A new restoration and R-rated cut of the cult comedy classic lets us look back on the frustrating cinematic legacy of the late comic genius at its center.
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A quarter century ago, Roland Emmerich’s Revolutionary War blockbuster gave the actor his juiciest film role yet — and he’s been presumed villainous ever since.
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Thought it may be overshadowed by other Eastwood Westerns, this is still an effective and bold revisionist oater.
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A film with a tangled history almost as convoluted as the story it tells, Orson Welles’s “Mr. Arkadin” has a playfulness that belies its ramshackle nature.
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The recent passing of Joe Don Baker is cause for revisiting his greatest performance in the true crime Dixiefieid cult classic.
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A century after its debut, a milestone of silent comedy has been restored to its long-lost original glory.
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Entering the Criterion Collection this week is a biopic whose unusual structure is a perfect match for its subject.
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Disney’s first widescreen animated feature used the nascent CinemaScope technique in depicting a low-key romance in turn-of-the-century America.
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Stuart Rosenberg’s 1984 adaptation of Vincent Patrick’s novel is a fairly conventional “Mean Streets” riff, noteworthy for the pair of peacocking actors at its center.
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In 1965, David Secter’s vision of Canadian life, made on a shoestring budget, was far ahead of its time, then quickly forgotten.
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Spielberg’s breakthrough film was an immediate success on its 1975 premiere and its status as a cultural juggernaut is still seen today. How has that affected the island community where the film was shot?
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This 1985 hit seemed like a weird film for late-era John Huston, but its dark heart and nihilistic view on romance fit perfectly into his rich filmography.
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