Last Tango in Paris: Revisiting Bertolucci and Brando’s X-Rated Film

Back in 1973, the x-rated Last Tango in Paris was a film event and event film of high order. I wonder what would be the response if it were made today?

Bad Lieutenant (1991): Ferrara NC-17 Drama

The film was designed to be NC-17. If is wasn’t, we’d have nothing to sell–Director Abel Ferrara

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

“Captain America: The Winter Soldier” is a rarity, a sequel that’s as good and as entertaining as the first film, “Captain America: The First Avenger.”

Pulp Fiction: 25 Years Ago–Really???

Watching Uma Thurman interviewed by Jimmy Kimmel last night made me realize that her breakthrough role in Tarantino’s “Pulp Fiction” occurred 20 years ago. Has it been that long???

Muppets Most Wanted: Workable but Uninspired

By standards of the 2011 “The Muppets,” this eighth chapter in the long saga of our favorite Miss Piggy, Kermit, and company, created by the great Jim Henson, is a step down.