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…
The Straight Story
A family-friendly, Disney-backed movie is not something you’d expect from cinema’s surrealist master, but The Straight Story marks a surprisingly…
The Inspection
Dir. Elegance Bratton
Based on the real-life experience of director Elegance Bratton, who was himself a Black gay marine soldier during the “don’t…
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…
The Shipping News
Dir. Lasse Hallström
An inksetter in New York, Quoyle returns to his family’s longtime home, a small fishing town in Newfoundland, with his…
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…
Stand and Deliver
Dir. Ramón Menéndez
Education isn’t always a guarantee, especially in less privileged areas that are underfunded, overlooked, and underprioritized, in the belief that…
The Quiet American
Dir. Phillip Noyce
Being released just a year after 9/11, we weren’t expecting The Quiet American to be critical about America’s intervention in…
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…
Nobody's Fool
Dir. Robert Benton
One of those long-lost mid-budget dramas that’s content with observing the rich yet uneventful lives of average folk, Nobody’s Fool…
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…
All Is Lost
Dir. J. C. Chandor
During a solo voyage in the Indian Ocean, a veteran mariner awakes to find his vessel taking on water after…
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
Dir. Jim Sheridan
No one expects much from Christy Brown, a boy with cerebral palsy born into a working-class Irish family. Though Christy…
The Man Who Wasn’t There
Dir. Joel Coen
A tale of murder, crime and punishment set in the summer of 1949. Ed Crane, a barber in a small…
The Killing Fields
Dir. Roland Joffé
New York Times reporter Sydney Schanberg is on assignment covering the Cambodian Civil War, with the help of local interpreter…
Dead Man Walking
Dir. Tim Robbins
A death row inmate turns for spiritual guidance to a local nun in the days leading up to his scheduled…
The Last Emperor
Dir. Bernardo Bertolucci
A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign…
Steve Jobs
Dir. Danny Boyle
Set backstage at three iconic product launches and ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac, Steve Jobs takes…
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.
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.
Awakenings
Dir. Female director & Penny Marshall
Dr. Malcolm Sayer, a shy research physician, uses an experimental drug to “awaken” the catatonic victims of a rare disease.…
In the Name of the Father
Dir. Jim Sheridan
A small-time Belfast thief, Gerry Conlon, is wrongly convicted of an IRA bombing in London, along with his father and…
The Danish Girl
Dir. Tom Hooper
When Gerda Wegener asks her husband Einar to fill in as a portrait model, Einar discovers the person she’s meant…
Revolutionary Road
Dir. Sam Mendes
A young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems…
Call Me by Your Name
Dir. Luca Guadagnino
In the summer of 1983, a 17-year-old Elio spends his days in his family’s villa in Italy. One day Oliver,…