One Night in Miami
Dir. Regina King
This stagelike historical drama is about a meeting between Malcolm X, Jim Brown, Sam Cooke, and Muhammad Ali, the night…
American Fiction
Dir. Cord Jefferson
On the one hand, American Fiction is a razor-sharp satire that pokes fun at the hypocrisy of the literary and…
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…
Hustle & Flow
Dir. Craig Brewer
Not everyone gets to go after their ambitions without any reservations, but everyone is free to dream. Hustle & Flow…
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 Big Sick
Dir. Michael Showalter
A revelation of a movie, both in filmmaking and commercial success. While little-known abroad, it has made more than $42 million in…
Doubt
Dir. John Patrick Shanley
The 2008 film Doubt offers a haunting peek into the crisis of pedophilia within the Catholic church. Featuring an all-star…
One Night in Miami…
Dir. Female director & Regina King
In the aftermath of Cassius Clay’s defeat of Sonny Liston in 1964, the boxer meets with Malcolm X, Sam Cooke…
King Richard
Dir. Reinaldo Marcus Green
The story of how Richard Williams served as a coach to his daughters Venus and Serena, who will soon become…
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.
The Hurt Locker
Dir. Kathryn Bigelow
During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad…
3:10 to Yuma
Dir. James Mangold
In Arizona in the late 1800s, infamous outlaw Ben Wade and his vicious gang of thieves and murderers have plagued…
Into the Wild
Dir. Sean Penn
After graduating from Emory University in 1992, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000…
Finding Neverland
Dir. Marc Forster
During a writing slump, playwright J.M. Barrie meets a widow and her four children, all young boys—who soon become an…
The Fighter
Dir. David O. Russell
Boxer “Irish” Micky Ward’s unlikely road to the world light welterweight title. His Rocky-like rise was shepherded by half-brother Dicky,…
Midnight in Paris
Dir. Woody Allen
While on a trip to Paris with his fiancée’s family, a nostalgic screenwriter finds himself mysteriously going back to the…
Brokeback Mountain
Dir. Ang Lee
In 1960s Wyoming, two men develop a strong emotional and sexual relationship that endures as a lifelong connection complicating their…
Straight Outta Compton
Dir. F. Gary Gray
In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in…
12 Years a Slave
Dir. Steve McQueen
In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold…
The Aviator
Dir. Martin Scorsese
A biopic depicting the life of filmmaker and aviation pioneer Howard Hughes from 1927 to 1947, during which time he…
Crazy Rich Asians
Dir. Jon M. Chu
An American-born Chinese economics professor accompanies her boyfriend to Singapore for his best friend’s wedding, only to get thrust into…
The Social Network
Dir. David Fincher
In 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programmer Mark Zuckerberg begins work on a new concept that eventually turns into the…
American Gangster
Dir. Ridley Scott
Loosely based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, a gangster from La Grange, North Carolina, who smuggled heroin into…
The Imitation Game
Dir. Morten Tyldum
Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by…
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Dir. David Fincher
Born under unusual circumstances, Benjamin Button springs into being as an elderly man in a New Orleans nursing home and…
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
Dir. Quentin Tarantino
Los Angeles, 1969. TV star Rick Dalton, a struggling actor specializing in westerns, and stuntman Cliff Booth, his best friend,…