Rabbit Hole
Fans of the iconic crime series 24 will find much to like in Rabbit Hole, not least because Kiefer Sutherland…
Resurrection
Dir. Bi Gan
How do you make sense of Resurrection? This dreamlike feature seems rather inscrutable, but there’s no denying how breathtaking it…
The Children's Hour
Dir. William Wyler
The Children’s Hour was one of the few sympathetic depictions of a lesbian character at a time when same-sex relationships…
Rabbit Hole
Dir. David Lindsay-Abaire & John Cameron Mitchell
Nicole Kidman, Aaron Eckhart, and Miles Teller star in this subtle drama about the state of a couple eight months…
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…
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Dir. Bi Gan
A man returns to a town chasing the memory of a woman he loved years ago. Poet turned filmmaker Bi…
War and Peace
The love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov is interwoven with the Great Patriotic War of…
Three Colors: Blue
Dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski
The wife of a famous composer survives a car accident that kills her husband and daughter. Now alone, she shakes…
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Dir. Female director & Lynne Ramsay
After her son Kevin commits a horrific act, troubled mother Eva reflects on her complicated relationship with her disturbed son…
Leaving Las Vegas
Dir. Mike Figgis
Ben Sanderson, an alcoholic Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his drinking, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself…
Thelma & Louise
Dir. Ridley Scott
Taking a break from their dreary lives, close friends Thelma and Louise embark on a short weekend trip that ends…
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Dir. Peter Webber
This film, adapted from a work of fiction by author Tracy Chevalier, tells a story about the events surrounding the…
Volver
Dir. Pedro Almodoóvar & Pedro Almodóvar
Pedro Almodovar’s films tend to swing wildly between comedy/farce and melodrama/tragedy. Volver somehow hits the sweet spot right in the…
The Others
Dir. Alejandro Amenábar
Grace is a religious woman who lives in an old house kept dark because her two children, Anne and Nicholas,…