Hard Boiled

Essays

May 5, 1998 John Woo’s last film made in Hong Kong before his emigration to the U.S. reflects the city's anxieties and state of crisis throughout the decade.

Shampoo

Essays

Sep 23, 1991 Hal Ashby’s witty post-Nixon comedy shocked viewers in 1975 with its sexual activity and the taboo-breaking language.

Nov 19, 1989 Almost as long as they’ve been able to talk, films have been able to sing and dance. Frequently high-style, often rapturously romantic, most musicals have nonetheless been content to remain light, sophisticated entertainment. Still, there has always been a minority...

The Graduate

Essays

Dec 6, 1987 Mike Nichols’s treatment of a young man’s initiation into the mysteries of sex at the hands of an older married woman has become a model for this common fantasy.

Oct 27, 2025 The Melbourne Cinémathèque presents vibrant and enduring mashups of melodrama and social realism.

Sep 10, 2024 A commanding presence on the stage and on movie and television screens, Jones could perform wonders with that voice.

BAMcinemaFest 2022

The Daily

Jun 23, 2022 The showcase of independent films from around the world returns as an in-person event for the first time since 2019.

Jan 31, 2022 What have the critics been saying about this year’s winners?

Aug 17, 2021 D. A. Pennebaker turns his camera on Stephen Sondheim and the cast of his breakthrough musical in this revelatory documentary about artists at work.

Oct 16, 2020 First Person One of the internet’s more delightful creations is a compilation of Aaron Sorkin quotes assembled by a man named Kevin Porter in 2012. Its purpose is to expose the screenwriter’s propensity for repetition. Some of the examples, plucked...

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