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When David O. Russell went to work for Harvey Weinstein, “complications ensued” was an understatement.

With the Oscars around the corner, this month’s look at the cinematic misdeeds of Miramax returns to a movie lost to time: the 1995 Best Picture nominee that served as a dry run for the success of “Life is Beautiful.”

This month’s examination of the cinematic misdeeds of Miramax spotlights Kevin Williamson’s directorial debut, a would-be black comedy softened and spoiled by the brothers Weinstein.

Welcome to Harvey’s Hellhole, a monthly column devoted to spotlighting the movies that were poorly marketed, mishandled, reshaped, neglected or just […]

This month’s look at the cinematic misdeeds of the Weinsteins takes it back thirty years, when a certain pulpy flick set off a wave of crazy/sexy/cool crime stories.

Twenty years ago, before the Weinstein brothers left Miramax to start the Weinstein Company, they released a shoulda-been prestige project that barely made a ripple.

Thirty years after its controversial release, a look back at Larry Clark’s notorious portrait of youth gone to seed in mid-’90s Manhattan.

A look back at Miramax and Dimension’s various re-cuttings and re-packagings of the works of the legendary martial artist and screen comedian.

In spring of 1995, with the releases of “Exotica,” “Muriel’s Wedding,” and “Priest,” Miramax was ready to test the limits of censors and audiences.

Even the Iranian master Abbas Kiarostami fell victim to the indifference of Miramax with this 1994 meta-drama.