Rififi: Mother of All Heists

Photo: Gaumont Jean-Luc Godard didn’t think too highly of Rififi. He knew it was a big hit and very influential, but considered certain later films much better, including Bob Le…

No Other Land

A documentary that shows the Israeli military and settlers at their worst. Taking place over several years, the film documents clashes over Masafer Yatta, a region in the occupied West…

Snow White

There was so much online bad-will preceding this live-action remake of the 1937 classic that one expected a disaster. But this is a surprisingly engaging fairy tale, wisely updated, with…

The Crow

In a dystopian Detroit, rock musician Eric Draven (Brandon Lee) rises from his grave to seek vengeance on the men who raped his girlfriend and then killed them both. Famous…

The Electric State

In an alternate version of the 1990s, humans have won a war against robots, but teenager Michelle Greene (Millie Bobby Brown) becomes aware of the lies behind the war. The…

Borderlands

On a faraway planet, bounty hunter Lilith (Cate Blanchett) is hired by a corporate magnate (Edgar Ramírez) to find his daughter (Ariana Greenblatt)… who really isn’t interested in being found.…

The Great Ziegfeld

In the 1890s, Florenz Ziegfeld (William Powell) goes to San Francisco, hoping to have a career in show business; later in New York, he comes up with an unbeatable concept.…

Mrs. Miniver: Idyll Interrupted

Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon. Photo: MGM When Joseph Goebbels, minister of propaganda, saw this movie, he was probably both disturbed and impressed. He thought it was an ingenious piece…

Queer

Mexico City, 1950; American expatriate William Lee (Daniel Craig) is a barfly constantly looking for beautiful, young men to charm; he finds Eugene (Drew Starkey) both stunning and perplexing. The…

Sing Street

Dublin, 1985; young teenager Conor (Ferdia Walsh-Peelo) finds himself in a new, strict school and tries to start a pop band together with a bunch of other misfits. After a…