Dear Readers,
Powell and Pressburger search for a place between the extremes of chastity and pruriency.
No other Hitchcock film amasses a series of otherwise unconnected ideas and ties them together so creatively.
The phantasmagoric outpouring of a singular artist whose voice cannot be easily categorized
The sort of film that works on the surface and beneath it, inviting both closer examination and zealous cult viewership.
Ida Lupino’s critique of society’s need to maintain traditional gender roles and institutional normalcy, even if it means the loss of individuality.
The film draws parallels between the Nazism abroad and the fascistic ideologies that persist in the United States.
William Wyler’s thoughtful Western is as steady as its hero pacifist hero.
An incredibly human editorial on the social landscape for veterans in postwar America.
It might be the only Marx Brothers film that feels completely in tune with their brand of humor, which, then and now, is downright radical.