Ryan O’Neal could’ve come close to Cary Grant, but ‘70s cinema went in an entirely different direction. And, one might assume, his...

What is that thing called “beige”? Is it even a thing? Is it an entity? It’s not a color, that’s for sure. Have you ever seen a child...

David Fincher’s latest outing, The Killer, made me furious. There are several ways a film can elicit such a response. Storytelling...

Based on the nonfiction book by David Grann, the new Martin Scorsese film, Killers of the Flower Moon, relays a dark chapter in the...

Let’s face it, Tom has been with us for five decades now. In each of those, Cruise scored more than a few blockbusters, and, now over 60,...

Fassbinder’s life feels like a plot from one of his own films. To borrow a phrase from Bob Fosse’s All That Jazz, "this cat became numero...

A gifted-white-royal-offspring-saves-the-world trope has propelled many a novel. In Frank Herbert's Dune, not only our protagonist is a...

I rewatched Hair recently, and Treat Williams is such a life-giving, unstoppable force… I Got Life, indeed. That last shot of Berger...

As the title slyly suggests, The King of Comedy is, essentially, about class warfare. Pupkin the Everyman versus The Establishment. It is...

Tár is a tricky film to assess. Its ostensible loftiness makes it very easy to dismiss as highfalutin. We are asked to follow an...

Antoine Fuqua's Emancipation is a massive betrayal of its historical subject. A betrayal so complete, it makes it doubly painful: it is...

The Poseidon Adventure (1972) – A 50th anniversary appreciation The Poseidon Adventure remains the only suspense thriller in cinema...

*Spoiler Alert* Whether touted as a visually spectacular eco-friendly thriller, or belittled as a mindless macho adventure, John...

Consider this: if James Caan didn’t do The Godfather, our discussion of his best work wouldn’t change an iota. He was right there, in the...

Wayne Thiebaud was a very influential painter in my early life, and I’m saddened how readily his work is treated by indifference by so...

If life is a cabaret, Bob Fosse’s imaginative film version of the Broadway musical ‘Cabaret’ reflects humanity at its most vulnerable and...

What kind of a man does it take to crack the biggest heroin smuggling operation in New York? The French Connection wastes no time in...

Ghost World, the film based on a graphic novel of the same name, is a masterpiece. On every level. It is also a very American...

Back in the day, I went to see Escape from New York without any prior preparation. I haven't seen the trailer, haven't read any reviews,...

Toshiro Mifune stars as a vagabond samurai on a path to recapture his pride. In his memoir, Something Like An Autobiography, Akira...