Stop me faster than a speeding bullet if you’ve heard this one. New York City’s costumed savior has fallen. The captive […]
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Some films are impossible to separate from their provenance. That’s especially true for those made during wartime. 1943’s The Life and […]
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Love has always been a foundational aspect of Disney’s animated storytelling, in short or feature form. The notion of “happily ever […]
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With “Hard Truths” in theaters, a look back at one of Mike Leigh’s earliest and thorniest pictures.
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One of the most uncompromisingly bleak neo-noirs to come out of the late 80’s boom makes its well-deserved Criterion Collection debut this month.
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With his second feature – and first with star Julianne Moore – indie auteur Todd Haynes showed how even the rich and privileged could be made to feel vulnerable.
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With the Bob Dylan biopic “A Complete Unknown” nabbing 8 Oscar nominations, this week’s pick is the 1965 documentary that captures Dylan at his trickiest.
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More than 40 years after it aired on PBS, Michael Roemer’s intense chamber drama is the latest of his films to receive a much-delayed arrival in theaters.
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On this Sundance eve, let’s travel back 30 years to find out what Miramax and their competitors were up to in Park City.
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John Carpenter and Dan O’Bannon’s debut feature hit theaters 50 years ago this week, but it took a while for the heady sci-fi comedy to take off.
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On the 20th anniversary of its release, the remake of John Carpenter’s classic offers the opportunity to examine the durability of an oft-told tale.
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“When one townie falls in the forest, can anyone hear it?” — The Hold Steady, “One for the Cutters” Arriving near […]
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