This emotionally resonant tale of a hitman and his target connecting, which celebrates its 30th anniversary this month, is ripe for rediscovery.
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Years before Patrick Bateman cornered the market on homicide in the American boardroom, Michael Caine crossed the pond to show him how it’s done in this giddy black comedy.
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Forty-plus years after its release, Louis Malle’s sleeper hit continues to prove that there’s nothing more thrilling than two smart people talking.
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Forget about Disney’s live-action remake and stream ‘Robot Dreams’ director Pablo Berger’s lovely 2012 silent-film take on Snow White
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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.
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As we mark five years since the COVID-19 lockdown, a look back at the Scotch-taped solutions for theatrical distribution, which resulted in the memory-holing of some very fine films.
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As Monty Python’s second feature turns 50, a look at how it became the cult film that broke them in America.
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David Cronenberg’s oppressively bleak drama “Spider” is often seen as un-Cronenbergian, but that couldn’t be further from the truth.
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“I can’t say that I would recommend it to anyone other than to look at it in the context of a […]
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Released at the same time Barack Obama was sweeping the 2008 Democratic primaries, Margaret Brown’s documentary about Mobile, Ala.’s segregated Mardi Gras celebrations is a potent reminder of a time when hope and change were plentiful.
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Before producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson handed the James Bond reins to Amazon, only one mission was completed outside the family, and now ‘Never Say Never Again’ plays like prophecy.
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1968’s winner for the Best Foreign Language Oscar – now streaming on Criterion Channel in its Czech New Wave collection – is a wry warning against passivity in the face of fascism.
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