Movies

‘The Old Ways’ (2020) suggests we’re better off with the new ways

“The Old Ways” (2020) is an old story about a journalist who treads where she is warned not to tread and suffers the consequences. If

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‘Deathtrap’ (1982) a tangle of not-funny-enough meta gags

The mystery genre so exploded in popularity in the 20th century that the meta-mystery subgenre (movies poking fun at the tropes of mysteries) likewise exploded

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Big talent comes to America with a small entry: ‘The Major and the Minor’ (1942)

“The Major and the Minor” (1942) is, upon reflection, a major movie because it marks Billy Wilder’s American directorial debut. But it’s a minor entry

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‘Two Evil Eyes’ (1990) is ‘two’ much of a bad thing

Edgar Allan Poe is the godfather of both the horror and mystery genres so it’s appropriate that filmmaking friends George A. Romero (the “Dead” series)

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What summer 2025 movies are worth getting off your couch for?

Anecdotally, this looks like the most loaded summer of movies in a long time, possibly ever. The big franchises are supplemented by surprising legacy comedy

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‘Crimson Tide’ (1995) is a red-letter submarine suspenser

“Crimson Tide” (1995) is the apex of the Nineties action style of shaky handheld camerawork and men seeking the upper hand via authoritative voices and

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‘People on Sunday’ (1930) explores human nature, cinema’s potential

“People on Sunday” (1930) is a historically fascinating – and to a lesser but not inconsequential degree, cinematically fascinating – curiosity from early in Billy

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Argento makes horror operatic in ‘Opera’ (1987)

By the time of his ninth film in the horror-thriller genre, people knew what to expect from Dario Argento, but he has that knack –

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‘Spirit of St. Louis’ (1957) shows the technical side of the spectacular

Charles Lindbergh’s biography is so fascinating that his 1927 New York-to-Paris flight is arguably not even the craziest event. That event is the entire purview

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Evaders in cars? No! It’s ‘Invaders from Mars’ (1953)

“Invaders from Mars” (1953) depicts paranoia from the perspective of a youngster during the Red Scare. The funny thing about paranoia is that sometimes you’re

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