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The People’s Joker and Six Other Films That Were Stuck in Legal Limbo
Vera Drew’s subversive superhero satire is just the latest movie that had to navigate a sea of lawyers to get to the big screen.
Vera Drew’s subversive superhero satire is just the latest movie that had to navigate a sea of lawyers to get to the big screen.
The director of Poetry and Burning gets a retrospective at the Metrograph starting this weekend. Don't miss it.
The pandemic robbed a lot of good movies of a chance to be seen in theaters. Why not give them another chance?
Twenty years ago, Tom Hanks starred in what is widely considered the Coen brothers worst film. It's a good time to look back at how The Ladykillers (as well as two other films released that year) fits into the star's…
Our short film series spotlights a timely film that takes place in an immigration office.
The 78-year-old renaissance man has worked with terrific filmmakers across his career. And yet his movies always have his personal stamp, always feeling like they’re emanating from his essence.
There's a different kind of pleasure in watching an old master at work.
A stealth candidate for the greatest film of 1999.
Five years ago, Jordan Peele unleashed his follow-up to the Oscar-winning Get Out, and audiences tripped over each other to unpack its many meanings. The film not only redefined the way we approach puzzle films, but how we should look…
A salute to the directors—including Barry Jenkins, Christopher Nolan and Wayne Wang—who did a lot with very little money.