A more-personal-than-usual reflection on the holiday perennial, now streaming on Amazon Prime.
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A more-personal-than-usual reflection on the holiday perennial, now streaming on Amazon Prime.
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Ingmar Bergman’s 13th feature, now streaming on the Criterion Channel and Max, was a breakthrough: “I felt for the first time I’d made a good film.”
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Otto Preminger’s 1944 film noir fave maintains its ability to delight and surprise.
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Dick Richards’s 1975 adaptation of ‘Farewell, My Lovely’ (now streaming on Peacock and Amazon Prime) merges ‘70s institutional ennui with the hangdog charms of star Robert Mitchum.
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In the late ’60s, when both men were at the peak of their powers (and coolness), Jean-Pierre Melville directed the late Alain Delon in his career-defining role.
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Catherine Breillat’s debut feature (now streaming in a Criterion Channel retrospective) is not your typical “summer that changed my life” story.
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This 1930 fusion of documentary and drama captures both a country and an art form on the verge of tremendous change.
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Masks are always a popular part of spooky season. But as this French cult classic demonstrates, sometimes it’s not a villain they conceal but a victim.
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Widely sneered at upon its release, Richard Franklin’s 1983 sequel to Hitchcock’s classic holds up just fine on its own terms.
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This riotously funny 1970 social satire (streaming on Amazon, Tubi, and Plex) showcases star Robert De Niro and director Brian De Palma well before the establishment of their respective personas.
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Powell and Pressburger’s 1947 classic starts like a prestige drama and slowly but surely creeps into the realm of psychological terror.
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As the Criterion Channel celebrates the 100th birthday of Marcello Mastroianni, we recommend one of his undersung comedies for your streaming pleasure.
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