The Maltese Falcon is certainly not the quintessential film noir from a cinematographic perspective, but from a narrative and thematic point, it’s about as complete an entry point as you’re going to find.
The Maltese Falcon (1941)

The Maltese Falcon is certainly not the quintessential film noir from a cinematographic perspective, but from a narrative and thematic point, it’s about as complete an entry point as you’re going to find.
I recently rewatched The Lighthouse, and I found it to be much hornier than I remembered.
This movie is unreviewable.
In some of his press interviews for A Real Pain, Jesse Eisenberg reveals that some constructive feedback he received on his first film, When You Finish Saving the World, was that his characters were too closed off to the audience.
Even if you didn’t know it in advance, you can guess that The Piano Lesson is a play adapted for the screen.
The idea behind Clint Eastwood’s latest film is fantastic.
I am very, very mixed on Heretic.
If you’ve been hanging around film and TV forums the past fifteen years, you’ve probably heard the story of Cry Baby Lane.
Google Translate launched in 2006.
In my review of The Royal Hotel, I posited that the phrase “well-observed” is a backhanded compliment that indicates a film is good but somewhat pointless.