The Prince of Cinema ✦
With 'Sign 'o the Times' hitting IMAX this week, it's a good time to look back on Prince's six-year attempt to conquer the movies.
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Minding the Gaps: ‘Head Over Heels’ / ‘Chilly Scenes of Winter’ (1979 / 1982) ✦
Joan Micklin Silver’s adaptation of Ann Beattie’s debut novel nearly disappeared until regaining its original title, losing its happy ending, and getting a second chance.
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Weekend Watch (with special guest Chris DeVille)
The author of the new indie rock book 'Such Great Heights' suggests an essential documentary about a millennial favorite.
In Review: 'Honey Don't!,' 'Eden'
An unusually hot August goes cold as two veteran filmmakers misfire.
Death Becomes Him: Terence Stamp in 'The Hit' ✦
Terence Stamp died last weekend. As an informant marked for death in 'The Hit,' he offered some startling perspective on it.
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#54 (tie): 'Blade Runner': The Reveal discusses all 100 of Sight & Sound’s Greatest Films of All Time
A flop in 1982, Ridley Scott's loose adaptation of a Philip K. Dick novel explores the nebulous definition of what it means to be human via a noir-inspired story of killer robots and those that killed them.