The Chinatownmovie explained that sometimes the real worldhas stunningly dark endings that still have the power to shock. Directed by Roman Polanski and written by Robert Towne, Chinatown offers a ...

Ranked among the "Best Movies of All Time," "Chinatown" remains the gold standard for mystery and noir storytelling.

Since the Golden Age of Hollywood, crime thrillers and mysteries have served as the underpinnings of prestige cinema, from The Maltese Falcon to Chinatown. When it comes to the Noir movement, a cinema ...

All we share, and all we experience, echoes across time.

The New Hollywood movement defines 1970s American cinema: a time of unprecedented creative freedom when desperate studios were willing to take risks on ambitious auteurs. Cinema 21 celebrates this ...

The movie business grew up in the pages of Variety. There is no more comprehensive chronicle of film history than Variety – hands down, no contest, case closed. This gallery backs up that bold ...