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Full Circle: MONA LISA (’86) by Greg Ferrara Michael Caine played lowlifes and criminals before, most notably in GET CARTER (’71), which may well be his most intense and brutal role. In THE LONG …

HISTORY IS MADE AT NIGHT (1937) was made under impossible circumstances. It started shooting with half of a script, requiring much of it to be improvised – including the last act’s sinking ship, which...

The Warrior Heroes of Wuxia: Part 1 by Susan Doll One of my favorite films to show in my cinema aesthetics course is HERO (’02), Zhang Yimou’s tale of ancient China in which history slides into …

The Groundbreaking and Problematic SEPARATE TABLES (’58) by Jill Blake Those of us who regularly watch classic film are pretty used to the fact that outdated concepts and questionable ideals, …

THE X FROM OUTER SPACE (’67) belongs in the tradition of the Japanese Kaiju films, monster movies that enjoyed a golden period in the 1950s and 1960s, starting with the birth of GOJIRA in 1954. There...

As we wind down another year film watchers begin to make lists of what they’ve watched, what they’ve loved, what they’ve hated. You name it there’s a list. We thought we’d do something a little...

THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD (’52) is available to stream on FilmStruck until October and if you haven’t seen this science fiction classic it’s a terrific opportunity to get caught up with one of the …

This week’s Director of the Week spotlight features 8 films from German director F. W. Murnau, including his groundbreaking horror film NOSFERATU (’22). Inspired by Bram Stoker’s Dracula, this...

My mom’s first experience with The Beatles was like most people of her generation; her first glimpse of the mop-topped foursome was on February 9, 1964, on America’s favorite Sunday night pastime, The...