Nicholas Ray
Read our review of Nicholas Ray’s genre-defying, low budget gem On Dangerous Ground now streaming on the Criterion Channel.
Read our latest Beginner’s Guide to Classic Hollywood Melodramas reevaluating filmmakers like Douglas Sirk, Max Ophüls, and Nicholas Ray.
This month’s Staff Inquiry is all about our most beloved examples of film noir, picking from the classic era of the ’40s and ’50s.
The Coming-of-Age film typically follows the story of confused, lonely and lost teens searching for their own identity as they weave their way through adolescence. In this Beginner’s Guide, we look back at some of the best examples of teen self discovery.
They Live by Night belongs to the tradition of films about outlaw lovers on the run. Like many of Ray’s main characters, normal life eludes them.