The 1983 debut feature from director Avery Crounse is finally getting its long-overdue Blu-ray release – and its due as a groundbreaking low-budget creeper.
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Billy Wilder’s 1964 sex comedy was a critical and commercial flop. But on re-examination, it’s a fascinating exploration of themes often kept under the surface.
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Thirty years ago, Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Reservoir Dogs’ made its Sundance debut, redefining indie filmmaking and narrative screenwriting – particularly in one key sequence.
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With his new film “Belfast” an Oscar frontrunner, we look back at one of the least loved entries in Kenneth Branagh’s filmography – and one of the most interesting.
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Elia Kazan’s Oscar-winning 1947 drama (now streaming on Criterion Channel) is sometimes dismissed as dated and preachy – which is part of why it’s so valuable.
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With a six-film spotlight on the Criterion Channel, we take a look at the complex kinda-sorta feminism of sexploitation director Doris Wishman.
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When Mike Nesmith died last month, he left behind not only a legacy in music, but in film. A look back at the last of his cinematic endeavors:
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‘The Tragedy of Macbeth’ is the latest Coen effort exploring a theme present from the beginning of their filmography: the misery of matrimony.
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A dozen titles from Egyptian director Youssef Chahine have popped up on Netflix – including this unnerving, ahead-of-its time character study.
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With Sundance around the corner, we look back at perhaps the most disastrous of Miramax’s many ill-advised, overpriced festival pick-ups.
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Two men sit on an idyllic suburban lawn, creating a mirror image of one another that suggests an inherent balance in […]
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When author Anne Rice died at the age of 80 in December 2021, she left behind a huge body of work, […]
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