Film Search
- Jul 2, 2004
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A nous la liberte
Rene Clair's 1931 satire on industrialization was overshadowed for many years by Chaplin's Modern Times and then forgotten, though its recent release on DVD has given it a second—and well-deserved—lease on life. more...
- Jan 23, 2004
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Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer
Nick Broomfield's gripping sequel to his 1992 Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer picks up the story just a few weeks before Wuornos's execution in Florida for the murder of seven men. more...
- Nov 1, 2007
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Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
I prefer Sidney Lumet's previous feature, the neglected Find Me Guilty. more...
- Jan 25, 1985
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The Birth of a Nation
It might as well be titled “The Birth of the Movies.” D.W. Griffith's 1915 Civil War epic was the first commercially successful feature-length film. more...
- Jan 5, 2010
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Bob le Flambeur (PG)
This light, breezy 1955 heist film is probably the least characteristic movie Jean-Pierre Melville ever made. more...
- Feb 1, 1985
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Breaker Morant
An earnest problem drama, about three Australian soldiers who are court-martialed for brutality during the Boer War (1979, 107 min.). more...
- Apr 29, 2010
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The Cartel
Produced on a shoestring by TV journalist Bob Bowdon, this factual and well-reasoned advocacy documentary presents a devastating conservative critique of public education in New Jersey and, by extension, the United States. more...
- Apr 9, 1997
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Chasing Amy
After running off the rails in Mallrats, writer-director Kevin Smith (Clerks) not only returned to form but surpassed himself with this touching 1997 romantic comedy about comic book artists. more...
- Oct 26, 1985
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Children of Heaven (PG)
Sent to pick up his sister's shoes from the repair shop, a young boy loses them on the way home, then begs his sister not to tell their father, who can't afford another pair. more...
- Oct 31, 1994
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Clerks
At the time reportedly the cheapest American independent feature ever to be shown at Sundance (it cost less than $28,000), this raunchy 1994 black-and-white comedy by Kevin Smith (Chasing Amy) follows a day in the life of a beleaguered New Jersey convenience store clerk whose best friend (Jeff Anderson in a neat debut performance) operates the adjoining video-rental outlet. more...
- Apr 23, 2004
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The Corporation
Absorbing and instructive, this 2003 Canadian documentary tackles no less a subject than the geopolitical impact of the corporation, forcing us to reexamine an institution that may regulate our lives more than any other. more...
- Oct 26, 1985
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The Emperor Jones
Paul Robeson gives one of his greatest film performances in this arty, dated, but interesting 1933 adaptation of Eugene O'Neill's play about a former Pullman porter who escapes from a chain gang to become king of a Caribbean island. more...
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