looking back Archives — Page 37 of 86

12/08/202303/02/2024inClassic Corner, Looking Backby Sara Batkie6 min read

Classic Corner: Terms of Endearment

On its 40th anniversary, an exploration of what James L. Brooks’s Oscar winner gets right – and other weepies don’t.

12/06/202303/02/2024inLooking Backby Chelsea Spear5 min read

The Brink’s Job Makes the Comedy Fit the Crime

In “The Brink’s Job,” director William Friedkin and screenwriter Walon Green found the humor in one of the most notorious bank robberies in Boston by playing with the standards set by previous crime films set in the Commonwealth.

12/05/202303/02/2024inHappy Birthday, Looking Backby Max Borg5 min read

The Wicker Man at 50: A Tale of Cults and Cuts

First released in December 1973, Robin Hardy’s folk horror remains a fascinating piece of mishandled cinema.

12/04/202303/02/2024inLooking Backby Jeffrey Webb5 min read

Cop Land: Stallone’s Reckoning

The 1997 crime film/modern-day western is one of Stallone’s best performances. And one of his most personal.

12/04/202303/02/2024inHappy Birthday, Looking Backby Craig D. Lindsey7 min read

Harvey’s Hellhole: Bad Santa

Twenty years ago, Miramax dropped the filthiest, funniest gift into theaters – following even more behind-the-scenes drama than usual.

12/01/202303/02/2024inClassic Corner, Happy Birthday, Looking Backby Craig J. Clark5 min read

Classic Corner: Judex

Sixty years ago, Georges Franju paid tribute to one of his filmmaking heroes with an affectionate remake of Louis Feuillade’s “Judex.”

11/27/202303/02/2024inLooking Backby Craig D. Lindsey6 min read

Harvey’s Hellhole: Cinema Paradiso

The 1988 coming-of-age tale ‘Cinema Paradiso’ was practically patient zero when it came to Miramax taking a middlebrow foreign film and turning it into a much-adored, Oscar-winning hit.

11/27/202303/02/2024inHappy Birthday, Looking Backby Kayleigh Donaldson8 min read

Oldboy at 20 – and 10

Two decades ago, Park Chan-wook’s revenge thriller reinvented Korean cinema. A decade Later, Spike Lee remade it.

11/22/202303/02/2024inLooking Backby Chelsea Spear7 min read

Simply the Best: Tina Turner On Screen

Tina Turner turned in a pair of indelible screen performances that extended—and, in some cases, subverted—the qualities that made her appealing on record and in concert.