On the 140th anniversary of his birth, a look back at the man who, in many ways, defined modern moviemaking.
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Why has the fifty-plus-year-old French thriller ‘La Piscine’ (now streaming on the Criterion Channel) so resonated with audiences this summer? Some thoughts:
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When you think of Cannon Films, you typically think of exploitation movies and Chuck Norris vehicles. But the ‘80s legends also assembled an impressive array of art films, and provided opportunities for auteurs in need.
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This month’s summary of the cinematic misdeeds of Harvey Weinstein looks back at ‘Dead Man,’ the Jim Jarmusch Western that Miramax tried to toss into an unmarked grave when its uncompromising director spurned Harvey’s scissors.
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‘The Killing of a Chinese Bookie’ was titled and sold like a gangster movie, but it’s something much harder to pin down: a Cassavetes movie.
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“The Green Knight” is the latest attempt to bring the stories of the Knights of the Round Table to the screen – and it’s proven trickier than you’d think.
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On the eve of his 80th birthday, we offer up an appreciation of the unique gifts of this esteemed English actor.
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Bryan Forbes’s supernatural thriller – now streaming on HBOMax and The Criterion Channel – is moody, atmospheric, messy, and fascinating.
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From ‘Dirty Harry’ and ’48 HRS’ to ‘Die Hard with a Vengeance’ and ‘Con Air,’ the action movies of the past presented a prickliness towards matters of race that was often discomforting but frequently, refreshingly honest.
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Frank Capra’s 1941 drama – now streaming on Amazon Prime Video – explores political themes and ideas that are far from unique to its time.
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The first sequel to “Alien,” released 35 years ago this week, pushed one of the primary themes of the series: that in an ultra-capitalist future, humans are always expendable.
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J.D. Salinger famously refused to sell the movie rights to ‘The Catcher in the Rye.’ But in 1998, Wes Anderson released the closest thing to a film version we may ever get.
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