Many movies have a hidden message to impart to audiences, some straightforward, some more subtle. The message of "Midnight Express," for example, is that unless you'd like to spend the best years of ...

Documentaries are snarling little beasts of art, birthed in passionate fits and sustained by brass and vision as the years wear on and the filmmakers find themselves traveling a long, winding road.

Midnight Express is one of those rare films that doesn’t just get better but becomes more poignant and resonates louder with age. It’s possible that relations between the west and Middle East haven’t ...