The Tragedy of Macbeth
Dir. Joel Coen
Joel Coen’s minimalist vision of the Scottish play emphasizes that these monstrous acts of hubris and violence are carried out…
Howards End
Is a TV adaptation necessary when we already have a novel and film version of Howards End? Probably not, but…
Shanghai Triad
Dir. Zhang Yimou
To pacify Chinese authorities after politically-charged drama To Live (1994), filmmaker Zhang Yimou decided to pivot to the gangster genre…
Avalon
Dir. Barry Levinson
For the longest time, family was everything. Traditions were maintained, opportunities were made and created for it, and the community…
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Dir. Steven Zaillian
Generally, a mentorship is a great way to find guidance and direction, but rarely do we discuss the importance of…
Fargo
Taking the violence and offbeat comedy of the original movie and adding constantly expanding narratives on top of it, Noah…
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Dir. Philip Kaufman
The only Kundera film adaptation frankly hasn’t disproven that the source novel is unfilmable, but The Unbearable Lightness of Being…
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Dir. Andrew Dominik
Robert Ford is an aspiring gangster who idolizes Jesse James, leader of the notorious James gang. When that admiration reaches…
Far From Heaven
Dir. Todd Haynes
Anyone who’s seen All That Heaven Allows will naturally be skeptical that a movie claiming to be an homage to…
The Last Picture Show
Dir. Peter Bogdanovich
These days, most coming-of-age films tend to have a comic or hopeful tone to them. It’s hard being a teenager,…
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…
A Room with A View
Dir. James Ivory
A Room with a View is downright beautiful. Amidst the impressionistic scenery of Florence’s and England’s countrysides, paired with iconic…
Funny Girl
Dir. William Wyler
Ostensibly about Fanny Brice, there could never be any other Funny Girl than Barbra Streisand. Reprising her role on stage,…
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…
Sense and Sensibility
Dir. John Alexander
Marianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve when she falls in love with the charming but unsuitable John Willoughby,…
Hope and Glory
Dir. John Boorman
A middle-aged man recalls his childhood growing up in and around London during World War II.
Three Colors: Red
Dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski
Part-time model Valentine unexpectedly befriends a retired judge after she runs over his dog. At first, the grumpy man shows…
Sleepy Hollow
Ichabod Crane is resurrected and pulled two and a half centuries through time to unravel a mystery that dates all…
A Little Princess
Dir. Alfonso Cuarón
When her father enlists to fight for the British in WWI, young Sara Crewe goes to New York to attend…
The Right Stuff
Dir. Philip Kaufman
As the Space Race ensues, seven pilots set off on a path to become the first American astronauts to enter…
A Room with a View
Dir. James Ivory
When Lucy Honeychurch and chaperon Charlotte Bartlett find themselves in Florence with rooms without views, fellow guests Mr Emerson and…
The Man Who Wasn’t There
Dir. Joel Coen
A tale of murder, crime and punishment set in the summer of 1949. Ed Crane, a barber in a small…
Sophie’s Choice
Dir. Alan J. Pakula
Stingo, a young writer, moves to Brooklyn in 1947 to begin work on his first novel. As he becomes friendly…
Raging Bull
Dir. Martin Scorsese
The life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed…
A Passage to India
Dir. David Lean
Set during the period of growing influence of the Indian independence movement in the British Raj, the story begins with…