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…
Vice
In 2015, Adam McKay successfully depicted the 2008 financial crisis in The Big Short; this is another satirical look at a dark chapter in American political history. The rise of…
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…
White
When his French wife (Julie Delpy) wants a divorce because he can’t satisfy her, Karol Karol (Zbigniew Zamachowski) loses everything… but gets a new chance back in Poland. The second…
The Truman Show: Before Big Brother
Jim Carrey. Photo: Paramount There’s an episode of Twilight Zone, the 1980s revival, called ”Special Service” that aired in 1989. Written by J. Michael Straczynski, who later created the sci-fi…
Adaptation: The Truth About Charlie
Nicolas Cage and Meryl Streep. Photo: Sony Pictures Releasing In 1994, Jonathan Demme bought the rights to journalist Susan Orlean’s book ”The Orchid Thief”, where she investigated the arrest of…
Miracle on 34th Street
Macy’s event director Doris Walker (Maureen O’Hara) hires Kris Kringle (Edmund Gwenn) as a santa, first for the Thanksgiving Day Parade and then at the Macy’s store… but it turns…
All About Eve: Blind Ambition
Bette Davis and Gary Merrill. Photo: 20th Century Fox I have no idea if the following is true, but it fits nicely into the mythology. Celeste Holm allegedly walked onto…
Holy Mess
Simon and Oscar (Anastasios Soulis, Anton Lundqvist) invite their whole families for Christmas… but haven’t told them that a woman is moving in and that they’re all having a baby.…