Features
A 50th Anniversary retrospective on Steven Spielberg’s first feature-length film, Duel, and its place in Nixon’s America.
For this Away from the Hype Sean Fallon takes a look at The Matrix Sequels. How do they hold up?
While the purpose of What If? may be to prime the fanbase for multiverse madness, its secondary function is one of image and branding.
Renny Harlin is one of cinema’s great workhorses — a constantly dependable, and occasionally remarkable carpenter of sturdy entertainment.
Bright and peppy, The Wachowski’s Speed Racer is a bonafide live-action cartoon and well worth a second look.
Don Palathara is an astute observer of our species. From his first feature film, he has been placing the varying hues of human nature before us.
The path to democratization is a long one, but film festivals are the independent, flexible, and creative spaces to accomplish the democratization we seek.
While not without its controversy, Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom remains a ferocious work of art.
Criterion welcomes classics new and old to its collection this month with the addition of Beasts of No Nation, Afterlife and more!
The chemistry between Bogart and Bacall and Howard Hawks’ storytelling have turned The Big Sleep into a lasting classic.
Politically charged and historically conscious, Chris Marker’s fertile imagination makes him one of the cinema’s most transcendent artists.
In Kids Return, the warmth of Kitano’s brand of brotherhood glows on the palate long after the acidity of his cynicism has subsided.
On it’s 25th anniversary, Orson Welles’ oeuvre The Stranger towers over the thrillers with which it’s so often been unfairly bundled over the years.
The new Criterion release allows the viewer to appreciate everything Kobayashi’s towering masterwork has to offer at an even greater level.
Fans make the entertainment industry go round. Or do they? Ian LeWinter inquires on the disconnect between studios and movie-goers.
