The Long, Hot Summer: Directed by Martin Ritt. With Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Anthony Franciosa, Orson Welles. Accused barn burner and conman Ben Quick arrives in a small Mississippi town and quickly ingratiates himself with its richest family, the V
a force of nature) go through hell and high water to raise her children and keep her farm from money lenders. At nearly three hours long, it puts you through the wringer but it is a four hankie
Tomatometer scores were not a factor in ranking (besides the fact that it needed to have one), only feature films were considered, and movies with some live-action thrown in (The LEGO Movie, James and the Giant Peach) were fine, as long as the majority of their runtime was animated....
…Ritt’s work to come was The Long, Hot Summer (1958). Scripted by Harriet Frank, Jr., and Irving Ravetch, with whom Ritt would collaborate repeatedly, the film was a loose adaptation of William Faulkner’s novel The Hamlet and a pair of his short stories. It marked the first on-scr...
For a long time, it was simply the quintessential Hollywood movie: the spellbinding definition of how star power and spectacle, soap opera and history, could merge into an experience that swept audiences away. There are two ways that we now see it differently. Embedded in the film’s romantic...
What truly makes this 80-minute movie special, though, is its unique artistic style. The snow-covered landscape might be stark, but Long Way North makes the icy world feel both beautiful and alive. How to watch: Long Way North is streaming on Peacock....
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Tejana star Selena Quintanilla-Pérez may not have been long for this world (she died when she was just 23), but she remains one of America’s most beloved singer-songwriters. At the heart of her regional Mexican masterwork,Amor Prohibido, is a universal, glittering pop core. The techno-cu...
Critics Consensus: Loaded up with action and a double helping of leading-man charisma, Bad Boys for Life reinvigorates this long-dormant franchise by playing squarely to its strengths. Synopsis: The wife and son of a Mexican drug lord embark on a vengeful quest to kill all those involved ...
This was the first movie in which the Allen character was not the lead, but part of the ensemble. It was also among the first in which he leaned in to long, master takes, letting characters walk in and out of frame (as in the moment of comedy gold in which Allen tells his aging,...