Forty years after its butchered American release, we look back at Dario Argento’s craziest movie.
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In a time when trans people find themselves increasingly on defense, the Criterion Channel celebrates one whose default is to play offense.
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Thirty years after its controversial release, a look back at Larry Clark’s notorious portrait of youth gone to seed in mid-’90s Manhattan.
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It may have been released during the summer 80 years ago, but this Barbara Stanwyck romantic comedy captures its own screwball sense of the Christmas spirit.
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With multifaceted performances by William Hurt and Raúl Juliá, this 1985 Oscar winner affirms the power of acts of empathy and understanding under fascist regimes.
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The Oscar-winning actor’s sole directorial effort was released 55 years ago. Though considered one of the finest films of the 1950s, it took some time to find its audience.
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What happens when Hollywood’s alpha male of action cinema slips a little existentialism into his escapism? The results are somewhat confusing but strangely compelling.
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Frank Marshall’s “thrill-omedy” deftly combines Hitchcockian suspense with campy 1950s creature feature fun, but there’s more to this film than basic B-movie entertainment.
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Now streaming on the Criterion Channel as part of its Summer Romances series, Elia Kazan’s 1961 melodrama of sexual frustration is overheated in the best possible way.
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Our bi-weekly look at the best new titles on Blu-ray, 4K, and your subscription streaming services.
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In 1945, Gene Kelly was about to near the beginning of his illustrious career. Jerry Mouse was already at the top. We explore how the two came to dance together.
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In a setting away from their childhood homes, two young men realize they have taken different paths. One has entered into […]
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