Elliot Lavine, programmer of pre-Code films at the Castro Theatre (every Wednesday through March 30), was raised in Detroit, moved to the Bay Area in the 1970s with the thought of becoming a filmmaker ...

About 20 years ago I was in a kind of partnership with another film historian who told me that, no, there wasn’t a market for a book on pre-code movies. I can only wonder what he thinks today after ...

Thomas Butt is a senior writer. An avid film connoisseur, Thomas actively logs his film consumption on Letterboxd and vows to connect with many more cinephiles through the platform. He is immensely ...

EW exclusively shares recipes for cocktails to pair with "The Thin Man," "King Kong," "It Happened One Night," and "The Public Enemy." There are few simple pleasures in life as satisfying as a ...

“The dictator craze,” they called it. In the worst of the Great Depression, a time of 25% unemployment, some called for an American-style dictatorship. Democracy wasn’t working very well, time for a ...

While there's an argument to be made that these movies aren't old, simply classic, there's no question that they were made quite a long time ago. From pre-Code pictures that broke the boundaries of ...

The "Last Tuesday of the Month" video showcase initiated in mid-summer 2025, looks forward to continuing success in 2026.

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X A scene from Merrily We Go to Hell. Jerry and Joan meet over booze at a party, and Jerry steals a ...

Maysa studied philosophy and English at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, earning her Bachelor of Science in 2024. Throughout her academic career, she often applied her areas of study to film and ...

Stigmatized and stereotyped, the world's oldest profession is a rich subject for nuanced, intelligent storytelling. It’s the world’s oldest profession, but it’s also the world’s most stigmatized ...