Stolen Kisses: Antoine Doinel Finds Love
Claude Jade and Jean-Pierre Léaud. Photo: United Artists The opening shot places the film firmly in its time, capturing a moment that is long forgotten. We’re shown the French Cinémathèque…
Lilies of the Field
When Homer Smith (Sidney Poitier) makes a stop in the Arizona desert, he meets a group of German-speaking nuns whose mother superior (Lilia Skala) believes that she can make Homer…
Worst Person in the World: Millennial Angst
Renate Reinsve. Photo: Oslo Pictures As Joachim Trier was making his final chapter in a trilogy of films that began with Reprise (2006) and continued with Oslo, August 31st (2011),…
Brassed Off
In the small town of Grimley in Northern England, Gloria (Tara Fitzgerald) joins the local brass band, made up of miners; she has a secret they won’t like… A film…
Pretty Woman
Depressed corporate raider Edward Lewis (Richard Gere) hooks up with a Hollywood Boulevard prostitute (Julia Roberts) and realizes she’s a human being. An enormous box-office hit at the time, this…
The Full Monty: Desperate Measures
Photo: Channel Four Films Robert Carlyle had two huge hits coming out in 1996 and 1997, films that really launched his international career. Trainspotting was celebrated right from the start,…
You Can’t Take It With You: Enjoy It Now
Photo: Columbia With It Happened One Night (1934), Frank Capra had already won an Oscar for Best Director. The same honor was bestowed on him after he adapted the popular…
Green Book
In the early 1960s, New York City bouncer Tony ”Lip” (Viggo Mortensen) is hired by an African-American concert pianist (Mahershala Ali) for a tour through the Deep South; he’ll serve…
A Very English Scandal
In 1961, Liberal MP Jeremy Thorpe (Hugh Grant) has a romantic affair with a troubled young man, Norman (Ben Whishaw); as Thorpe’s political career takes off, Norman gets back in…
The Favourite: All the Queen’s Women
Emma Stone and Olivia Colman. Photo: Fox Searchlight Pictures During the PR campaign for this film, Rachel Weisz called it ”a funnier, sex-driven All About Eve”. Is there a better…