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.
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Eric Rohmer’s effervescent coming-of-age story is a perfect balm for the end-of-summer blues.
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A new biography and retrospectives of journeyman director Richard Fleischer should bring new eyeballs to his masterful but underseen 1971 thriller.
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A salute to Louis Malle’s bittersweet swan song, which was the perfect basic cable counter-programming on a very dark day.
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Though perhaps best known for his work with Spielberg, in his own directorial debut, David Koepp exhibited a decidedly less rosy view of humanity.
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Sixty years on from its first Swedish screening, Ingmar Bergman’s mid-career masterpiece remains a slippery, enigmatic litmus test for audiences.
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On its 75th anniversary, a look at the many off-kilter charms of the Cary Grant and Joseph L. Mankiewicz collaboration.
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Duke Mitchell’s gonzo exploitation masterwork was once thought lost and unsalvageable. Now, it’s widely available to see. But are you ready for it?
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Lionel Barrymore plays a delightfully arrogant murderer in this cruelly efficient piece of pre-Code nastiness from nearly a century ago.
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Larry Cohen’s 1976 cult favorite is a cuckoo-bananas mash-up of cop movie, supernatural thriller, and religious meditation.
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A hard-boiled detective uncovers a conspiracy to assassinate Abraham Lincoln in Anthony Mann’s unique fusion of history and film noir, released 75 years ago this week.
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What initially looked like (and was probably intended as) a dopey Todd Phillips-style comedy instead plays now as an indictment of the assumptions of the university system.
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