Casablanca: You Must Remember This

Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman. Photo: Warner Casablanca was just another movie meant to bolster the spirit of American audiences at a time when the nation had just entered an…

Tom Jones: A Bawdy Adventure

Susannah York and Albert Finney. Photo: United Artists The film that won director Tony Richardson an Oscar and launched the international career of Albert Finney had quite a challenging shoot.…

Slumdog Millionaire: Lucrative Life Lessons

Dev Patel and Freida Pinto. Photo: Searchlight Pictures A mass of energy. That's what screenwriter Simon Beaufoy claims to have picked up from his meetings with street children in India,…

A Swedish Love Story: Celebrating Youth

Ann-Sofie Kylin and Rolf Sohlman. Photo: Europa Film A few minutes into Roy Andersson’s lauded, now classic film debut, there’s a distinct Bo Widerberg touch. In the late 1960s, Andersson…

Brief Encounter: Politely Passionate

Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard. Photo: Eagle-Lion The legendary film critic Pauline Kael didn’t seem to care much for this film. Acknowledging it as a “celebrated tearjerker”, she also called…

My Best Friend’s Wedding 

When Julianne Potter (Julia Roberts) finds out that her best friend, Michael O'Neil (Dermot Mulroney), is getting married, she realizes that she actually loves him and does everything to stop…

Closer: Bodies in Motion

Clive Owen, Natalie Portman, Julia Roberts and Jude Law. Photo: Sony Pictures Releasing Mike Nichols was lauded for turning Tony Kushner’s play “Angels in America” into a great miniseries in…

The Holiday 

Amanda and Iris (Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet) agree to change homes over Christmas; in Surrey, England Amanda runs into the charming Graham (Jude Law), and in L.A. Iris socializes with…