For seven years in the mid-‘70s, the Jimmy Cliff vehicle played to sold-out crowds at the Orson Welles Cinema, and its runaway success brought reggae to an unlikely audience.
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Akira Kurosawa’s final Shakespeare adaptation, which turns forty this month, stands as one of the legendary director’s greatest cinematic achievements.
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As he celebrates his 100th birthday, a look back at one of Dick Van Dyke’s most challenging, memorable, and apparently personal turns.
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When Stanley Kubrick’s final feature was posthumously released in 1999, responses were… divided. A quarter century (and a Criterion 4K) later, more viewers have caught on to what Kubrick was up to.
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Fifty years ago this month, François Truffaut’s stunning period piece introduced American audiences to Isabelle Adjani’s uniquely dedicated brand of acting.
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The hilarious third film in the stoner trilogy is a very good holiday film and a great 3D movie — whether or not you have the technology to view it as intended.
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On its 60th anniversary, a look at Elizabeth Hartman’s dazzling debut turn, and what happened to her career in its wake.
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In this left-of-center holiday tale, animator Satoshi Kon gave dignity to those marginalized by society.
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Quit playing “Reindeer Games” – John Frankenheimer’s ultimate Christmas movie is this down-and-dirty holiday hangover where the only white stuff falling is Neo-Nazi scum.
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With Jim Jarmusch’s “Father Mother Sister Brother” out this month, a look back at his first indie triptych.
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On its 25th anniversary, a look back at the movie that severed Miramax’s relationship with Billy Bob Thornton — and put his directorial side hustle to an end.
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Hollywood has always struggled to adapt the works of the legendary Stephen Sondheim to film, and Tim Burton’s take on “The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” shows both the benefits and risks.
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