The Mission
Dir. Amanda McBaine & Jesse Moss
In this documentary about John Allen Chau — the American Christian missionary reportedly killed when he tried to preach the…
My Beautiful Laundrette
Dir. Stephen Frears
Daniel Day-Lewis earned his breakout performance as Johnny, a reformed skinhead in this tale of interracial gay romance in Thatcher’s…
Hear My Song
Dir. Peter Chelsom
There are some people that would do everything for love, they would do everything just to make their lovers happy.…
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…
Dirty Pretty Things
Dir. Stephen Frears
Chiwetel Ejiofor stars as a disgraced doctor-turned-immigrant cab driver who inadvertently stumbles upon London’s black market organ trade. Audrey Tatou…
Fargo
Taking the violence and offbeat comedy of the original movie and adding constantly expanding narratives on top of it, Noah…
Brassed Off
Dir. Mark Herman
When we elect people to power, they usually promise some sort of change that their constituents like, but given the…
Lone Star
Dir. John Sayles
All kinds of lines — those separating good and bad, past and present, and even international borders — are blurred…
The Brutalist
Dir. Brady Corbet
Just a few minutes in, you can already feel the immensity of The Brutalist. The rousing score stirs you. The…
Muriel's Wedding
Dir. P.J. Hogan
Muriel is a young social outcast who spends her time obsessively planning a dream wedding without ever having been on…
The Magdalene Sisters
Dir. Peter Mullan
This is a touching saga based on the plight of the women labelled as “fallen” that the Magdalene Laundries housed…
sex, lies, and videotape
Dir. Steven Soderbergh
Remarkably, Steven Soderbergh was only 26 years old when he directed this coolly assured debut, the searingly candid script of…
Belfast
Dir. Kenneth Branagh
Belfast stars Outlander’s Caitríona Balfe as the mother of a working-class Northern Irish family during The Troubles. Religious tension and…
This Is England
Dir. Shane Meadows
Shaun (Thomas Turgoose) is a 12-year-old kid fueled by rage because of his father’s death. Over the course of the…
All About My Mother
Dir. Pedro Almodóvar
A lot of things steal your attention in All About My Mother, Spanish director Pedro Almodovar’s ode to women. There…
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Maya, the young communications director for a New York senatorial campaign, receives a wedding invitation from her college schoolmate now…
Hope and Glory
Dir. John Boorman
A middle-aged man recalls his childhood growing up in and around London during World War II.
I’ve Loved You So Long
Dir. Philippe Claudel
A woman struggles to interact with her family and find her place in society after spending fifteen years in prison.
This Is England
Dir. Shane Meadows
A story about a troubled boy growing up in England, set in 1983. He comes across a few skinheads on…
King Richard
Dir. Reinaldo Marcus Green
The story of how Richard Williams served as a coach to his daughters Venus and Serena, who will soon become…
The Barbarian Invasions
Dir. Denys Arcand
In this belated sequel to ‘The Decline of the American Empire’, middle-aged Montreal college professor, Remy, learns that he is…
The Fisher King
Dir. Terry Gilliam
Two troubled men face their terrible destinies and events of their past as they join together on a mission to…
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.
Trading Places
Dir. John Landis
A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous…