The 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.
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Nearly a century after its premiere, Abel Gance’s silent epic is finally available in its original form.
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With 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.
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“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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Featuring a mesmerizing performance from Ray Milland, Hitchcock’s “Dial ‘M’ for Murder” still stuns as a gruesome tale of jealousy and revenge. A look back, on the eve of its 70th anniversary.
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Fifty years after its release, this adaptation of the Henry James novella ranks a notch below Peter Bogdanovich’s previous four films, though it’s not as far removed in quality from his magical initial run as its reputation suggests.
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In 1994, Disney embarked on its first home-video sequel, inadvertently kick-starting an era where the studio began to cannibalize itself for content.
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Frank Perry’s 1968 drama (now streaming on Amazon Prime) is a still-shattering story of suburban ennui, anchored by an astonishing Burt Lancaster performance.
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Director Wayne Wang and writer Paul Auster had such a great time making their Brooklyn indie, they got Miramax to finance another one.
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Set to be rebooted with an opportunistic trilogy, Bryan Bertino’s horror classic derives its power from its haunting ambiguity.
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Luchino Visconti’s adaptation of Thomas Mann’s novella (now streaming on the Criterion Channel) remains as thorny and complicated as ever.
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With his adaptation of Graham Greene’s ‘Ministry of Fear,’ Fritz Lang showed it was just as important to fight Nazis on the home front as it was on the front lines.
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