Drama Rated R
“…taps into an emotional vein that previous Kaufman larks were missing.”
Drama Rated NR
Though Dashiell Hammett’s novel had already been filmed twice before, it is this 1941 version that many consider to be the first noir picture. Bogart defined the tough, fast-talking hero as Sam Spade; Mary Astor had three parts in one as the mysterious and alluring femme fatale; and director John Huston, making his debut, set
Family Rated G
In true Pixar fashion, Finding Nemo is at once a rousing adventure guaranteed to keep kids pinned in their seats, a gorgeously detailed display of computer animation and a comedy with more laughs per minute than your average live-action farce. Albert Brooks provides the voice of an overprotective clown fish in search of his lost
Thriller Rated NR
John Frankenheimer’s freaky and feverish political thriller, based on Richard Condon’s novel, must have seemed to have come from the future, what with its paranoid plot involving Communist infiltration, right-wing hysteria and political assassinations – all in the midst of the Cuban missile crisis and not long before John F. Kennedy’s murder. A sweaty Frank
Family Rated PG
“Family values have rarely been this much fun.”
Action/Adventure Rated NR
Zorro has had many screen incarnations since his debut in this silent, but few of them have veered far from that first film’s insouciant tone. Zorro’s legacy has been one of carefree prankishness rather than grim heroism. Watching Douglas Fairbanks Sr. prance around as the Spanish Californian nobleman by day and masked crusader for the
A fascinating morality play about honor and loyalty. Russell Crowe, as the real-life tobacco company scientist who risks his family and personal freedom to testify against the industry, provides a mesmerizing portrait of integrity’s cost; you can see the worry weighing down on his drooping eyelids and sagging mouth. A slow-burning, interior epic from muscular
An early effort from director Jonathan Demme, Melvin and Howard takes off from a real-life situation – a contested will of Howard Hughes, who may have left millions to an unknown gas-station worker – and turns it into a comic satire on the fickleness of the American dream. As the movie opens, Melvin Dumar (Paul
Romantic Comedy Rated PG-13
“…a sugary romance tempered by the Coens’ sardonic touch.”
Could that really be Mrs. Robinson? Anne Bancroft made a permanent mark on film culture with her galvanizing turn as the desiccated, predatory housewife of The Graduate. Yet it would be unfair to let that performance overshadow her other formidable work, especially her Oscar-winning turn as Helen Keller’s teacher here. The Miracle Worker has all
