The latest Jurassic Park sequel splices together strands from many different sorts of blockbusters. But is it the sort of hybrid that can thrive?

The director of Drive, Bronson, and the Pusher trilogy looks back on the films that helped shape him, from the movie that taught him films are art to the one that taught him he could make movies without formal training.

Our new feature digs into multiple version of the same film. First up: James Cameron’s The Abyss, an ambitious underwater adventure that attempted to do for the seas what 2001: A Space Odyssey did for outer space.

As Hong Kong directors like John Woo, Tsui Hark, and Ringo Lam made their way to Hollywood in the 1990s one star helped them get there: Jean-Claude Van Damme. The weird thing: It kind of worked.

 Is Alfonso Gomez-Rejon’s film as blinkered as its critics claim? One writer’s recent personal history leads him to suggest otherwise.

Starting with the watershed moment of Sigourney Weaver’s tough-as-nails space heroine, we look at some of the female roles that broke ground, dodged stereotypes, and paved the path for today’s increasingly diverse women on film.