenance. That’s especially true for those made during wartime. 1943’s The Life and […]
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With “Hard Truths” in theaters, a look back at one of Mike Leigh’s earliest and thorniest pictures.
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With the Bob Dylan biopic “A Complete Unknown” nabbing 8 Oscar nominations, this week’s pick is the 1965 documentary that captures Dylan at his trickiest.
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John Carpenter and Dan O’Bannon’s debut feature hit theaters 50 years ago this week, but it took a while for the heady sci-fi comedy to take off.
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The holidays may be over, but Ernst Lubitsch’s Christmas favorite is still ideal cold-weather comfort viewing for its 85th anniversary.
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“It’s Xavier,” he mumbles. “With an X or an S?” comes the reply, and an early hint at the kind of […]
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