Hollywood Revisited

In the midst of Nicholas Ray’s bitter film noir, this thirty-second scene is striking for its unexpected intimacy.

Director Nicholas Ray eschews codes of patriarchy by comprehending and responding to his leading man’s beauty.

In the wake of a romantic rejection, I find myself remembering several great screen portraits of women who are grieving — from Esther Garrel to Barbra Streisand.

Robert Downey Jr.’s upcoming remake of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1958 masterpiece is an act of corporate vandalism.

The 1979 Best Picture-winning family drama offers a fascinating diagnosis of contemporary gender expectations.

Seventy years after its initial release, Roman Holiday remains a lovely, charming movie of gentle humanity.

Director Ron Howard’s fantasy of rejuvenation via close encounters is a negotiation of our collective fears or wishes for old age.

Nearly six decades after the release of Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 adaptation, stars Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting are suing the film’s studio for sexual exploitation.

David Fincher’s 2011 adaptation of the bestselling novel is queasily voyeuristic in its obsessive interest in a traumatized hacker’s experiences with sexual violence.

Hal Ashby’s 1979 dark comedy locates a dormant conservatism in the American consciousness.