Dollar 

In the hands of director Gustaf Molander and playwright Hjalmar Bergman’s widow Stina, this story becomes an enjoyable watch; Swedish critics at the time considered it an unusually witty comedy…

Spotlight: Breaking a Catholic Curse

Photo: Open Road Films There’s a scene near the end of the film that will get the adrenaline pumping in any journalist. That’s when the Boston Globe printing presses start…

Annie Hall: This Is 40

Diane Keaton and Woody Allen. Photo: United Artists In the film’s first scene, Woody Allen as Alvy Singer addresses his audience, letting us know that he recently turned 40 and…

Around the World in Eighty Days 

In the late 1800s, London aristocrat Phileas Fogg (David Niven) makes a wager with fellow members at the Reform Club that he can travel around the world in as little…

The Man Who Knew Too Much 

While vacationing in Switzerland, the Lawrences (Leslie Banks, Edna Best) witness a murder and receive information that should be valuable to the British… but then their daughter is kidnapped. A…

Arachnophobia

After moving to the small town of Canaima, California, hoping to open a practice, doctor Ross Jennings (Jeff Daniels) looks into a series of mysterious deaths that might be caused…

Eyes Wide Shut 

After attending a Christmas party that results in an argument with his wife (Nicole Kidman), New York doctor Bill Harford (Tom Cruise) leaves their apartment and is ultimately tempted to…

The 39 Steps: Another Man Knows Too Much

Robert Donat and Madeleine Carroll. Photo: Gaumont-British Picture Corporation In 1934, Alfred Hitchcock had turned his first film for Gaumont British, a thriller called The Man Who Knew Too Much,…

Barbarella 

In the distant future, Barbarella (Jane Fonda) is ordered by the President of Earth to find a man who is in possession of a weapon that could threaten the planet.…