Women Talking
Dir. Sarah Polley
Not much happens in Women Talking, but what it lacks in action it more than makes up for in message.…
Hiroshima Mon Amour
Dir. Alain Resnais
While initially commissioned to be an atomic bomb documentary, Hiroshima Mon Amour became something entirely different. For starters, it’s not…
Character
Dir. Mike van Diem
When someone does everything they can to stop you, even to the point of irrationality, that’s hater behavior. This is…
The Official Story
Dir. Luis Puenzo
Most people aspire to have families, deciding to form their own by marrying, bearing children, and if fertility makes that…
Revanche
Dir. Götz Spielmann
Given the name, Revanche seemed to be a revenge thriller, and to a certain degree, that’s correct, but the way…
Buena Vista Social Club
Dir. Wim Wenders
When Castro took over Cuba in the 1950s, Havana’s nightlife shifted as clubs and casinos were closed down, leading to…
Hilary and Jackie
Dir. Anand Tucker
Comparisons are easy between friends and within peer groups, but the comparison that is most immediate is that between you…
Queen Margot
Dir. Patrice Chéreau
Before Games of Thrones delivered court intrigues, shocking murders, and adulterous affairs, Queen Margot delivered all these nearly two decades…
Tár
Dir. Todd Field
Filled with dense conversations about classical music and cryptic suggestions of a guilty conscience, Tár makes for a challenging watch…
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Dir. Liz Garbus
“As fragile as she was strong, as vulnerable as she was dynamic, she was African royalty. How does royalty stomp…
A Very Long Engagement
Dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet
When reading the synopsis, A Very Long Engagement doesn’t seem like the kind of film that would work with director…
Finding Vivian Maier
Dir. Charlie Siskel & John Maloof
Vivian Maier was a French-American photographer whose art, like many of the greats, only gained widespread success after her death.…
Toni Erdmann
Dir. Maren Ade
Good movies usually aren’t lengthy movies, unless we’re talking about cases like Toni Erdmann. It’s a supremely smart German-Austrian comedy that…
Deliver Us From Evil
Dir. Amy J. Berg
A truly timely and difficult documentary, Deliver Us From Evil follows an interviewed confession of a Catholic pedophile. In addition,…
Triangle Of Sadness
Dir. Ruben Östlund
Among the sea of class satires released in the last year, Triangle of Sadness is one of the better ones.…
Half Nelson
Dir. Ryan Fleck
The self destructive, substance abusing history teacher Dan (Ryan Gosling) works in a Brooklyn middle-school and is constantly at odds…
The Secret of Kells
Dir. Nora Twomey & Tomm Moore
A Franco-Gaelic animated film nominated for an Academy Award, the Secret of Kells certainly isn’t your average Disney fare. Set in 8th…
East of Eden
Dir. Elia Kazan
Given the sprawling epic it’s based on, the first film adaptation of East of Eden had to make some adjustments.…
Guys and Dolls
Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz
There are plenty of great Hollywood movie musicals from the 1950s that are still held in high regard today. Guys…
Pelle the Conqueror
Dir. Bille August
When depicting a novel, book adaptations on film, especially earlier on in the medium, tend to be quite lengthy. The…