It Was Just an Accident
Dir. Jafar Panahi
You can probably predict from the title that an accident starts this thriller but what happens after is totally unexpected.…
Nickel Boys
Dir. RaMell Ross
The first things that grab your attention in Nickel Boys are its beauty and technicality. Director RaMell Ross, a large-format…
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…
September 5
Dir. Tim Fehlbaum
On September 5, 1972, at the Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany, Palestinian terrorists held members of the Israeli Olympic team…
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…
12 Angry Men
Dir. William Friedkin
Even a director of William Friedkin’s caliber had his work cut out for him with this remake of the towering…
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…
Gods and Monsters
Dir. Bill Condon
While many homophobic people like to think otherwise, there have been gay people all throughout history, some that have survived…
Cyrano de Bergerac
Dir. Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Each time a classic gets adapted, there’s always the question as to why it should be told again. After all,…
Avalon
Dir. Barry Levinson
For the longest time, family was everything. Traditions were maintained, opportunities were made and created for it, and the community…
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…
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Dir. Héctor Babenco
Sometimes, all you need to make a good movie is to get two vastly different characters and force them to…
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Dir. Richard Brooks
Given the Hays Code, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof has toned down an important part from the original play,…
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…
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Dir. Philip Kaufman
The only Kundera film adaptation frankly hasn’t disproven that the source novel is unfilmable, but The Unbearable Lightness of Being…
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…
Little Children
Dir. Todd Field
A triple Oscar-nominated drama which explores how ambiguous our roles in society can be. While categorized as “adults”, a number…
Foxcatcher
Dir. Bennett Miller
From the director of Moneyball, Foxcatcher is a true-story-based thriller centered around Olympic wrestlers and brothers Mark Schultz (Channing Tatum) and…
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,…
Far from the Madding Crowd
Dir. Thomas Vinterberg
Far From the Madding Crowd is a classic tale, but in terms of story, it has the familiar thread of…