The Velveteen Rabbit
Dir. Jennifer Perrott & Rick Thiele
A beloved children’s story gets its umpteenth adaptation here, this time from the screenwriter of 2018’s Watership Down — who…
Apollo 11
Dir. Todd Douglas Miller
What makes Apollo 11 stand out is its sharp minimalist approach, allowing the archival footage of the mission to the…
The Young Girls of Rochefort
Dir. Jacques Demy
Where The Umbrellas of Cherbourg lamented the tragedy of one missed connection, Jacques Demy follows it up with a much…
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…
Babette's Feast
Dir. Gabriel Axel
Sisters Martine and Filippa, daughters of a founder of a religious sect, live a simple and quiet life in a…
Whisper of the Heart
Dir. Yoshifumi Kondô & Yoshifumi Kondou
Studio Ghibli has brought us moving, remarkable animated films such as Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, and Princess Mononoke. One…
Heidi
Dir. Alain Gsponer
Where The Secret Garden championed the restorative powers of tending to a garden as well as one’s thoughts, Swiss novel…
A Hard Day's Night
Dir. Richard Lester
Given the incalculable, foundational impact the Beatles had on music as a whole, A Hard Day’s Night would already be…
The Winslow Boy
Dir. David Mamet
When a student is accused of stealing something as small as a five shilling postal order, it just seems so…
Ghosts of the Abyss
Dir. James Cameron
Six years after blowing box-office records out of the water with Titanic, director James Cameron once again plunged into the…
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Dir. Werner Herzog
In this 3D documentary, Werner Herzog takes a dive into the Chauvet Cave in Southern France. From archaeology and anthropology…
The Secret Garden
Dir. Agnieszka Holland
Even if it seems like nothing really “happens” for much of The Secret Garden, its characters paint quite the moving…
A Taste of Love
Dir. Conrad de la Torres III & Michael E. Brown
It’s admirable how A Taste of Love keeps to the gentle pace of a slice-of-life story instead of blowing things…
Funny Girl
Dir. William Wyler
Ostensibly about Fanny Brice, there could never be any other Funny Girl than Barbra Streisand. Reprising her role on stage,…
An American in Austen
Dir. Clare Niederpruem
As exciting as it sounds to have a real person transported into a fictional story, An American an Austen really…
The Cat Returns
Dir. Hiroyuki Morita
Of all the spin-offs that Studio Ghibli could make, we did not expect this cat-focused fantasy adventure based on that…
Love & Jane
Dir. David Weaver
Hallmark is the last place you’d expect to find a low-budget movie that decries excessive automation and advocates for local…
Paging Mr. Darcy
Dir. Peter Wellington
Despite the fact that this isn’t the light fantasy romcom it seems to present itself as at the onset, Paging…
Unknown: Cosmic Time Machine
Dir. Shai Gal
Unknown’s next documentary installment takes us to the stars following the construction and deployment of the James Webb Space Telescope.…
The Land Before Time
Dir. Don Bluth
An orphaned brontosaurus named Littlefoot sets off in search of the legendary Great Valley. A land of lush vegetation where…
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
Dir. Aditya Chopra
Love can happen anytime and anywhere, but some of the best love stories are about the kind of love that…
Encounters at the End of the World
Dir. Werner Herzog
A film by legendary director Werner Herzog where he travels to Antarctica, or rather you travel with him to study…
The Secret World of Arrietty
Dir. Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Arrietty may not be as epic as other Ghibli movies, both in the literal and figurative sense, but its tiny…
Hachi: A Dog’s Tale
Dir. Lasse Hallström
A college professor (Richard Gere) provides a home for the abandoned Akita he encountered at the train station, against the…
Little Women
Dir. Gillian Armstrong
The 1868 semi-autobiographical novels of Louisa May Alcott have been adapted into film, television and theatre so many times: 6…