Sofia Coppola’s sixth feature, The Beguiled, is an adaptation of Don Siegel’s 1971 film of the same name and, more distantly, Thomas P. Cullinan’s 1966 [...]

Based quite closely on the 1966 novel by Thomas P. Cullinan (originally titled A Painted Devil), The Beguiled would turn out to be one of the most unusual films in Don [...]

One of the biggest risks of making a historical war film, let alone about a specific attack, is that the ending tends to be something of a fait accompli. On the one hand, [...]

Postcards from the Edge is written by Carrie Fisher, and based on her novel of the same name, which depicts the relationship between an ageing Hollywood actress, Doris, and [...]

One of the most unusual thrillers of the early 90s, Pacific Heights updates the suburban horror formula for the yuppie generation. At its heart are Patty Palmer (Melanie [...]

One of the most languorous and sumptuously atmospheric films in Sydney Pollack’s long career, Havana updates Casablanca for the early 1990s, by way of a period piece set on [...]

Apparently one of Ridley Scott’s earliest and most ambitious plans for the Alien saga was to retell the Gospels through the Alien mythology, and to present the figure of [...]