The Big Parade: Love and Chewing Gum

Karl Dane, John Gilbert and Tom O'Brien. Photo: MGM The story of this film begins with the play ”What Price Glory”, which opened on Broadway in 1924. Written by Maxwell…

The Draughtsman’s Contract

In 1694, an artist (Anthony Higgins) is hired to make twelve drawings of a country estate, but the contract also includes sexual favors. Peter Greenaway’s breakthrough is an odd, original…

The Ugly Stepsister

18-year-old Elvira (Lea Myren) dreams of marrying a handsome prince (Isac Calmroth), but in order to gain his favor she must endure excruciating pain to become pretty. For this schlocky…

The Assessment

In the near future, no one can have children without a rigorous government process; a couple (Elizabeth Olsen, Himesh Patel) receive a visit from a woman (Alicia Vikander) who will…

Predator: Killer of Killers

The same year as Dan Trachtenberg made another Predator prequel, Badlands, he also found time to put his name on this animated anthology film that throws a Predator into combat…

The Jazz Singer

Jacob Rabinowitz (Al Jolson), the son of a Jewish cantor in a synagogue in Manhattan, doesn’t want to follow in his father’s footsteps, but his choice to become a jazz…

Echo Valley

As Kate Garrett (Julianne Moore) is struggling to make ends meet, her drug-addicted daughter (Sydney Sweeney) pulls her into a nightmare that will test how far Kate is willing to…

The Crowd: One of Many

Photo: MGM When The Jazz Singer premiered in 1927, it changed the history of cinema. But it wasn’t quite overnight. There were plenty of people in Hollywood who found it…

Mountainhead

Four exceptionally wealthy Silicon Valley tycoons gather for a wintry weekend of leisure as the world is thrown into turmoil because of AI-generated disinformation. For his feature directing debut, Jesse…

Ballerina

This spin-off movie takes place between the third and fourth John Wick chapters, taking a minor character and building an origin story for a ballerina and trained assassin. Anne Parillaud,…