Nickel Boys
Dir. RaMell Ross
The first things that grab your attention in Nickel Boys are its beauty and technicality. Director RaMell Ross, a large-format…
One Night in Miami
Dir. Regina King
This stagelike historical drama is about a meeting between Malcolm X, Jim Brown, Sam Cooke, and Muhammad Ali, the night…
The Sweet Hereafter
Dir. Atom Egoyan
The Sweet Hereafter is the kind of movie that feels very different from the one you might imagine when reading…
Europa Europa
Dir. Agnieszka Holland
In war, sometimes, what stands between life and death is convenient papers, passable acting, and a buttload of luck. That…
American Splendor
Dir. Robert Pulcini & Shari Springer Berman
Having an ordinary life isn’t a bad thing, but it can feel like a huge disappointment, hearing of other people…
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Dir. Marielle Heller
A non-comedic Melissa McCarthy stars in this movie based on a true story. She plays author Lee Israel who after…
In The Loop
Dir. Armando Iannucci
A hilarious comedy about politics in the UK and US. The secretary of State for Internal Development Simon Foster accidentally…
A Simple Plan
Dir. Sam Raimi
A Simple Plan, directed by Sam Raimi (The Evil Dead, Spider-Man) is a psychological thriller that follows two brothers and…
The Madness of King George
Dir. Nicholas Hytner
At first glance, The Madness of King George seemed like a history lesson about King George III. Like plenty of…
Reversal of Fortune
Dir. Barbet Schroeder
This gripping legal drama is based on a case we still don’t know the truth of — which might make…
Enchanted April
Dir. Mike Newell
Of course, a lovely vacation in the Italian countryside will not solve all your problems. It won’t fix marital problems,…
Ghost World
Dir. Terry Zwigoff
Based on the comic book by Daniel Clowes, Ghost World is a dark comedy that follows the exploits of teenage…
Little Children
Dir. Todd Field
A triple Oscar-nominated drama which explores how ambiguous our roles in society can be. While categorized as “adults”, a number…
Quiz Show
Dir. Robert Redford
Long before we became accustomed to oxymorons like “scripted reality” shows, there was a time when viewers could expect to…
Wonder Boys
Dir. Curtis Hanson
Michael Douglas plays Grady Tripp, a craggy, lovable English professor struggling to finish the follow-up to a very successful first…
Adaptation
Dir. Spike Jonze
A film written by screenwriter Charlie Kaufman, about screenwriter Charlie Kaufman as he struggles to adapt a book about poaching…
Nobody's Fool
Dir. Robert Benton
One of those long-lost mid-budget dramas that’s content with observing the rich yet uneventful lives of average folk, Nobody’s Fool…
If Beale Street Could Talk
Dir. Barry Jenkins
Barry Jenkins’ follow up to his award-winning film Moonlight, If Beale Street Could Talk is a highly compelling tale that…
Notes on a Scandal
Dir. Richard Eyre
Acerbic diary excerpts provide the narration for this taut psychological thriller, but don’t be fooled: as Notes on a Scandal…
Doubt
Dir. John Patrick Shanley
The 2008 film Doubt offers a haunting peek into the crisis of pedophilia within the Catholic church. Featuring an all-star…
The Motorcycle Diaries
Dir. Walter Salles
Let’s fight! I’m not a fan of “Into the wild” okay okay, calm down… Maybe we can fix this. Maybe…
Out of Sight
Dir. Steven Soderbergh
In the sexy, slick, and sharp-witted Out of Sight, a never-better George Clooney plays Jack Foley, a career bank robber…
One Night in Miami…
Dir. Female director & Regina King
In the aftermath of Cassius Clay’s defeat of Sonny Liston in 1964, the boxer meets with Malcolm X, Sam Cooke…
About a Boy
Will Freeman lives a charmed existence as the ultimate man-child. After writing a hit song, he was granted a life…
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Dir. Ethan Coen & Joel Coen
Vignettes weaving together the stories of six individuals in the old West at the end of the Civil War. Following…
The Ides of March
Dir. George Clooney
A slow-burning US political drama, The Ides of March is a character-driven film with great performances from Ryan Gosling, Philip Seymour Hoffman and George Clooney (who…
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
Dir. Jim Sheridan
No one expects much from Christy Brown, a boy with cerebral palsy born into a working-class Irish family. Though Christy…