
Seven Samurai Continues Its Ride Through Cinema’s Past and Future
An ode to the impact of Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai, currently playing around the country in a 4K restored re-release.
An ode to the impact of Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai, currently playing around the country in a 4K restored re-release.
In honor of “Skywalkers: A Love Story,” we look back at other nonfiction films that chronicle the ups and downs of relationships.
On the 25th anniversary of Stanley Kubrick’s polarizing final work.
A video essay on Alan J. Pakula’s “The Parallax View,” a perfect movie with a merciless ending
In honor of the award-winning actor’s death, we celebrate her most indelible roles, which highlight her vulnerability, intensity and sweetness.
In honor of the hit comedy’s 20th anniversary, let’s pay tribute to its secret MVP, whose Veronica Corningstone hilariously cut Ron Burgundy down to size.
On the 50th anniversary restoration of Sam Peckinpah’s heart-of-darkness Western, courtesy of The Criterion Collection.
A Quiet Place: Day One is the best of the series, in large part because its such a departure.
Thirty years after its release, this multi-platinum collection of classic rock and R&B feels like a relic—both of the musical period it celebrates and an era when people actually bought movie soundtracks.
A salute to the musicals, comedies, Marvel sequels and Spielberg films that have made the Independence Day movie season so special this century.
How the PG-13 rating changed American cinema for the worse.
The director of the acclaimed short talks about channeling everyday anxiety.
The three previous movies the Oscar-winner directed suggest a filmmaker whose unabashed earnestness is his greatest weakness and secret superpower.
A preview of the three-day Chicago extension of the Sundance Film Festival, running this weekend.
The staff picks for the best films of the first half of 2024.
Lily Gladstone’s Fancy Dance took more than a year to secure a theatrical release. Here are six movies still waiting for a buyer.
George Miller’s fifth and presumably final “Mad Max” movie reimagines the world he created.
In its second year, Washington DC’s documentary film festival DC/DOX showed 51 features and 47 shorts from 17 countries.
Once again, Netflix leaves money on the table by limiting theatrical screenings.
In honor of the new documentary Brats, we look back at the 1980s actors’ finest onscreen moments—and the films that found them way out of their depth.