SPEED RACER — The Wachowskis go full throttle
After THE MATRIX and V FOR VENDETTA, the Wachowskis were ready to turn from darkness, into the bright, bright candy-colored light. The result was SPEED RACER, an eyepopping postmodern explosion that h...
19 Dec 202430min
SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK — Charlie Kaufman’s movie of a lifetime
When screenwriter Charlie Kaufman started making his epic, heartbreaking directorial debut SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK, he was the toast of Hollywood. Then it flopped, put a pause on his career, and arguably...
12 Dec 202435min
THE HUDSUCKER PROXY — The Coen Brothers fall from a great height
In 1994, indie darlings the Coen Brothers went for the big time with a playful pastiche of classic Hollywood movies that pulled out every visual and comedic stop… and still crashed and burned at the b...
5 Dec 202434min
SYLVIA SCARLETT — Katharine Hepburn pays for her transgressions
It’s hard to imagine Katharine Hepburn as anything but a Hollywood icon. But in 1935, director George Cukor’s dreamy, gender-fluid comedy SYLVIA SCARLETT derailed her career for years. Host Rico Gagli...
28 Nov 202437min
BABE: PIG IN THE CITY — George Miller makes one for the grownups
The first BABE was a family-friendly megahit. So for the sequel, why did director George Miller thrust his sweet porcine hero into a family-unfriendly nightmare? Host Rico Gagliano takes a trot down ...
21 Nov 202435min
SORCERER — William Friedkin’s heart of darkness
In the mid-’70s, legendary director William Friedkin — fresh off THE EXORCIST — helicoptered into South America with tens of millions of dollars… and emerged with malaria and a bleak, thrilling master...
14 Nov 202441min
SKINAMARINK — The Internet’s own haunted house
Director Kyle Edward Ball had a nightmare as a child: "I was in my parents’ house, my parents were missing, and there was a monster." Turns out, this is a nightmare a lot of people have had. After hon...
31 Okt 202440min
HOUSE — The Japanese psychedelic masterpiece
Few films have garnered the rabid, cult following over the years is a sight to behold. Giant cats. Talking houses. Heads coming out of wells. The images might be familiar, but the story behind the fil...
24 Okt 202427min
