During the 70s and early 80s, radio was a common period effect in American cinema. Directors frequently used radio to anchor the Depression-era dramas that proliferated [...]
Martin Scorsese had less control over his second film than any other in his career, and as a result it’s his least distinctive release, even if it required a certain amount [...]
Fred Zinnemann’s penultimate film was an adaptation of a memoir that seemed almost impossible to translate to the big screen – Lillian Hellman’s Pentimento, released in [...]
Before Billy Madison and Happy Gilmore, and before his bit parts in early 90s comedies, Adam Sandler introduced himself to the film world with Going Overboard, an [...]
Martin Scorsese’s first film was a remarkable debut, pairing a jagged New Wave vibe with second-generation Catholic guilt, and focused more on capturing a particular [...]