Dr Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Stanley Kubrick supposedly intended Dr Strangelove to be a serious Cold War thriller but ended up making a comedy due to the unavoidable absurdity of the situation. But in an […]
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Blue
This film from Caravaggio director Derek Jarman is an entirely blue screen over which the director talks about his experiences living with AIDs, shortly before his death the following year. […]
A Man for All Seasons
This is the story of Sir Thomas More (Paul Schofield), who succeeds Cardinal Wolsey (Orson Welles) as King Henry VIII’s (Robert Shaw) Lord Chancellor. When Henry seeks to leave the […]
Caravaggio
Caravaggio is an art movie in every sense of the term, following the famous painter as he creates his vivid chiaroscuro masterpieces, and uncovering the emotional states that led to […]
What They Had
Blythe Danner’s family comes home for Christmas after she has an Alzheimer’s episode in What They Had, a name so forgettable it’s almost appropriate. Alzheimer’s Episode might be more apt a […]
All I Desire
The premise of 1953 romantic drama All I Desire is almost Showgirls in reverse; Naomi Murdoch (not quite Nomi Malone but close enough) is a faded actress who travels from […]
All is True
This is the a film about the later years of Shakespeare’s (Kenneth Branagh) life as he deals with the twin tragedies of the death of his son, Hamnet, and the […]
