The late Tom Noonan had an unsettling presence that was perfect for horror, which filmmaker Ti West expertly utilizes in two of his early movies.
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Ingmar Bergman didn’t like to dwell on his directorial debut, but it’s worth watching to see his cinematic vision in its larval state.
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Bill Pullman has stolen two forgotten comedies about perfect crimes and imperfect criminals with strangely similar supporting roles that remind just how much we’ve always taken him for granted.
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Certainly Billy Bob Thorton’s work in “The Man Who Wasn’t There,” joining the Criterion Collection this week, is in the running.
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In two 1950s noirs celebrating their anniversaries this month, underrated star Rhonda Fleming brings warmth and vulnerability to the femme fatale.
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John Wayne and John Ford’s final collaboration is a freewheeling goof, a hang-out movie full of drinking, brawling, singing, and camaraderie.
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At just 20 years old, Greta Garbo sailed from Sweden to the United States to film “Torrent,” the first of three pictures released in 1926. In the words of one prescient newspaper writer, “Miss Garbo is scheduled for stardom.”
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Controversial Polish director Andrzej Zulawski passed away in February 2016, months before his final film debuted in America. Ten years later, we look back on his absurdist swan song.
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Tim Curry’s outrageous and insouciant performance as an iconic pirate helps this family-friendly adaptation stand the test of time.
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In Luis Buñuel’s overlooked adaptation, the frenzied emotions of Heathcliff and Cathy are transported to the barren plains of Mexico.
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The Maysles Brothers’ documentary about a pair of eccentric patrician recluses is not just a spectacle of decay, but a portrait of captivating, irrepressible vitality.
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Beneath the pitch-black comedy that audiences rejected it for, Lawrence Kasdan’s 1990 farce is a heartwarming, true story about how love is stronger than bullets, car bombs, and attempted murder convictions.
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