Tag: the classics
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‘Come Drink with Me’: An Essential Wuxia Thriller
It also memorably features Cheng Pei-pei playing who many consider cinema’s first woman action heroine.
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Boo-Ya!
On ‘Jackie Brown.’
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The Soul and Sensitivity of ‘The Blue Caftan’
Though driven by a narrative that sounds straight out of a melodrama, this romantic drama proves more emotionally subtle than sensational.
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There’s Always Tomorrow
On ‘Sylvie’s Love’ and ‘One Night in Miami.’
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‘The Story of a Three-Day Pass’: An Early Triumph for Melvin Van Peebles
Van Peebles would only get bigger — and bolder.
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Small Gestures, Big Problems in ‘Charulata’
On Satyajit Ray’s masterful romantic drama.
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A Doomed, One-Sided Love in ‘Senso’
On Luchino Visconti’s sumptuous, devastating melodrama.
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Being There
‘The Zone of Interest’ and ‘Origin,’ reviewed.
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Crown Jewels
You like living inside ‘The Thomas Crown Affair.’
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In ‘Menus-Plaisirs – Les Troisgros,’ It’s All in the Process
Ninety-three-year-old Frederick Wiseman’s 44th documentary trains its gaze on the Troisgros family and its various culinary pursuits.
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Cooking Dreams
‘Tampopo’ is a touching, fancifully funny movie shot with great original style.
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‘May December’: A Sly, Shivery Age-Gap Melodrama
Julianne Moore, Natalie Portman, and Charles Melton are all at the top of their game in Todd Haynes’ latest.
