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The summer movie season has been associated with popcorn entertainment ever since "Jaws" scared up a record box office gross in the summer of 1975. It's a four-month free-for-all wherein the studios lay down big bets on mega-budget sure things.
The 20 greatest Alfred Hitchcock movies
The 50-year filmmaking career of Alfred Hitchcock began in the silent era and concluded in the New Hollywood of the 1970s, where young filmmakers Steven
How 'Vertigo' went from disappointment to the greatest film of all time
In 1998, the American Film Institute polled film artists and industry professionals on the 100 greatest American movies of all time. Alfred Hitchcock’s landmark psychological thriller “Vertigo” landed at No.
Why the Cannes Film Festival matters more to movie lovers than the Oscars
The 71st Cannes Film Festival kicks off on May 8 with the premiere of “Everybody Knows,” a Spanish-language psychological thriller starring Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz from the renowned Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi.
Why all your cinephile friends can't stop talking about FilmStruck
If there’s a movie lover in your life, it’s more than likely the word “FilmStruck” has skipped across his or her lips over the last year. Launched by Turner Classic Movies in November 2016, the streaming service has positioned itself as Netflix for dedicated cinephiles.
Who is the next Roger Ebert, champion of overlooked cinema?
In the preface to his collection of “Great Movies” essays, Roger Ebert proclaims, “One of the gifts a movie lover can give another is the title of a wonderful film they have not yet discovered.” It might not often seem to be the case, but this is the impulse that drives most film buffs to become film critics.
Jon Hamm: A star waiting on the right pitch to swing
It was all there in the pilot episode of “Mad Men.” Don Draper, hotshot creative director for the New York City ad agency Sterling Cooper. A man in demand – by clients, peers and, his marriage be damned, women.
Would 'Indecent Proposal' move the needle 25 years later?
“Indecent Proposal” was a hit before a single ticket was sold. It started with a hook and a genius piece of casting: a 50-something billionaire proffering
April entertainment planner: 'Avengers,' 'Westworld,' 'Hilarity for Charity' and 'Handmaids' kick off early summer season
The clock’s ticking down on the first third of 2018, and April is, as ever, poised for a furious finish. It’s always one of the best sports months on the
References to '2001: A Space Odyssey' across pop culture
Fifty years ago, Stanley Kubrick took moviegoers on the ultimate intergalactic trip in "2001: A Space Odyssey", and changed the face of cinema forever.
The 20 best movies built for nostalgia
Many of our favorite movies hooked us by evoking a powerful sense of nostalgia for the past. Some of these films are set in a time or place you experienced firsthand; others dredge up formative feelings of first love, heartbreak, and friendship so powerfully that you feel as though you lived through them.
How 'Roseanne' changed the average prime-time family
If one were to assess the American economy in 1987 strictly by examining television's most popular sitcom families, they would be forced to conclude that it was thriving.
Steven Soderbergh: Secret tech innovator
In a speech at the 2013 San Francisco International Film Festival, Steven Soderbergh assayed the state of filmmaking and confessed that whenever he sees his colleagues getting “weepy” about the death of celluloid, he thinks of a quote from pioneering director Orson Welles: “I don’t want to wait on the tool.
How David Cronenberg, master of body horror, changed cinema
There was no shortage of violence and gore on movie screens in the mid-1970s. The meat grinder that was the Vietnam War was barely in the rearview, and filmmakers were still feeding off the fury and disillusionment that the brutally prolonged conflict had engendered.
The best (of feeling the worst) of teen heartbreak
We all pine for the carefree days of high school from time to time, but if we're being honest with ourselves, the good old days weren't always so hot. The worst of it was the heartbreak.
The King of Cockney Cool: The best of Michael Caine
Born on March 14, 1933 to a fish porter and a charwoman, Maurice Joseph Micklewhite, Jr. aka Michael Caine was the antithesis of the polished Shakespearian-trained thespians England put out into the world.
The most memorable final film performances
Anton Yelchin's tragic death in 2018 was a sad reminder of other great performers who were taken from us far too soon. Due to the generally abrupt and unplanned nature of their passing, they often leave behind one last movie to be released posthumously, thus giving us one final opportunity to appreciate their considerable talents.
Rock bands that never shied away from politics
Rock and roll shook up the world in the 1950s as the sound of youthful rebellion, but in the early days it was all about sex and fast cars and just plain having a good time.
The best and worst renditions of the national anthem
March 3 is National Anthem Day (you had this marked on your calendar, right?), which is as good of an excuse as any to revisit the most memorable renditions of "The Star-Spangled Banner" we've been treated/subjected to over the years.
Daniel Craig: The reluctant James Bond
In late 2004, producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson offered Daniel Craig the role of every British lad’s dreams: They wanted him to be the next James Bond.
Rarest and weirdest achievements in Oscar history
The Academy Awards have been dishing out Oscars since 1929, and, amid the snubs and surprises, there have been some truly unusual achievements. Weird coincidences, unprecedented success stories, a dog getting nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay...
Why Jimmy Kimmel isn't the perfect Oscars host for 2018 in Hollywood
When the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced last May that Jimmy Kimmel would return to host the 2018 Oscars, the entertainment world was not, as it is now, on fire.
How the 1990 Academy Awards lit the fuse for today's Oscar diversity initiative
In the early morning hours of Valentine’s Day 1990, Karl Malden and Geena Davis announced on behalf of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Why 'Dunkirk' should win Best Picture
There’s so much turmoil in Hollywood and the movie business in general right now that it’s difficult to care whether the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences gets it right on Oscar night.
Underrated and forgotten films and performances of Oscars past
An Academy Award nomination is no guarantee of lasting prominence. The nominees of one year could quickly be forgotten the next; even winners occasionally get dumped from our collective memory.
