De Sica’s penultimate film is a heartbreaking character study of a woman awakening to a world of love and possibility. Bolkan literally blossoms before our eyes as she goes from oppressed drone to engaged, self-assured ...

Adapted from a one-man show written and performed by Palminteri, De Niro's directorial debut resembles another coming-of-age New York mafia drama: "Goodfellas." But "Tale" is more nostalgic and less brutal than ...

Totally kid-friendly and very sweet, “A Bug’s Life” is an utterly inventive mash-up of Aesop’s fable “The Grasshopper and the Ant” and Kurosawa’s legendary film “Seven Samurai.” The animation is vibrant and imaginative, ...

Powell and Pressburger's quintessentially British (but otherwise hard-to-classify) fable takes its inspiration from the Chaucer tale of the same name, but transposes the action and characters to wartime England. ...

This riveting, unflinching work puts the focus squarely on the often gruesome minutiae surrounding anonymous death. Functioning almost like a police procedural, this painstaking, undeniably disturbing film will educate ...

Inspired by a Dylan Thomas poem, Don McBrearty's lyrical, heartwarming "Child's Christmas" is a simple, one-of-a kind piece originally produced for public television. Some of the language may be lost on the little ones, ...

Based on Charles Dickens's most widely read and enduring story, this definitive 1951 British version, better known as "Scrooge," outdoes all others for atmosphere and, of course, characterization. The incomparable ...

One of the most popular tales in Western literature, A Christmas Carol has been filmed numerous times and featured talent as diverse as Alastair Sim, Patrick Stewart, Jim Carrey, and the Muppets. But this made-for-TV ...

Based on a Jean Shepherd short story, Bob Clark's irresistible, often hilarious 40's-era holiday tale benefits from an immense heart, rich period detail, and quirky comic characters. In certain scenes - such as ...

Arnaud Desplechin's rich, bittersweet tapestry of one complex extended family forced to confront past conflicts resonates on multiple levels: it's at once a story about mortality, unresolved familial anger, and ...

Produced by Robert Redford and based on the best-selling book by Jonathan Harr, this gripping, literate enviro-action legal drama is the classic David and Goliath story - the little people versus big industry - told ...

Based on the Anthony Burgess novel, Kubrick's cold, pitch-black satire of modern society received an X rating for violence on release, and was yanked from screens by the rattled director after several copycat crimes. ...

Imagine a cross between early Hitchcock and the pioneering work of Russian filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein and you'll have some idea why Asquith's rediscovered shocker has piqued the interest of so many cinephiles.(It's ...

Is petroleum the "excrement of the devil" or the "black lifeblood of the earth"? Both, actually, according to this gripping and ultimately very frightening doc on the coming oil shortage. Gelpke and McCormack's project ...

Based on the shocking true story of a Seventh Day Adventist and his wife's personal and legal ordeal, Fred Schepisi's poignant, gut-wrenching drama builds on the astonishing performance of Streep, barely recognizable as ...

One of the Marx Brothers' nuttiest farces, "Races" has all the gut-busting gags you'd expect from their follow-up to "A Night at the Opera." The plot isn't as important as the general air of lunacy presiding over the ...

Packed with clips and more insider anecdotes than you'd find in an entire year's worth of gossip magazines, this outrageously fun documentary revisits a time when all the rules of studio filmmaking were tossed out the ...

This heartwarming, family entry is a sadly forgotten classic. The performances by a young David Ladd (son of actor Alan) and character actor Crisp are warm and credible, and even the canine actor gives a wonderful turn ...

Directed by an Oscar-nominated Cukor, and boasting a literate, chilling script from Garson Kanin and Ruth Gordon, "Double" remains a first-rate psychological shocker. An aging Colman really earns his only Oscar in a ...

Chabrol's first color film is a welter of oedipal conflict and emotional savagery, with all of it given a slightly Hitchcockian twist. Among the excellent cast, Belmondo is particularly memorable for his hilariously ...