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A look back at J.G. Ballard's ‘Crash’—one of the the 20th century’s greatest and most disturbingly prophetic novels.
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A look back at J.G. Ballard's ‘Crash’—one of the the 20th century’s greatest and most disturbingly prophetic novels.
Werner Herzog’s new memoir provides a look back on the magisterial and occasionally maddening career of a cinematic visionary.
A tribute to an irrepressible TV star’s ability to live long and prosper.
Efforts to produce a worthy film adaptation of Frank Herbert’s ‘Dune’ seemed doomed to failure—until Denis Villeneuve gave us his two-part blockbuster.
An interview with Sean Mathias, the director of a daring and original new film adaptation of ‘Hamlet.’
The animation industry was perhaps the United States’ most potent cultural weapon during World War II.
A look at the ten nominees for this year’s Best Picture Oscar.
In ‘American Fiction,’ director Cord Jefferson brings a devil-may-care effrontery to bear on the culture of self-censorship, progressive pieties, and artistic hypocrisy.
Netflix somehow managed to turn the most talented, beloved, and complex American musician in history into a two-dimensional domestic villain.
William Friedkin’s horror classic is 50 years old.
Most new movies feature neither good storytelling nor innovative filmmaking. Instead, they rely on the nostalgia of ready-made fan bases.
The French emperor and military commander played a pivotal role in an epochal transformation.
A new biopic about Bayard Rustin and the New York Met’s opera about the life of Malcolm X celebrate very different notions of black struggle.
A newly restored Blu-ray release of ‘Foolish Wives’ offers a welcome reintroduction to one of cinema’s most gifted and eccentric artists.
Helen Mirren’s Golda Meir offers a profile of greatness in the face of overwhelming adversity.