This bizarro take on Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde reimagines the good doctor as a nerdy college chemistry professor with a lounge lizard alter ego.
Category: Cult Movies
Last chance: ‘The Bird with the Crystal Plumage’ – Dario Argento begins on Criterion Channel
The directorial debut of Dario Argento sets the tone and style for his baroque horror films and the genre he helped define: giallo.
‘The Good, the Bad and the Ugly’ on HBO Max
Clint Eastwood stars in Sergio Leone’s classic Civil War epic, arguably the definitive spaghetti western.
‘Ace in the Hole’ – newspaper noir on Amazon Prime and Criterion Channel
Billy Wilder is the American cinema’s most famous cynic, but nothing in his career is as scathing as this noir-tinged newspaper drama, an indictment of the American media circus.
‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ – Tom Hardy is the post-apocalyptic road warrior on HBO Max
George Miller’s long-awaited sequel was the most visceral, thrilling, and intelligent action film of 2015. Charlize Theron is superb as Imperator Furiosa.
‘Grosse Pointe Blank’ on Hulu and Paramount+
John Cusack stars as an assassin who goes to his high school reunion in this satire of 80s nostalgia and 90s values.
The giant monster invasion begins on ‘Cloverfield’ on HBO Max
This high-concept reworking of an old-fashioned creature feature is a 21st century Godzilla movie with a DIY aesthetic. Matt Reeves directs and J.J. Abrams produces.
‘District B13’ – Stunning stunt action on Amazon Prime and free on Kanopy
Pierre Morel’s twist on ‘Escape From New York’ set in a near-future Paris is a lean, clean, B-movie action machine fueled by adrenaline and indignation.
‘Breathless’ – Jean-Luc Godard’s new wave classic on HBO Max, Criterion Channel, and Kanopy
Jean-Paul Belmondo plays a charming rogue of a street thug in this cinematic blast across the bow of the French filmmaking and international cinema.
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‘Sunset Boulevard’ on Amazon Prime and Criterion Channel
William Holden and Gloria Swanson star in this Gothic Hollywood noir, the darkest of Hollywood’s self-portraits, directed by Billy Wilder.