Rabbit Hole
Fans of the iconic crime series 24 will find much to like in Rabbit Hole, not least because Kiefer Sutherland…
Blindspotting
Dir. Carlos López Estrada
It’s hard to pin point exactly what makes this movie so good. It’s an all-around “movie” movie. I think it…
Minari
Dir. Lee Isaac Chung
Minari is a film written and directed by Lee Isaac Chung, about a Korean-American family in search of the so-called…
The Believer
Dir. Henry Bean
Ryan Gosling plays a Jewish Neo-Nazi in this extremely riveting window into the definition of inner conflict. It is a…
Down by Law
Dir. Jim Jarmusch
Sometimes, in life, we’re forced to be with people we don’t immediately get along with, like in the classroom, the…
Love is Strange
Dir. Ira Sachs
Love is Strange is an even-handed drama about a Ben and George (John Lithgow and Alfred Molina), a loving couple…
Hard Eight
Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
Already featuring some of the desperation and melancholy that would go on to characterize most of his work, Paul Thomas…
Man Push Cart
Dir. Ramin Bahrani
We rarely think about the lives of the people around us, but more so the lives of the people who’ve…
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Dir. John Cameron Mitchell
With the powerful duo of queer aesthetics and rock n roll, Hedwig and the Angry Inch questions the duality between…
Deep Cover
Dir. Bill Duke
Deep Cover is an undercover cop thriller, but there’s something distinctly noirish about the way the operation proceeds. With Laurence…
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
Dir. John McNaughton
There is goodness within everyone… supposedly. However, there are some instances where the belief is almost foolish, some sins done…
Lone Star
Dir. John Sayles
All kinds of lines — those separating good and bad, past and present, and even international borders — are blurred…
Big Night
Dir. Campbell Scott & Stanley Tucci
There are comfort food movies, and then there are films like Big Night: comfort food movies about comfort food. Stanley…
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…
Take Shelter
Dir. Jeff Nichols
A fairly straightforward “is-he-crazy-or-is-the-world-gonna-end” thriller, taken to an entirely new level by Michael Shannon and Jessica Chastain’s stunning performances –…
Eat Drink Man Woman
Dir. Ang Lee
Eat Drink Man Woman takes place in Taipei, Taiwan in the mid-1990s. It tells the story of an aging father…
Hustle & Flow
Dir. Craig Brewer
Not everyone gets to go after their ambitions without any reservations, but everyone is free to dream. Hustle & Flow…
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…
Menace II Society
Dir. Albert Hughes & Allen Hughes
It’s hard to shake off the life you’ve grown into, but more so on the streets with a high crime…
Waiting for Guffman
Dir. Christopher Guest
This mockumentary shoots the making of a stage play celebrating a town’s 150th anniversary, and as with many comedic films,…
The Painted Veil
Dir. John Curran
Based on the novel of the same name, The Painted Veil is more interested in its romance than the history…
Daddy Longlegs
Dir. Benny Safdie & Josh Safdie
The Safdie Brothers spent over a decade making films before their mainstream breakout with Good Time and Uncut Gems. Their…
Thank You for Smoking
Dir. Jason Reitman
As black a comedy as they come. Nick Naylor (superbly portrayed by Aaron Eckhart) is the chief spokesperson for tobacco…
