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The cult favorite that marked Tom Hanks’ directorial debut is best remembered for its eponymous song and beloved late songwriter, even if he missed out at winning the Oscar statuette.

Ben Stiller’s absurdist comedy offered much-needed escapism for a grieving nation 25 years ago, though its timing weeks after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks came with a variety of complications.

To mark his centenary, a look at the dramatic career highs and lows of gravel-voiced ’50s movie star.

Released 20 years ago this week, Brian De Palma’s neo-noir is overdue for the critical reassessment given to his other misunderstood masterpieces.

While it’s not technically the Carole King story, Allison Anders’s 1996 music drama brings her creativity and curiosity to life better than a traditional biopic.


Jean-Jacques Annaud’s adaptation of Umberto Eco’s novel is a gorgeous and grotesque medieval whodunnit, proving that the conventional blockbuster can capture literary complexity.

A new biography and retrospectives of journeyman director Richard Fleischer should bring new eyeballs to his masterful but underseen 1971 thriller.

Though perhaps best known for his work with Spielberg, in his own directorial debut, David Koepp exhibited a decidedly less rosy view of humanity.

On its 75th anniversary, a look at the many off-kilter charms of the Cary Grant and Joseph L. Mankiewicz collaboration.

Lionel Barrymore plays a delightfully arrogant murderer in this cruelly efficient piece of pre-Code nastiness from nearly a century ago.