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…
All We Imagine as Light
Dir. Payal Kapadia
All We Imagine as Light is a political film that has many smart and moving things to say about the…
One Night in Miami
Dir. Regina King
This stagelike historical drama is about a meeting between Malcolm X, Jim Brown, Sam Cooke, and Muhammad Ali, the night…
Howards End
Is a TV adaptation necessary when we already have a novel and film version of Howards End? Probably not, but…
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…
Tender Mercies
Dir. Bruce Beresford
Tender Mercies is mostly a musical drama. There’s no score at all, only performances of guitar-strung songs, mostly original, which…
Days of Heaven
Dir. Terrence Malick
The title of Days of Heaven perfectly captures the idyllic life on the farm. It’s truly beautiful. Director Terrence Malick…
Running on Empty
Dir. Sidney Lumet
Running on Empty is a movie that covers many timely themes including capitalism, education, and social class. It tells the…
A Woman Under the Influence
Dir. John Cassavetes
It’s been decades since director John Cassavetes released this film about a dysfunctional marriage and family, yet it still feels…
Atlantic City
Dir. Louis Malle
At first glance, Atlantic City is indistinguishable from most other crime films. It’s led by a charming gangster (Burt Lancaster)…
Reversal of Fortune
Dir. Barbet Schroeder
This gripping legal drama is based on a case we still don’t know the truth of — which might make…
Missing
Dir. Nicholas D. Johnson & Will Merrick
When Big Tech and trolls have all but villainized the internet, it’s hard to forget that good can come out…
Quiz Show
Dir. Robert Redford
Long before we became accustomed to oxymorons like “scripted reality” shows, there was a time when viewers could expect to…
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,…
Mississippi Burning
Dir. Alan Parker
FBI agents Rupert and Alan (Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe) visit Jim Crow-era Mississippi to investigate the disapperance of three…
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…
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…
One Night in Miami…
Dir. Female director & Regina King
In the aftermath of Cassius Clay’s defeat of Sonny Liston in 1964, the boxer meets with Malcolm X, Sam Cooke…
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,…
The Stunt Man
Dir. Richard Rush
A fugitive stumbles onto a movie set just when they need a new stunt man, takes the job as a…
Hope and Glory
Dir. John Boorman
A middle-aged man recalls his childhood growing up in and around London during World War II.
Coming Home
Dir. Zhang Yimou
When adapting a novel, sometimes the book is too long to fit into a whole feature, so filmmakers would create…
Prince of the City
Dir. Sidney Lumet
New York City detective Daniel Ciello agrees to help the United States Department of Justice help eliminate corruption in the…
The Ides of March
Dir. George Clooney
A slow-burning US political drama, The Ides of March is a character-driven film with great performances from Ryan Gosling, Philip Seymour Hoffman and George Clooney (who…
