Faces (1968)

Faces tells the tales of a deteriorating marriage and portrays the intersecting stories of two people coming to terms with their newly-found independence. Richard (John Marley) is a successful businessman who requests a divorce from his wife, with the final blow to their already-fragile marriage being his encounter with Jeannie (Gena Rowlands), who may or…

Abigail’s Party (1977)

Beverley (Alison Steadman) has invited a few friends over for the evening, much to the chagrin of her husband, Laurence (Tim Stern), a mild-mannered real-estate agent who would prefer a quiet evening of light classical music. Their guests are their new neighbours, upbeat Angela (Janine Duvitski) and her droll husband Tony (John Salthouse), as well…

Atonement (2007)

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…

Midnight Cowboy (1969)

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…

Last Summer (1969)

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…

The Night of Counting the Years (1969)

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),…

My Night at Maud’s (1969)

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…

Horse Girl (2020)

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…

Destroy, She Said (1969)

“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…

Kes (1969)

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…