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THE DIRT (2019, dir. Jeff Tremaine), THE ODYSSEY (2026, dir. Christopher Nolan), BEYOND THE BLACK RAINBOW (2010, dir. Panos Cosmatos), CHUNGKING EXPRESS (1994, dir. Wong Kar-Wai).
Charade (1963, dir. Stanley Donen) + Night and the City (1950, dir. Jules Dassin) + Pickup on South Street (1953, dir. Samuel Fuller)
A scene from "The Odyssey," which was written, produced, and directed by Christopher Nolan. Melinda Sue Gordon/Universal Pictures
From MUBI: The debut feature from Greek-Canadian filmmaker Panos Cosmatos—who broke through in 2018 with his outrageous Mandy—this stylish sci-fi horror was a promising glimpse of what was to come. A hypnotic, highly-aestheticized visual feast and self-described “trance film,” synced to a sleek synth score.
Faye Wong
Sony Pictures
OBSESSION (2026, dir. Curry Barker), MILE END KICKS (2026, dir. Chandler Levack), THE ODYSSEY (2026, dir. Christopher Nolan), MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO (1988, dir. Hayao Miyazaki).
OBSESSION 2026 poster. Blumhouse.
Colin Farrell and Gong Li in Michael Mann’s MIAMI VICE (2006).
Picture Credit: Entract Films / Elevation Pictures
The plastic cover citing the title of the newly released cut.
THE ODYSSEY (2026, dir. Christopher Nolan). Starring Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Robert Pattinson, Lupita Nyong’o, Zendaya and Charlize Theron.
Lisa Nicole Carson in DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS (1995, Carl Franklin).
Denzel as Ezekiel “Easy” Rawlins.
Robert Mitchum and Jane Greer in Jacques Tourneur’s “Out of the Past” (1947).
Two young sisters, Satsuki and Mei, move to the countryside with their father while their mother recovers from an illness. Mei, the younger sister, stumbles into a magical world existing alongside our own but hidden from the eyes of adults, a world where the forest spirit, Totoro, rides on the wind, makes plants grow, and travels via Catbus.
One of copies of the front sleeve of US 12-inch vinyl release "Got to Get You into My Life" by Earth, Wind & Fire — from Columbia Records
Edward Woodward in BREAKER MORANT.
Liza as Sally Bowles.
Tyrone Power in WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION (1957).
Humphrey Bogart and Claude Rains as Rick Blaine and Captain Renault.
Chow Yun-fat stars as Tequila, a gung-ho cop working to bring down Johnny Wong, the villainous triad boss who maintains a stranglehold on Hong Kong’s illegal gun trade.
Courtesy of Universal Pictures
In BOYZ N THE HOOD, Laurence Fishburne plays Furious Styles, a "tough love" single dad in a neighborhood where father figures are lacking. Whether waxing about romance, racial profiling, or gentrification, Fishburne's performance is always spot-on.
Front cover of Prince and The Revolution’s PURPLE RAIN. Released in 1984.
Alec Baldwin and Mark Wahlberg in Martin Scorsese’s “The Departed” (2006).
A BETTER TOMORROW (1986), directed by John Woo.
The second part of George A. Romero’s LIVING DEAD series finds four survivors taking up refuge in an abandoned mall after the zombie outbreak seen in 1968’s NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD reaches epidemic proportions.
GOLDENEYE (1995) LaserDisc.
Arturo de Córdova and Delia Garcés.
FACE/OFF (1997, dir. John Woo), DANCES WITH WOLVES (1990, dir. Kevin Costner), A BETTER TOMORROW II (1987, dir. John Woo) & A BETTER TOMORROW (1986, dir. John Woo).
Nicolas Cage and John Travolta as (both) Sean Archer and Castor Troy.
Just a badass shot of a John Woo movie.
Chow Yun-fat smoking on a flaming dollar in one of early Hong Kong action cinema’s most enduring and iconic moments.
THE SHEEP DETECTIVES starring Hugh Jackman.
Ted Danson in “Body Heat.”
William Hurt and Kathleen Turner.
Sean Connery and Nicolas Cage in 'The Rock.' (Everett)
The Shout Factory 4Ks for John Woo’s HARD BOILED (1992) and THE KILLER (1989).
Photographer Robert Kincaid (Clint Eastwood) wanders into the life of housewife Francesca Johnson (Meryl Streep) for four days in the 1960s.
A mob enforcer (Andy Lau) is torn between a burgeoning romance with his cousin (Maggie Cheung) and his loose cannon partner in crime (Jacky Cheung) whose reckless attempts to make a name for himself unleash a spiral of violence.
John Cusack and Dan Aykroyd.
Directed by Martin Ritt. Screenplay by Jack Sher, Irene Kamp, Walter Bernstein, based on the novel by Harold Flender. With Sidney Poitier, Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward. 98 min.
Zendaya and Robert Pattinson in A24’s THE DRAMA.
Frequent Mercury Theater/CITIZEN KANE collaborators Joseph Cotten and Orson Welles face-off in Carol Reed’s postwar thriller THE THIRD MAN (1949). Courtesy of StudioCanal.
John Cusack in Dallas.
Jennifer Beals and Denzel Washington in Carl Franklin’s DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS.
William Hurt and Solveig Dommartin.
Rocky (Sly Stallone) and Drago (Dolph Lundgren) battle it out in the ring.
Ving Rhames as Melvin in John Singleton’s BABY BOY.
Tupac Shakur and Janet Jackson star in John Singleton’s sophomore cult classic POETIC JUSTICE, which has experienced something of a major critical re-evaluation since Singleton’s untimely passing in 2019.
Laurence Fishburne, Morris Chestnut and Cuba Gooding Jr. in BOYZ N THE HOOD (Sony).
SHAFT (2000, dir. John Singleton), PARIS, TEXAS (1984, dir. Wim Wenders), PI (1998, dir. Darren Aronofsky), BACK TO THE FUTURE (1985, dir. Robert Zemeckis).
Samuel L. Jackson as John Shaft (Paramount Pictures, 2000).
Starring Dennis Quaid, Daniel Stern, Dennis Christopher, and Jackie Earle Haley. Peter Yates’ 1979 coming of age sports drama tells the story of four teenage rebels from Bloomington, Indiana who have recently graduated high school and must plan on what to do with their future.
Wim Wenders’ iconic Cannes winner from 1984, exquisitely photographed by Dutch master Robby Müller, is a powerful statement on self-discovery, loss, redemption and the unbreakable bonds of love. Outstanding performance by Harry Dean Stanton.
Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) and “Doc” Brown (Christopher Lloyd) in Robert Zemeckis’ time-traveling classic “Back to the Future.”
Paul Newman in NOBODY’S FOOL (Paramount).
THE SWEET HEREAFTER (1997, dir. Atom Egoyan), CRASH (1996, dir. David Cronenberg), HEARTBURN (1986, dir. Mike Nichols), EXCALIBUR (1981, dir. John Boorman).
An actor (left) and actress-filmmaker Sarah Polley (right).