Great Freedom

There’s a lot of research behind this stark drama about a gay man’s experiences in postwar Germany through several decades, most of the time spent in the same prison where…

The Wind: Battling the Elements

Lillian Gish. Photo: MGM One of the last masterpieces of the silent era, The Wind is set in a Texan landscape that almost looks like science fiction. But Sweetwater is…

Harakiri: A Gut-Wrenching Challenge

Photo: Shochiku After completing his epic ”Human Condition” trilogy of films in 1961, Japanese director Masaki Kobayashi turned to the samurai. His own family hailed from a samurai and he…

The Alto Knights

The seed of this project was sown back in the 1970s, but it wasn’t worth the wait. In spite of all this talent, the story of how mob bosses Frank…

Maria

In 1977, Maria Callas (Angelina Jolie) spends her last days in a Paris apartment, protected by her butler and housekeeper (Pierfrancesco Favino, Alba Rohrwacher), pondering the past and trying to…

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 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…

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…

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…

The Taste of Things

In 1889, Eugénie and Dodin Bouffant (Juliette Binoche, Benoît Magimel) reach culinary heights and work on their relationship while planning extraordinary dinners at a country estate. Inspired by a 1920s…