It s 1968 and the whole world is watching. With the U.S. in social upheaval fa...It s 1968 and the whole world is watching. With the U.S. in social upheaval famed cinematographer Haskell Wexler (DAYS OF HEAVEN) decided to make a film about what the hell was going on. His debut feature MEDIUM COOL plunges US into that moment....more
The first gay-themed Best Picture Academy Award-winner-and the first to be ini...The first gay-themed Best Picture Academy Award-winner-and the first to be initially rated X -director John Schlesinger s gritty drama stars Jon Voight as Joe Buck a Texas-born stud who heads to New York City with dreams of life as a high-paid...more
Based on the true story of the 18th century love affair between the married La...Based on the true story of the 18th century love affair between the married Lady Emma Hamilton and Lord Horatio Nelson recounted in retrospect by Emma as an older woman caught stealing a bottle of wine. Starring Laurence Olivier Hallowell Hobbes...more
Roman Polanski (ROSEMARY S BABY) imbues his unflinchingly violent adaptation o...Roman Polanski (ROSEMARY S BABY) imbues his unflinchingly violent adaptation of William Shakespeare s tragedy of ruthless ambition and murder in medieval Scotland with grit and dramatic intensity. Jon Finch (FRENZY) and Francesca Annis (DUNE) are...more
In the 1940s the wit of playwright Noel Coward (DESIGN FOR LIVING) and the cra...In the 1940s the wit of playwright Noel Coward (DESIGN FOR LIVING) and the craft of filmmaker David Lean (LAWRENCE OF ARABIA) melded harmoniously in one of cinemas greatest writer-director collaborations. With the wartime military drama sensation IN...more
Considered by many to be the finest British film ever made THE LIFE AND DEATH ...Considered by many to be the finest British film ever made THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger (THE RED SHOES) is a stirring masterpiece like no other. Roger Livesey dynamically embodies outmoded English...more
The expanses of the American Northwest take center stage in this intimately ob...The expanses of the American Northwest take center stage in this intimately observed triptych from Kelly Reichardt. Adapted from three short stories by Maile Meloy and unfolding in self-contained but interlocking episodes Certain Women navigates the...more
With this Palme d Or winning drama which deftly combines seemingly disparate g...With this Palme d Or winning drama which deftly combines seemingly disparate genres French filmmaker Jacques Audiard cemented his status as one of the titans of contemporary world cinema. In an arresting performance the nonprofessional actor...more
In this deeply personal tale of estrangement and reconciliation between two re...In this deeply personal tale of estrangement and reconciliation between two rebellious brothers set in a dreamlike and timeless Tulsa Francis Ford Coppola gives mythic dimensions to intimate painful emotions. After releasing the classically styled...more
Michael Douglas Catherine Zeta-Jones Benicio Del Toro. Includes Steven Soderbe...Michael Douglas Catherine Zeta-Jones Benicio Del Toro. Includes Steven Soderbergh s engrossing and controversial tapestry of stories centered on the war on drugs as well as three audio commentaries 25 deleted scenes bonus footage and much more. 2...more
Michael Redgrave gives the performance of his career in Anthony Asquith s adap...Michael Redgrave gives the performance of his career in Anthony Asquith s adaptation of Terence Rattigan s unforgettable play. Redgrave portrays Andrew Crocker-Harris an embittered middle-aged schoolmaster who begins to feel his life has been a...more
The great Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami (CLOSE-UP) travels to Tuscany for ...The great Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami (CLOSE-UP) travels to Tuscany for a luminous and provocative romance in which nothing is as it appears. What seems at first to be a straightforward tale of two people - played by Oscar-winning actress...more
In ALAMBRISTA! a farm worker sneaks across the border from Mexico into Califor...In ALAMBRISTA! a farm worker sneaks across the border from Mexico into California in an effort to make money to send to his family back home. It is a story that happens every day told here in an uncompromising groundbreaking work of realism from...more
One of the most important artists on the international film scene today Portug...One of the most important artists on the international film scene today Portuguese director Pedro Costa has been steadily building an impressive body of work since the late eighties.more