Love Story
Let’s get this out of the way: Love Story isn’t an accurate retelling of the marriage between John F. Kennedy…
Atlantic City
Dir. Louis Malle
At first glance, Atlantic City is indistinguishable from most other crime films. It’s led by a charming gangster (Burt Lancaster)…
Stand and Deliver
Dir. Ramón Menéndez
Education isn’t always a guarantee, especially in less privileged areas that are underfunded, overlooked, and underprioritized, in the belief that…
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Dir. Richard Brooks
Given the Hays Code, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof has toned down an important part from the original play,…
Missing
Dir. Nicholas D. Johnson & Will Merrick
When Big Tech and trolls have all but villainized the internet, it’s hard to forget that good can come out…
Murphy's Romance
Dir. Martin Ritt
When it comes to romance films, Hollywood casts young women with older men so often that this age gap is…
Mississippi Burning
Dir. Alan Parker
FBI agents Rupert and Alan (Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe) visit Jim Crow-era Mississippi to investigate the disapperance of three…
Broadcast News
Dir. James L. Brooks
A marvelous combination of perfect casting and a sizzling script. William Hurt, Albert Brooks, and Holly Hunter are such natural…
The Defiant Ones
Dir. Allen Hughes
A four-part documentary series that tells the stories of Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre — one the son of a…
The Stunt Man
Dir. Richard Rush
A fugitive stumbles onto a movie set just when they need a new stunt man, takes the job as a…
Taxi Driver
Dir. Kang Bo-seung & Lee Dan
A former special forces soldier delivers revenge for victims of injustice while working for a secret organization that fronts as…
Runaway Train
Dir. Andrei Konchalovsky
A hardened convict and a younger prisoner escape from a brutal prison in the middle of winter only to find…
The Killing Fields
Dir. Roland Joffé
New York Times reporter Sydney Schanberg is on assignment covering the Cambodian Civil War, with the help of local interpreter…
The Elephant Man
Dir. David Lynch
A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his “owner” as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous…
Good Morning, Vietnam
Dir. Barry Levinson
A disk jockey goes to Vietnam to work for the Armed Forces Radio Service. While he becomes popular among the…
A Star Is Born
Dir. Bradley Cooper
Seasoned musician Jackson Maine discovers — and falls in love with — struggling artist Ally. She has just about given…