After the twist ending in his directorial debut, “The Bird with the Crystal Plumage” (1970), Dario Argento’s follow-up “The Cat o’ Nine Tails” (1971) was
“Tron” (1982) is a touchstone movie in the history of digital effects, as it uses about 15 minutes of computer-created graphics to represent the inside
“Avanti!” (1972) is a Billy Wilder film that misfires on one cylinder. It gets you to your destination, but it’s not the smoothest ride. I
First-time novelist Yomi Adegoke dramatizes the #MeToo era in surprisingly thrilling fashion in “The List” (2023). While the idea of private “he said/she said” dramas
In Season 1 of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” it seemed Hitchcock picked out four premium scripts to direct. In Season 2 (1956-57, CBS), he must’ve slotted
In collecting all of Dashiell Hammett’s Continental Op stories (1923-30), “The Big Book of the Continental Op” (2017) brings a reader back to the excitement
Thank goodness for film historians and geeks. I now enter the third phase of a journey taken by many Gen X and millennial slasher fans.
The last 15 years or so have proven that returning characters mean more to audiences than reusing the title. “Ghostbusters: Afterlife,” with the original characters,
Billy Wilder usually tickles my funnybone, but “The Seven Year Itch” (1955) – for all its creative presentation and fame for Marlyn Monroe’s dress being
“Cobra Kai” Season 6, Part 3 (Netflix) features a bizarre mix of the awful and the amazing. Ultimately it leaves us feeling good as it