Monster
Dir. Tomás Ó Súilleabháin
Irish period drama Monster is downright depressing. Of course, for some viewers, that’s just part and parcel of any period…
Frozen River
Dir. Courtney Hunt
Frozen River won’t be the most uplifting film to watch this Christmas, but it’s a stark reminder of how different…
The Last Seduction
Dir. John Dahl
Never has evil been so darn fun to watch. Bridget (Linda Fiorentino) is such a captivating villainess, you’ll actually find…
sex, lies, and videotape
Dir. Steven Soderbergh
Remarkably, Steven Soderbergh was only 26 years old when he directed this coolly assured debut, the searingly candid script of…
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…
Monster
Dir. Patty Jenkins
Monster is a biographical depiction of Aileen Wuornos (Charlize Theron), a prostitute and serial killer who murdered seven men in…
Promising Young Woman
Dir. Emerald Fennell & Female director
A young woman, traumatized by a tragic event in her past, seeks out vengeance against those who crossed her path.
Still Alice
Dir. Richard Glatzer & Wash Westmoreland
Still Alice is a drama about a renowned linguistics professor (Julianne Moore) who slowly begins to lose words and find…
Requiem for a Dream
Dir. Darren Aronofsky
The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep.
Still Alice
Dir. Richard Glatzer & Wash Westmoreland
Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words. When she…
The Grifters
Dir. Stephen Frears
In this neo-noir crime drama, John Cusack, Anjelica Huston and Annette Bening play a trio of con-artists in modern day…
Transamerica
Dir. Duncan Tucker
Bree (Felicity Huffman) is an uptight transwoman who gets a phone call from her long lost son who is in…