The Alan Arkin-directed Elliott Gould vehicle, now streaming as part of Criterion Channel’s “New York Stories” series, is the comic equivalent of grimy classics like ‘Taxi Driver.”
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Few films have faced as many impediments to success as David Lynch’s adaptation of Frank Herbert’s sci-fi tome — and the cinema gods aren’t done with it yet.
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In six masterful late ‘50s Westerns, director Budd Boetticher and star Randolph Scott brilliantly reimagined the Western and its hero.
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With his new film “The Card Counter” in theaters soon, we look back at one of Paul Schrader’s strangest – and least understood – works.
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A critical examination of the ‘50s Technicolor musical standby – why they did them, and if they still work.
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At the dawn of a new decade, quintessential ‘80s screen and TV star Michael J. Fox found two film projects to reposition and reconfigure his persona.
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Martin Scorsese’s breakthrough feature showcases the style and sensibility (and morality) that would become his trademark.
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Thirty years ago, two great films examined the life of the writer – and deemed it a hell on earth.
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Alfred Hitchcock’s 1946 classic is one of his knottiest pictures, with his trademark spy movie trappings barely concealing a level of cynicism for the transactional relationships between men and women.
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On this Friday the 13th, a look back at the franchise’s first sequel – released 40 years ago – and what makes it different (and perhaps better) than all that followed:
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The 1974 crime classic – now streaming on Prime Video – is a boisterous tribute to New York City, working class competence, and Walter Matthau’s inimitable mug.
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George Stevens’ classic, released 70 years ago this week, features two of the most beautiful stars in movie history – and a knotty message about the doors that such beauty opens.
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