“Once upon a time in sunny California” reads a title card immediately after the credits for Sirk’s There’s Always Tomorrow. “Once upon a time” triggers an expectation of a fairy[…]
African American · DVD & Blu-ray · Music & Musicals
You get what you pay for, if you’re lucky
Activist & Political · Animation
Trey Parker and Matt Stone fight Hollywood ignorance with some ignorance of their own
Human, mecha, supermecha and David
This missing noir masterpiece enters the canon in first place
Hou honors the master while remaining true to his own vision
Comedy · DVD & Blu-ray · Pre-Code
Cukor’s all-star gala remains a tasty dish
Documentaries · Festivals & Awards
“The governments will be forgotten but the masterpieces will remain.”
Bring some dramamine to Fruit Chan’s best film to date
Documentaries · Exploitation & Erotica
“Going on stage would’ve been awfully redundant”
Out of the pastoral
Animation · Animators · Interviews
“The football game where the chicken mascot runs around crazy with an erection was inspired by a story that someone told me…”
Alexander Payne’s new indie is headed in the wrong direction
“Why can’t it be like before?”
Activist & Political · Crime · Horror
“You know what I learned today? I’m not like you.”
DVD & Blu-ray · Music & Musicals
While the counterculture turns on, Miles plugs in with startling results
Two sides of the same desperate coin
Clint Eastwood continues to surprise and thrill
Asian · Essays · Exploitation & Erotica · Thrillers & Action
Rescuing feminism from rape and queer theory
