How the paranoia of the late-‘60s seeped into two very different sci-fi movies from March of 1971:
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The 1996 adaptation of ‘La Cage aux Folles,’ released 25 years ago this week, was a groundbreaking hit of queer cinema – while reflecting its era in some now discomforting ways.
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Leonard Kastle’s 1970 dramatization of the crimes of Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck isn’t your typical lovers-on-the-run movie. Here’s why:
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On the 110th anniversary of her birth, a look back at big-screen siren Jean Harlow, her key starring vehicle, and the story it still tells.
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How Federico Fellini’s 1963 masterpiece became the template for a certain kind of auteur confessional.
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Powell and Pressburger’s 1948 masterpiece – now streaming on Amazon Prime, HBO Max, *and* the Criterion Channel – is a great romance, a great tragedy, a great dance movie, and a great backstage picture.
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Miramax was presumably looking for a typical “New Jack City”-style action movie back in 2002 – and instead, they got a complex, complicated character study.
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A look back at the ‘Jaws’ rip-off that was so good, Spielberg poached its director.
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The ‘Chinatown’ follow-up, both starring and directed by Jack Nicholson, has mostly been forgotten – perhaps unfairly. A look back at ‘The Two Jakes,’ now streaming on Amazon Prime Video:
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In the John Woo-directed action film, released 25 years ago this month, Christian Slater attempted to bend his Gen-X bad boy persona into a ‘90s popcorn mold.
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Shudder’s new “A Nightmare Wakes” is the latest attempt to bring the real story of Frankenstein’s creator to the screen – and, once again, it’s a big miss. What keeps going wrong?
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On its 30th anniversary, a look back at the serial killer thriller that terrified a generation.
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