The Day of the Jackal
Watching The Day of the Jackal feels like watching a film; it’s taut, fast-paced, and flashy, featuring incredible dual performances…
I'm Not There
Dir. Todd Haynes
I’m Not There is an unusual biopic in that it never refers to its subject, Bob Dylan, by name. Instead,…
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…
Death on the Nile
Dir. John Guillermin
Comparison to the latest adaptation aside, there’s plenty to enjoy from the 1978 version of Death on the Nile. For…
Another Year
Dir. Mike Leigh
This is a very nice movie about a lovely older couple named Tom and Gerri. It follows their lives for…
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…
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,…
Nowhere Boy
Dir. Sam Taylor-Johnson
In a different change of pace, this biopic focuses on John Lennon’s reckless adolescence and family life instead of his…
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…
Nowhere Boy
Dir. Female director & Sam Taylor-Johnson
A rebellious teenager, future Beatle John Lennon lives with his Aunt Mimi in working-class mid-1950s Liverpool, England. Mimi’s husband suddenly…
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…
Once Upon a Time in America
Dir. Sergio Leone
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once…
Phantom Thread
Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
In 1950s London, a renowned dressmaker’s meticulous lifestyle begins drastically changing as his relationship with his young muse intensifies.
Blue Jasmine
Dir. Woody Allen
After experiencing a traumatic misfortune, Jasmine French, a wealthy woman from New York, moves to San Francisco to live with…
On Golden Pond
Dir. Mark Rydell
For Norman and Ethel Thayer, this summer on golden pond is filled with conflict and resolution. When their daughter Chelsea…
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Dir. Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert
An aging Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save what’s important to her…
The Fighter
Dir. David O. Russell
Boxer “Irish” Micky Ward’s unlikely road to the world light welterweight title. His Rocky-like rise was shepherded by half-brother Dicky,…
Darkest Hour
Dir. Joe Wright
In May 1940, the fate of World War II hangs on Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with…
The Hateful Eight
Dir. Quentin Tarantino
Bounty hunters seek shelter from a raging blizzard and get caught up in a plot of betrayal and deception.
No Country for Old Men
Dir. Ethan Coen & Joel Coen
Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer…
12 Years a Slave
Dir. Steve McQueen
In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold…
The Shape of Water
Dir. Guillermo del Toro
An other-worldly story, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962, where a mute janitor working at…
The Imitation Game
Dir. Morten Tyldum
Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by…
The Sessions
Dir. Ben Lewin
The Sessions is drama about Mark O’Brien (John Hawkes), a quadriplegic who is forced to live in an iron lung…
