Miramax was presumably looking for a typical “New Jack City”-style action movie back in 2002 – and instead, they got a complex, complicated...

A look back at the ‘Jaws’ rip-off that was so good, Spielberg poached its director.

The ‘Chinatown’ follow-up, both starring and directed by Jack Nicholson, has mostly been forgotten – perhaps unfairly. A look back at ‘The...

In the John Woo-directed action film, released 25 years ago this month, Christian Slater attempted to bend his Gen-X bad boy persona into a ‘90s...

Shudder’s new “A Nightmare Wakes” is the latest attempt to bring the real story of Frankenstein’s creator to the screen – and, once again,...

On its 30th anniversary, a look back at the serial killer thriller that terrified a generation.

There are plenty of erotic films that purport to represent subcultures, but few are more accurate than Steven Shainberg’s Secretary. Released in...

Theaters and video stores of the 1990s were awash with valentines to the open road, free love, and casual crime. A look back at some of those films,...

This Valentine’s Day, how about an, um, unconventional romance?

The cartoon counterpart to Harry Nilsson’s album, which premiered 50 years ago, was both of its specific moment and a timeless story of...

The Beatles’ favorite filmmaker spent the decade directing films like “Cuba,” “Juggernaut,” and “Royal Flash” – complicated...

The Burt Reynolds-fronted football farce, now streaming on Prime Video and Hulu, harkens back to an era when mainstream studio comedy was allowed to...

Though separated by two decades and two languages, Tsai Ming-Liang’s 2003 drama and Bill and Turner Ross’s 2020 pseudo-documentary share an...

An in-depth look at the themes, nuances, and complexities of the iconic early-‘70s revenge series, starring the great Meiko Kaji.

The Tarantino-penned, Rodriguez-helmed action/horror mash-up, released 25 years ago this week, remains vital for one key reason: the electrifying...