Scary, strange, surreal, and yet also very funny at times, the offbeat drama/thriller The Ninth Configuration marke...

          An unholy mess with an amazing pedigree, WUSA was likely the result of good intentions. The movie seethes with idea...

          Formulaic, predictable, and shot on a meager budget, the made-for-TV war picture Carter’s Army , often marketed by t...

          Tackling the hot-button issue of racial profiling by police officers, and also dramatizing the social ill of ...

          It’s tempting to theorize that the urban romance Aaron Loves Angela contains a heavy crime element simply because t...

An interesting mini-trend during the ’70s involved the resurgence of stars from yesteryear, with young-at-heart rascals...

          Lightweight and never quite as laugh-out-loud funny as it should be, The Hot Rock is nonetheless a fun caper...

          The best science-fiction films of the early ’70s provided sharp social commentary in addition to whiz-bang visuals. For instance,...

          After making a minor splash with Welcome to L.A. (1976), writer-director Alan Rudolph stepped out from under the shadow of his a...

          Even though he enjoyed a long and lucrative career directing light comedies, it’s a shame Blake Edwards made only one proper West...