From a Jim Harrison novel (with plenty of hunting rifles and a phantasmic wolf to prove it), a slice of American Gothic carved out of a farming community in upstate Michigan where the two middle-aged teachers in the two-room schoolhouse -- Dennis Hopper, adopting Dennis Weaver's limp from Gunsmoke, and …
Carrie is classroom educated, but clueless when it comes to getting on in the real world. Things are about to change for our 19-year-old Harvard grad.
More literary stargazing by writer and first-time director Christopher Hampton, much preferable to the almost concurrent Total Eclipse, on which he was writer only. No doubt it helps that he's back on his native soil, turning his gaze to the homosexual Bloomsbury belletrist, Lytton Strachey. His ear for high-toned Wildean …
The Pixar people, director John Lasseter in particular, envision a world of cars without people (Mommy, where do cars come from?), but of course anthropomorphized cars, such that the windshields are eyes and the hoods, grilles, and front bumpers form noses and mouths. The vision focusses chiefly on a hot-shot …
“It’s a kids’ movie!” Well, no, not quite, not when the theme is middle-aged obsolescence and finding meaning beyond personal achievement. Not when the unhappy fate that horrifies star racecar Lightning McQueen is forced retirement and transformation into a brand. And definitely not when more effort shows in the photorealistic …
Director Matthew Heineman documents the lives of two vigilante group leaders, one on each side of the US-Mexico border: Tim "Nailer" Foley of Arizona Border Recon, and Dr. Jose "El Doctor" Mireles of the Michoacan Autodefensas. Both are fighting the Mexican drug cartels — though Mireles' struggle has the urgency …
From masterminding Bill Clinton’s 1992 presidential win to his insurgent role in the 2024 race, Democratic strategist James Carville has been one of the most influential forces in modern political history. The “Ragin’ Cajun” looks back at his unlikely career and 30-year marriage to Republican consultant Mary Matalin. Featuring interviews …
Michael Schultz's infectious, lowbrow, proletarian comedy, encompassing a single workday and the motley mass of laborers, customers, and hangers-on at the Dee-Luxe Car Wash, is full of bustle, empty of laughs. Its main appeal is the merry-go-round cast of characters: the lecherous Jewish proprietor, his Maoist son, a sulky hooker, …
The City of Intrigue is converted into a large Camp ground, as Bogart feigns broken-heartedness and moral rehabilitation in this feminized thriller. Directed by Michael Curtiz, lushly.
The City of Intrigue is converted into a large Camp ground, as Bogart feigns broken-heartedness and moral rehabilitation in this feminized thriller. Directed by Michael Curtiz, lushly, and presents in 4K restoration.
Former rapper Anas takes a job at a cultural centre in a working-class neighbourhood in Casablanca. Encouraged by their new teacher, his students will try to free themselves from the weight of certain restrictive traditions in order to live their passions and express themselves through hip-hop. Directed by Nabil Ayouch.