The 1987 film “Ishtar” has long held a cultural status much larger than that of just a single movie, as shorthand for the utter worst, an epochal flop with audiences and critics alike and a ...

No this isn't the first one, while most of us were in diapers our parents generation had a choice between SelectVision (aka CED) and Laserdisc. Now we all know who won, but the battle is what is ...

It’s a jolt, upon actually seeing “Ishtar,” rather than just relying on the dish, to realize that the movie that cost Elaine May her directorial career is among the most original ...

So, last night, the event happened: the previously unscreened director’s cut of “Ishtar” was shown (the rumor I heard is that it’s shorter than the released version of the film), the ...