Genres

Giallo may be a thing of the past, but they just don't make 'em like they used to.

I inherited a respect for Orson Welles and a love for his work from an uncle who came of age in the 1940s when Orson Welles was one of radio and cinema’s best known actor/directors. When 'Chimes at Midnight' came out, I was busy coming of age and rioting at UCLA. I heard about the film and that Welles considered it his best work, but I missed it. Then, like the mysterious Mr. Welles himself, it disappeared for decades. Now, it’s back.

Can art and film art be used as a tool for civic awareness and self-liberation?

The chipmunks once again give the kiddies what they want.

Heroin used to be a drug of the underworld associated with criminal types. Not any more. It is positively main street!

Robert Carlyle's directorial debut about the hapless barber is grotesquely fun, featuring a long overdue collaboration with Emma Thompson.

The third-tier in the wave of teens-in-peril, dystopian future sci-fi franchises, the second 'Maze Runner' is improves on the first.

It's a weird, wild prequel to J.M. Barrie's classic 'Peter Pan' story; not a great film but an interesting one.

When the French parliament debated whether abortion should be legalized in 1974, the most rational and logical case presented was by Simone Veil, the Minister of Health.

‘Born to be Blue’ is a visual and musical masterpiece from Ethan Hawke’s array of passion projects.