How far can a single lie go in changing the course of the lives of several individuals? This is what Atonement, Joe Wright’s wartime drama sets out to answer. Based on the novel by Ian McEwan, and produced to rapturous applause and adoration that has seemingly persisted over the last decade since its release, this…

Everything that can be said about Midnight Cowboy has already been said – it’s hailed as a classic, a film that helped usher in a new era of cinema, a groundbreaking social masterpiece that challenges heteronormative conventions and gave audiences at the time a chance to view and entirely different kind of story, one gloriously…

It’s a beautiful summer on Fire Island – Dan (Bruce Davison) and Peter (Richard Thomas) are a pair of young men spending their vacation on the beautiful beaches and luxurious cottages of the idyllic shoreline. They meet Sandy (Barbara Hershey), a young woman, who enters into their lives when she asks them to help her…

In 1881 Egypt, a small community evading colonial rule discover a hidden tomb, from which they slowly extract all the riches, buried with the bodies of long-deceased pharaohs, selling the items to those with an interest in rare and unusual items. One of the only people vehemently against these corrupt actions is Wanis (Ahmed Marei),…

Insatiable desire and irreconcilable faith are the basis for My Night at Maud’s (French: Ma nuit chez Maud), the darkly comical social fable from Éric Rohmer, who was at the peak of exploring his interest in the influence of morality (or rather the lack thereof) on the human condition, and how the smallest idiosyncrasies of…

Sarah (Alison Brie) is a young woman who doesn’t quite fit in – she does her best to be sociable, whether it with her co-worker Joan (Molly Shannon), her genial roommate (Debby Ryan), or any of the many people she encounters through her life, all of which see her as a well-meaning, but overly sensitive…

“We thought it was a normal hotel” Five people find themselves in a mysterious hotel somewhere in the French countryside. Alissa (Nicole Hiss) and her husband Max Thor (Henri Garcin) are a young couple on holiday. They are joined by Stein (Michael Lonsdale), a fiercely passionate academic who strikes up a friendship with Max, who…

Billy Casper (David Bradley) is a young man growing up in the rural suburbs of working-class England. Raised by a single mother, and bullied by his older brother, Billy has never quite fit in and has struggled to find the same sense of belonging his peers at his school seem to share. Seemingly experiencing an…

Yves Saint Laurent was not only a legendary fashion designer, but also an artistic icon who changed the way we view an industry normally perceived as not being aligned with some of the more popular creative fields – he may not have made the impact some more traditional artists may have, but his contributions to…

One of the most unexpected, but no less pleasant, surprises of recent years was the realization that not only is Greta Gerwig a tremendous actress, but she’s also got all the qualities of a great director as well. Her first solo directorial effort, Lady Bird, has often been considered one of the best films of…