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DIRTY HARRY, Clint Eastwood, 1971
Do You Feel Lucky?
As "Dirty Harry" turns 53, look back at the movie's legacy — which some, including Pauline Kael, accused of being fascist.
'The Year Without a Santa Claus'
The beloved Rankin/Bass 1974 ABC Christmas special celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2024.
THE OFFICE, Jenna Fischer, John Krasinski, 'A Benihana Christmas', (Season 3, aired Dec 14, 2006), 2005-. photo: Paul Drinkwater / © NBC / Courtesy Everett Collection
Yankee Swap
From "The Office" to "Frasier" we all have Christmas sitcom episodes that inevitably mean the holidays are here. Here are a few of IW's personal favorites.
'Hot Frosty' promotional image of Lacey Chabert and Dustin Milligan
Christmas
The Netflix Christmas movie starring Lacey Chabert has been a viral hit since it dropped November 13. It's actually worth your time.
IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT, Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, 1934
Looking for a last-minute holiday gift for the cinephile in your life? You can't go wrong with Sony's massive boxed set containing 20 films by a master director.
CLOSE YOUR EYES, (aka CERRAR LOS OJOS), Manolo Solo, 2023. © Film Movement / courtesy Everett Collection
Victor Erice’s “Close Your Eyes” is an unconventional “love letter to cinema,” but one of the most powerful of that ilk in recent memory.
'Christmas with the Singhs'
Merry Merry
The season’s best new Hallmark Channel holiday movie is full of details straight from the life of writer Patricia Isaac.
Bandit watches as Bluey bowls
Commentary
But I'll still be first in line at the box office, with or without my kids. For real life.
THE RETURN OF DOCTOR X, Humphrey Bogart, 1939
Two years before "The Maltese Falcon" catapulted him to the A-list, Bogart gave one of his weirdest and most interesting early performances in "The Return of Doctor X."
Squid Game S2 Lee Byung-hun as Front Man in Squid Game S2 Cr. No Ju-han/Netflix © 2024
Commentary
Netflix is not missing a single opportunity to market Season 2 of its biggest-ever series.
'Jackie,' Natalie Portman/'Maria,' Angelina Jolie/'Spencer,' Kristen Stewart
Like This? Watch That.
"Maria" may exist in conversation with "Jackie" and "Spencer," but examines a figure wholly different from its predecessors.
Mike Byrne (Chris Diamantopoulos), Ruth Clarke (Margo Martindale) in The Sticky
heist! heist! Heist!
The six-episode series starring Margo Martindale, Chris Diamantopoulos, and Guillaume Cyr is over too quickly — but ends with cliffhangers galore.
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