390. Cléo from 5 to 7
In Agnes Varda’s classic, Corrine Marchand plays one woman; happy Cléo and anxious Florence, walking about Paris in real time awaiting her medical results.
In Agnes Varda’s classic, Corrine Marchand plays one woman; happy Cléo and anxious Florence, walking about Paris in real time awaiting her medical results.
Originally titled Whore’s Gold, Clint Eastwood’s Oscar-winning western exposes the psychosis, bigotry and misogyny at the heart of the genre’s mythology.
Cristian Mungiu won the Palme d’Or for his unflinching drama about a single day in the lives of two young women.
Critics have long called Robert Altman’s 1971 picture a revisionist western. Truth is, the western has always been revising itself.
Why did Edmond Rostand base his play on a real-life historical figure, only to turn his writing talent into a tragedy?
John Ford made so many great westerns, he is synonymous with the genre. But that doesn’t mean he always got everything right.
Heaven’s Gate was such a flop, it sank a studio. But in the years since its release, its reputation has been growing. Is it the masterpiece some people claim?
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