The ‘80s in 40: ‘Flashdance’ (April 15, 1983) ✦
In this glossy Jerry Bruckheimer production about a scrappy Pittsburgh welder/dancer, winning is everything.
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#63 (tie): 'Casablanca': The Reveal discusses all 100 of Sight & Sound's Greatest Films of All Time
The sparkling jewel of the studio system has made audiences swoon for decades. We try to unpack what makes movie magic possible.
In Review: 'Snow White,' 'The Alto Knights'
Disney gives its first feature film the remake treatment while two Robert De Niro's and a gang of veterans go through the motions.
No, But I Read the Book: ‘Harold and Maude’
The cult classic began life as a screenplay for a thesis film. While Hal Ashby directed the film, screenwriter Colin Higgins turned it into a novel that took on a life of its own.
In Review: 'Black Bag,' 'The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie'
This week: Steven Soderbergh and David Koepp's second 2025 film strips the spy movie down to the essential and a long-delayed Looney Tunes movie hits theaters.
“I Didn’t Solve Anything”: With ‘Night Moves,’ Gene Hackman Found the Dark Heart of the 1970s
For director Arthur Penn, Hackman played a private eye troubled by darkness both around and within him.