The Academy Awards had long turned away from science fiction, until this 1971 classic broke those barriers thanks to its ...

Roger Ebert was the rare critic who raved about this surrealist 1970s Western, with other reviewers initially dismissing it ...

Today marks 51 years since one of the most controversial and influential horror films, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, first premiered in Austin, Texas, on October 1, 1974. Directed by Tobe Hooper, the ...

The 1970s were an amazing year for cinema. Many talented emerging directors had untethered creative reign and financial backing to use the medium as their playground. Back in 1973, reports of ...

Controversy in art and cinema reveals society’s boundaries, exposing the pressure points where cultural comfort meets disruptive truth. Films that generate genuine outrage achieve something more ...