Paramount Pictures, as part of its Paramount Presents series, released a 4K Blu-ray (also known as Ultra HD Blu-ray) version of Roman Polanski’s Chinatown on June 20, marking 50 years since the film’s ...

Chinatown, Roman Polanski’s masterpiece from 1974, is widely regarded as a pinnacle of the neo-noir genre. It combines intricate storytelling with outstanding performances and a haunting atmosphere, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Forget it, Jake. It’s Chinatown.” Just one of the unforgettable lines from a nearly perfect script delivered by a stellar cast of ...

Tragedy is the stuff of great drama, but in the world of cinema it is usually given short shrift. Most of the time, Hollywood has a clear preference for happy endings. Filmmakers may tease a sad or ...

Erick Massoto is a Brazilian writer who's always loved film and TV and loves finding connections between them. That's why he supports double features, especially if they are of a modern film paired ...

Few films have captured Hollywood's collective imagination as strongly as Roman Polanski's "Chinatown." Starring Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, and John Huston, the lauded 1974 noir is a chillingly ...

This spring, I went to see Chinatown in a theater for the first time since its release, on June 20, 1974. The movie was headlining at the annual TCM Classic Film Festival on Hollywood Boulevard.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Even if you have never seen “Chinatown” you are probably familiar with the celebrated final line “Forget it Jake, it’s Chinatown.” ...

Robert Towne, the Oscar-winning screenplay writer of “Shampoo,” “The Last Detail” and other acclaimed films, whose work on “Chinatown” became a model of the art form and helped define the jaded allure ...

The final moments of Chinatown (1974) leave viewers in stunned silence. Private investigator Jake Gittes (Jack Nicholson) watches helplessly as Evelyn Mulwray (Faye Dunaway) is gunned down, her ...