Iris
Dir. Albert Maysles
Albert Maysles’ penultimate film celebrates fashion icon Iris Apfel, who charms everyone with her quick wit, no-nonsense attitude, and love…
The Shipping News
Dir. Lasse Hallström
An inksetter in New York, Quoyle returns to his family’s longtime home, a small fishing town in Newfoundland, with his…
Topsy-Turvy
Dir. Mike Leigh
If you’re a fan of musical theater of any kind, Topsy-Turvy pays tribute to that notoriously tricky art form with…
The Quiet American
Dir. Phillip Noyce
Being released just a year after 9/11, we weren’t expecting The Quiet American to be critical about America’s intervention in…
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…
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…
East Is East
Dir. Damien O'Donnell
In 1971 Salford fish-and-chip shop owner George Khan expects his family to follow his strict Pakistani Muslim ways. But his…
Adaptation.
Dir. Spike Jonze
Charlie Kaufman is a confused L.A. screenwriter overwhelmed by feelings of inadequacy, sexual frustration, self-loathing, and by the screenwriting ambitions…
The Constant Gardener
Dir. Fernando Meirelles
Ralph Fiennes plays a mild-mannered British diplomat in Kenya who is stunned by the news of his wife Tessa’s (Rachel…
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Dir. George Clooney
The story of journalist Edward R. Murrow’s stand against Senator Joseph McCarthy’s anti-communist witch-hunts in the early 1950s.
The Insider
Dir. Michael Mann
A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on…
Finding Neverland
Dir. Marc Forster
During a writing slump, playwright J.M. Barrie meets a widow and her four children, all young boys—who soon become an…
Cold Mountain
Dir. Anthony Minghella
In this classic story of love and devotion set against the backdrop of the American Civil War, a wounded Confederate…
Walk the Line
Dir. James Mangold
A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash’s life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his…
Brokeback Mountain
Dir. Ang Lee
In 1960s Wyoming, two men develop a strong emotional and sexual relationship that endures as a lifelong connection complicating their…
The Aviator
Dir. Martin Scorsese
A biopic depicting the life of filmmaker and aviation pioneer Howard Hughes from 1927 to 1947, during which time he…
About Schmidt
Dir. Alexander Payne
A true character study on an aging man who feels like he has nothing to offer the world, About Schmidt…
Little Voice
Dir. Mark Herman
There’s a few issues that keep Little Voice from becoming a musical classic. For one, the characterization of Laura’s antagonists–…
