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First Trailer for Dope Irish Rap Musical 'Kneecap' About the Belfast Trio; Sundance Hit; "To Change the Sound of Irish Music Forever"

Official Trailer 'Kneecap'

Mini Doc: 'The First Day Filming Dr. No' (1962) Starring Sean Connery as James Bond

Review: 'Kinds of Kindness' Yorgos Lanthimos Returns With Another Scorcher in This Innovative and Darkly Comic Trio of Films About Spiritual Domination

“Directors Don’t Cry!” Madonna, Rosanna Arquette, and the Wild Birth of Desperately Seeking Susan; In an excerpt from her memoir, Susan Seidelman watches Madonna go from newcomer (“I’ll do anything to get this part”) to icon

Major News! Classy Move! Sony Pictures Buys the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Chain

Official Trailer 'Kill' Outsized brawler mayhem action on a train to New Delhi

Official Trailer 'Escape' (2024) Thriller, action North Korean soldier tries to escape to the South

Official Trailer "The Good Half' Romance starring Nick Jonas and Brittany Snow; Directed by Jason Schwartzman of the Coppola clan

Film School: Our Critic Justin Tanner Recommends You See This Classic!
‘Strange Cargo,’ Frank Borzage’s 1940, wackadoo romance-drama-action movie, plays like an unholy three-way marriage between “Rain,” “Lifeboat,” and “I Am A Fugitive From A Chain Gang.”
Joan Crawford has one of her finest roles as Julie, a tough-as-nails prostitute working her trade in a small town right outside the Devil’s Island Penal Colony.
Clark Gable is at his swaggering best as Verne, a sweaty and sexy escaped prisoner who tries to wheedle his way into Julie’s heart. If only she had one.
Peter Lorre is extra scuzzy as a leering stool pigeon named Pig and Paul Lukas applies his unctuous charms to the role of Hessler, a wife-murdering serial killer.
But it’s Ian Hunter as Cambreau, a blatantly Christ-like figure who offers the promise of spiritual redemption, that supplies the film its off-kilter strangeness.
Wholly unpredictable, full of unintentional laughs and sharp turns into maudlin piety, “Strange Cargo” shouldn’t work at all. But somehow the sheer energy of its stars, especially the smoldering heat between Crawford and Gable, allows this bonkers melodrama to transcend its goofy storyline and reach a genuinely moving finish.


Trailer: 'Strange Cargo' (1940)

Made for Each Other: Clark Gable and Carole Lombard’s Real Romance; A pair of biographical books paint a full picture of the legendary couple’s sweeping, tragically short-lived marriage

Cultured Magazine: The Hollywood Portfolio; What Is Hollywood Obsessed With?

How Directors Dress Explores Hollywood Auteurs’ Iconic Workwear; From Steven Spielberg’s denim to Euzhan Palcy’s statement gold, Adam Wray examines on-set fashion

About That ‘Hit Man’ Surprise Ending: Director Richard Linklater Explains Why it Was ‘Inevitable’; Linklater said it was central to the thesis of a film that mixes "Double Indemnity" with a rom-com

Must Peruse! 10 Great Movies Recommended by Claire Denis and Where to Watch Them

Official Trailer 'Mr Blake At Your Service' French comedy; Widowed British businessman takes a job as butler of a manor house in France; Starring Fanny Ardant, John Malkovich, Émilie Dequenne

Official Trailer 'Dear Paris' French Dark Comedy; Ensemble cast including Monica Bellucci, Rossy de Palma and Ben Aldridge

Trailer 'Last Summer' French Director Catherine Breillat Returns With a Shocking New Erotic Drama

Official Trailer 'We Were Dangerous' New Zealand film; Powerful story of female friendship, from director Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu, winner of the SXSW Special Jury Award for Filmmaking

UK Trailer for Noir Revenge Thriller 'The G' Starring Dale Dickey

Official Trailer 'Chronicles of a Wandering Saint'; Wonder of all things in a tiny Argentinian town

The Street-Fighting Lawyer Who’s Become Hollywood’s Dark Knight; When pissed-off power players from Megyn Kelly and Bethenny Frankel to Tucker Carlson and Don Lemon need a warrior to fight their nastiest legal battles, Bryan Freedman is the first person they call: "If you f*** with my client, you get what you get!"

Composers for ‘Ripley,’ ‘Lessons in Chemistry’ and ‘Palm Royale’ Detail How Characters and Eras Inspired Emmy Contenders’ Sound

The Footage In Netflix's 'Skywalkers: A Love Story' Documentary Trailer Will Give You A Heart Attack; High-Rise Climbers in Love

Noah Hawley's ‘Alien' Series for FX/Hulu is Titled ‘Alien: Neverland'; Plot Details

Review: ‘Vulcanizadora’; Indie FilmmakerJoel Potrykus Blows Up Middle Age in Bleak and Shocking Style

Review 'Riddle of Fire' Whimsical and Imaginative Child’s Play



Trailer 'Riddle of Fire'

Girlfight: Taking by Storm; New Look at the 2000 film debut by writer and director Karyn Kusama; Starring Michelle Rodriguez

Offical Trailer 'Girlfight' (2000)

About the Broadway Show 'Slave Play. Not a Movie. A Play.'

Trailer: Doc About the Broadway Show 'Slave Play. Not a Movie. A Play.'