My Mother, the Movies, and Me
Some reflections on times spent at the movies long ago, in remembrance..
In Review: 'Inside Out 2'
Pixar sequels not called 'Toy Story' tend to offer diminished returns. Its new one continue the pattern.
Hollywood's Brief Cocaine Binge
In the late '80s, as the Reagan years were winding down, three movies tried to mark the dark side of runaway excess.
10 Thoughts on Alfred Hitchcock's 'The Birds' ✦
In 1963, Hitchcock followed the mammoth success of ‘Psycho’ with an elusive, unsettling film unlike anything else he’d ever make.
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In Review: 'Bad Boys: Ride Or Die,' 'The Watchers'
A venerable buddy-cop franchise delivers the action goods while a second-generation director makes an appropriately twisty debut.
Caught Looking: The Unsavory Allure of ‘Peeping Tom’
Lost, rediscovered, and newly restored, Michael Powell’s lurid tale of murder and filmmaking has lost none of its power to disturb.