R. S. Martin

Max Ophüls ’ 1953 film The Earrings of Madame de… is an exquisitely made romantic tragedy. In Belle Époque France, the spendthrift high-soc...

Brian De Palma ’s 1972 film Sisters , starring Margot Kidder , is no longer a film that can be watched on its own terms. One can’t help but ...

The 1985 film Into the Night , directed by John Landis from a script credited to Ron Koslow, is ostensibly a romantic comic thriller. But in...

The 1963 comedy-thriller Charade , directed by Stanley Donen, recalls the more lighthearted films of master suspense filmmaker Alfred Hitch...