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Godzilla Minus Zero is another entertaining (albeit overstuffed) entry in the beloved franchise.
Fjord is an on-the-nose, but nonetheless compelling “movie of the moment.”
On Josef von Sternberg's overlooked The Shanghai Gesture (1941).
Learning what it’s like to work for “an intense marionette artist” like David Fincher.
Watching The Cat in the Cat, you get a distinct sense that the filmmakers resent the material and would rather be making a Pixar movie.
On When a Stranger Calls Back, an obscure 1993 TV movie starring Carol Kane.
Revisiting Grizzly Man (2005) and Werner Herzog's ambivalent portrait of Timothy Treadwell.
Gender, law, morality, and order all look awry in neo-noir.
The writer (Quentin Tarantino), the director (David Fincher), and the studio (Netflix) hate the movie. Is it my fault?
But are they any good?
Ali G: Who Iz I? is unfunny, poorly executed, and woefully out of date.
Star Wars games understand something the movies can only suggest: keeping the galaxy running is a job.
This isn’t The Bourne Identity where all the characters have unlimited stamina and years of instinctual training.
Herrington High has something to hide in the 1998 monster flick The Faculty.
Casting Black actors in a genre exercise is meaningful.
This kind of bluntness of misogyny, homosexuality, and feminism is almost never seen in American films.
Nathan Fielder’s film on Elizabeth Holmes beats Aaron Sorkin’s film on Zuckerberg.
It’s a year of bad Emily Brontë adaptations.
Are we metaphysical frauds or are we living in truth?
The story of how Jean-Luc Godard broke every rule in the book while making Breathless.
Do men in the film The Bat (1959) carry symbolic rabies?
The late director talks to Mark Kermode about learning to love music and the origin of his 1971 film The Devils in this November 2004 interview.
Ted Koppel talks to the esteemed film critics about the third Star Wars film in this May 1983 episode of Nightline.
The popular English film critic on the new film by Alejandro G. Iñárritu.
Don Goodman's 1966 UCLA student film.
The late filmmaker talks about the arduous production of his 1978 masterpiece in this April 16, 2007 interview.
The Elizabeth Holmes documentary, directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, is in theaters October 16.
An obscure adaptation of Jim Thompson's novel starring Fat City almuni Stacy Keach and Susan Tyrrell.
The living legend talks Spike Lee, Robert Altman, Jean-Luc Godard, and more.
The late actress talks about A Bug's Life nearly 30 years ago in Hollywood.