There’s no dearth of docs on the Nazis, but Cohen’s enthralling magnum opus offers a truly original spin on Hitler’s genocidal ideology, supported by archival photos, never-before-seen footage, and presumably years of ...

Hazanavicius’ joyous, mostly silent film is both an ode to 1920’s filmmaking and a celebration of the art of cinema. Applying most all the conventions of silent movies, this comic romance proves that dialogue still ...

Legendary director John Huston delivers one of the finest heist pictures ever made filled with furtive underworld figures in a gritty urban atmosphere. The film’s colorful cast all turn in memorable, compelling ...

This fascinating collection of rare short films shows just how bold and versatile the work of this groundbreaking animator really was, making it even more criminal that more people don’t know about him. Indeed, the ...

The gifted Cicely Tyson is a marvel as Jane, gradually transforming from a young girl to a wizened but still spirited lady of 100+ years. A revealing history lesson and tribute to the sturdy spirit of one human being ...

The first of New Wave pioneer Eric Rohmer’s Comedies and Proverbs cycle, “Wife” is talky and intelligent, digging into love, desire, and the nature of attachment with arch sophistication. Traipsing through the streets ...

Leo McCarey was renowned for his comedic flair (he had directed the Marx Brothers in "Duck Soup"), and this consistently sharp, often side-splitting picture shows why. Reportedly the director actually improvised many of ...

This controversial, nearly forgotten East German film was pulled from screens only weeks into its release and suppressed for over thirty years by Communist authorities, who deemed it too sympathetic to Albert’s ...

Edel’s Oscar-nominated “Complex” is an edge-of-your-seat political thriller exploring the European counterculture’s darker undercurrents. These RAF terrorists instilled fear in the general public and eluded Germany’s ...

One of our favorite movies about Hollywood, this sharp, stylized melodrama gets top-flight treatment from director Minnelli, who definitely knows the territory. Featuring a powerhouse cast--Douglas, Turner, Powell, and ...

LeRoy's divinely campy classic about a psychopathic child with a suspiciously sweet veneer was adapted from Maxwell Anderson's Broadway play, also starring Kelly and McCormack. When Christine discovers a long-buried ...

Based on a story by Ed McBain, this modern-day variation on "Hamlet" is a tense, complex psychological drama, with star Mifune (who was Kurosawa's charismatic, recurring leading man well into the sixties, here barely ...

Imamura’s retelling of this feudal fable, based on a Japanese novel, spares nothing in the way of brutal realities or the forbidding environment in which his characters (a family of five) scrape for survival. There are ...

Friend to Guthrie and a hero to Bob Dylan, Ramblin’ Jack emerges in this film as a wise and witty storyteller, mostly in his own words, but also as a detached father and husband. Aiyana travels the country with her ...

This film has everything you would expect from an Astaire/ Minnelli collaboration - a first-rate score, color, inventive dance numbers, and overall lots of energy, style and class. Hunter's film career may be on the ...

“The Band's Visit,” an Israeli/Egyptian film both written and directed with assurance by Eran Kolirin, is a subtle, charming, deeply human film that will touch all who see it. At the heart of it all is the platonic yet ...

Though his work is not to everyone's taste, we view Fields as a comic genius right alongside Chaplin and The Marx Brothers. Along with his classic "It's A Gift", "The Bank Dick" remains his most sustained piece of ...

Denys Arcand’s elegiac social satire, a kind of “Big Chill” with French-Canadian intellectuals, reunites the lively cast (now mellowed a bit) from his earlier “Decline of the American Empire” to sparkling effect. Rich ...

Pontecorvo’s Oscar-nominated film provides a vivid and harrowing account of the Algerians’ struggle against colonialism. Shot in a cinema-verité style, the film uses predominantly non-professional actors, which only ...

Composed entirely of firsthand footage, Guzmán’s Battle of Chile is that rare case where you can watch history as it was actually being made. Far from a dry exposé, this piece of truly epic cinema rocks with the force ...