The Last Cigarette
Cinema’s most seductive prop
The Plot to Kill de Gaulle
Fred Zinnemann’s “clock management” in The Day of the Jackal
The Prophecy of an Assassination
John Frankenheimer’s prescient 1962 film, The Manchurian Candidate
Christmas Movies Beyond the Expected
Six films to shake up your holiday viewing
The Highest Achievement of American Film Noir
Stanwyck, MacMurray, and Robinson at their best in Billy Wilder’s Double Indemnity
To Dance an Exclamation Point
The case for An American in Paris as Gene Kelly’s best
For Every Season, a Classic Holiday Movie
Three films fit for fall
Fedora, Trench Coat, Cigarette, and Gun
Humphrey Bogart’s legacy as an unconventional heartthrob
The First Lady of Noir
Celebrated actress Ida Lupino directed The Bigamist and other taboo-busting films
Blind Accidents
How John Huston’s The Asphalt Jungle brilliantly epitomizes the caper film
