New York City is approaching the end of the Prohibition era, which means many people are looking for a quick buck. One such person is Apple Annie (Bette Davis), a street-smart beggar who rules the streets from behind her wicker basket, from where she sells apples to many of the locals, who see her as…

Billy Wilder was frustratingly good at what he did. The moment he reached his peak as a filmmaker was one that ultimately changed cinema forever, with his work persisting as some of the most brilliant in film history. Whether one of his towering masterpieces, or a film that is less-discussed but still incredibly beloved, Wilder…

Tosya Kislitsyna (Nadezhda Rumyantseva) is a young woman sent to a logging camp somewhere in the Russian countryside, where she’ll be working as the cook for the employees. A feisty and strong-willed individual Tosya is not one to settle for what she doesn’t believe she deserves, so she naturally begins to make quite an impression,…

The year is 1920, the country is the Eastern European village of Schlupsk. Herschel Greenbaum (Seth Rogen) is a humble man who spends his life professionally digging ditches, which is difficult and tiresome work, but manages to win him the heart of his beloved, Sarah (Sarah Snook), who is initially unmoved by his flirtations, but…

A divorced couple (Alan Alda and Jane Fonda) reunited briefly to determine who will have custody of their teenage daughter. A pair of doctors (Richard Pryor and Bill Cosby) who travel from Chicago with their wives (Gloria Gifford and Sheila Frazier) to spend a vacation together. A middle-aged everyman (Walter Matthau) flying in for his…

Childhood is a challenging time, and no one seems to understand this better than Kon Ichikawa, whose exceptional comedy Being Two Isn’t Easy (Japanese: 私は二歳) is one of the most heartfelt and hilarious glimpses into the trials and tribulations of parenthood ever committed to screen. A charming and irreverent piece of filmmaking that demonstrates a…

Kate Conklin (Gillian Jacobs) doesn’t know what she’s doing with her life. Logically, she should be happy about where she is – a graduate of a prestigious English programme at a major university, she has just published her first novel, a romantic drama set to the backdrop of an island in New England, entitled Seasons…

Two weary souls are making their way through life. One of them is Richard (John Hawkes), who has recently separated from his wife and has to share custody with their two sons (Miles Thompson and Brandon Ratcliff), who are wayward young men who are distant from their father, who is struggling to come to terms…

Roberto (Jean-Louis Trintignant) is a young law student who decides to spend Ferragosto,  a national holiday in celebration of Emperor Augustus, studying for his upcoming legal examinations, planning to make use of the quietness of his surroundings to get some work done. This is quickly disrupted when, but pure accident, he encounters Bruno (Vittoria Gassman),…

There are some mysteries that I don’t think we’ll ever truly know the answers to – who built Stonehenge? What is the meaning of life? Are we alone in the universe? However, perhaps the question that has troubled me the most recently is this: who was demented enough to approve the making of Les Visiteurs?…