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Hal Ashby’s 1975 Warren Beatty vehicle (now streaming on Amazon Prime) is a sharp political commentary — and a crackerjack sex comedy.
Read moreHal Ashby’s 1975 Warren Beatty vehicle (now streaming on Amazon Prime) is a sharp political commentary — and a crackerjack sex comedy.
Read moreRobert Hamer’s acerbic class satire wasn’t a guaranteed hit for Ealing Studios back in the day. Seventy five years on, it still feels riskier than any current mainstream comedy.
Read moreEsther Williams was an athlete turned actress and now, over 70 years later, we’re still in awe of her athletic feats.
Read moreOne of the Criterion Channel’s “Restorations and Rediscoveries” this month is Bob Odenkirk’s debut feature, which is ripe for rediscovery.
Read moreForty years ago this week, two movies were released that once again proved that the hybrid of horror and comedy works tremendously well.
Read moreNow that Roger Corman has joined all four original Ramones at the CBGB in the sky, we look back at their 1979 collaboration, Allan Arkush’s gonzo punk teen musical.
Read moreNobuhiko Obayashi’s first American release, which slipped under the radar in 1990, returns for a second glance at its tale of an unhappy grocer finding new meaning among Chinese students.
Read moreThe rock-and-roll greaser adventure movie, released 40 years ago this week, remains a fascinating anomaly and a one-of-a-kind jukebox oddity.
Read moreThe 1980 expansion of Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi’s ‘Saturday Night Live’ characters (now streaming on Amazon Prime Video) is a deliriously over-the-top stew of great music, crashing cars, and deadpan comedy.
Read moreNearly a century after its premiere, Abel Gance’s silent epic is finally available in its original form.
Read moreWith the Oscar-nominated ‘Robot Dreams’ arriving in theaters this week, here’s a look back at ‘Heartbeeps,’ the saga of two robots who dared to dream of more than servitude.
Read more“The Thin Man” captured everything soon to be forbidden by the Hays Code in an exemplary crime comedy anchored by one of the screen’s most charismatic couples and their dog.
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