With “Crash” out on Blu-ray this week from Criterion, we look back at the various attempts to translate JG Ballard’s work to the screen.
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Rob Reiner’s adaptation of Stephen King’s novel, released 30 years ago this week, remains a fascinating examination of creative work, fandom, and femininity.
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Two iconic 1950 films looked at the challenges of aging for actresses – and have lost little of their relevance in the ensuing seven decades.
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When ‘Mona Lisa Smile’ arrived in theaters in 2003, many critics wrote it off as a lesser ‘Dead Poets Society’ – which is wildly reductive to both the film and its themes.
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M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Sixth Sense’ follow-up – released 20 years ago this week – wasn’t based on a comic book. But it captured the spirit of comic books and super heroes as few other films have.
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The 1948 thriller has the look and pedigree of film noir, but it’s a clear forerunner for the police procedurals to come.
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Pierce Brosnan’s first James Bond adventure hit screens 25 years ago this week – and marked a turning point for the venerable spy franchise. A look back:
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Aaron Sorkin’s first dramatization of life in the West Wing hit theaters 25 years ago, and it seems even more like fantasy today.
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Our “Noirvember” celebration continues with Joseph H. Lewis’s 1955 masterpiece, the story of an obsessed cop’s pursuit of a ruthless gangster (and the collateral damage along the way):
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When Joe Wright made his take on Austen’s classic in 2005, he had to find a way to make this oft-told tale fresh. Here’s how he did it:
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I recently discovered there are two types of people in this world: Kentucky Fried Movie people and Amazon Women in the […]
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On this, its 30th anniversary, it’s as easy as ever to dismiss Kevin Costner’s Oscar-winning Western epic. But it’s not quite that simple.
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