The French filmmaker’s haunting 1950 work fluidly blurs the line between technology and magic.
By Adam Scovell
Themes of memory and death lie at the heart of Terry Gilliam’s dystopian time travel saga.
In Michael Myers, director John Carpenter created an enduring yet harmful horror archetype.
Her Oscar-nominated supporting turn is a glimmer of light in an otherwise devastating film.
With Love, Gilda, the late comedian and first breakout star of SNL finally gets the documentary she deserves.
By Adam Scovell
Carol Reed’s 1948 classic captures the transition to adulthood in all its contradictions and hypocrisies.
By Anton Bitel
On the envelope-pushing effects work of Sam Raimi’s hand-tooled gorefest, set for re-release this Halloween.
Richard Linklater’s seminal high school movie is the ultimate endorsement of living in the moment.
By Adam Scovell
The director’s tale of twin gynecologists is a gory study of the relationship between the physical and mental self.
By Mark Allison
The film’s radical approach to violence and gender politics was perfectly pitched for the counter-culture generation.
Twenty-five years on, the show’s mix of high-brow humour and genuine heart is as appealing as ever.
Her role as lovestruck sex worker Alabama is among the most compelling characters of the 1990s.
Jamie Babbit’s film offers a more comedic critique of conversion therapy.
Susan Seidelman’s debut feature is an unflinching portrait of the city’s underground scene.
By Katie Goh
This overlooked classic pioneered an entire subgenre of films about women living in the big city.
By James Clarke
Walter Hill’s under-appreciated historical drama reminds us how powerful Hollywood cinema can be.
By Adam Scovell
The British filmmaking pair’s 1948 masterpiece is an elegant ballet of myth and fairy tale.
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