A Guide to Your Franchise Auteurs
When indie favorites level up to studio blockbusters, do they lose themselves in the process? 'Twisters,' 'A Quiet Place: Day One,' and other mega-productions suggest different answers.
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The Pink Stuff: Shelley Duvall in ‘3 Women’
Duvall delivered one of her most memorable performances in one of Robert Altman's most experimental films playing a character she helped shape in every way.
In Review: 'Fly Me to the Moon,' 'Longlegs,' and 'Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger'
This week brings a rom-com set against the backdrop of the Apollo 11 mission, an unnerving horror procedural, and a documentary about a remarkable filmmaking team.
Robert Towne and Me: A Disaster Revisited ✦
What a flubbed interview around Towne's Steve Prefontaine biopic 'Without Limits' reveals about a great sports movie and the two men at its center.
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1950: The Year We Went to the Moon (Sort Of)
Released mere weeks apart 19 years before the moon landing, ‘Destination Moon’ and ‘Rocketship X-M’ competed at the box office while offering two sharply contrasting visions of space travel.
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Our Independence Day sale runs through the weekend... then it's' no more!
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