The Beatles — With the Beatles

With the Beatles , released a scant 8 months after their debut, cemented the band as the biggest act to ever come out of Britain. Prior to t...

The Beatles — Please Please Me

[With the reissue of The Beatles' discography today and the mounting hype that preceded it, I've decided to go through each album as...

Anvil! The Story of Anvil

The name of heavy metal group Anvil's drummer, Robb Reiner, is only the first of many connections to director Rob Reiner's seminal ...

Stranger Than Paradise

If Permanent Vacation hinted at a director to watch, Stranger Than Paradise put Jim Jarmusch on the map, and then some. For many, it is gr...

The Steel Helmet

Samuel Fuller's third film, The Steel Helmet , is generally considered the moment where the director pulled it all together. His previou...

Goodbye Solo

In the commentary track for their new film Goodbye Solo , director Ramin Bahrani and cinematographer Michael Simmonds note enthusiastically ...

Le Petit Soldat

Le Petit Soldat , Jean-Luc Godard's follow-up to Breathless , was finished in 1960 but kept out of cinemas for three years. With its fra...