Film Search
- Oct 26, 1985
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L.A. Confidential (R)
Crooked reporter Danny DeVito and vice cop Kevin Spacey set up sensational stories for a Los Angeles scandal sheet in the 50s and become enmeshed in the investigation of a multiple murder. more...
- Oct 26, 1985
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La Chienne (NR)
Jean Renoir's first sound feature (1931) and one of his best, about a bored banker (Michel Simon) who becomes hopelessly smitten with a prostitute (Janie Mareze). more...
- Oct 26, 1985
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La Grande Bouffe
Hilarious, stomach-turning, morbid, breezy, funny, and sad fable about four men (Marcello Mastroianni, Ugo Tognazzi, Philippe Noiret, and Michel Piccoli) who shut themselves up in a Parisian villa and gorge themselves to death on gourmet delights, pausing only to sample the charms of three negligible whores and the simple affections of Andrea Ferreol before expiring disgustingly one by one. more...
- Dec 15, 2016
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La La Land (PG-13)
When Damien Chazelle tried to resurrect the movie musical with his debut feature, Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench (2009), he was constrained by the modest means of a Canadian indie; now, having made a name for himself with the Oscar-nominated jazz drama Whiplash (2014), he returns to the challenge with $30 million behind him, and the result is dazzling. more...
- Jan 12, 2017
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La La Land: The IMAX 2D Experience (PG-13)
When Damien Chazelle tried to resurrect the movie musical with his debut feature, Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench (2009), he was constrained by the modest means of a Canadian indie; now, having made a name for himself with the Oscar-nominated jazz drama Whiplash (2014), he returns to the challenge with $30 million behind him, and the result is dazzling. more...
- Oct 11, 2012
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La Playa DC
This Colombian mean-streets drama (2012) suffers from a rather jumbled script, but it's rescued by its easy authenticity and Luis Carlos Guevara's magnetic lead performance. more...
- May 13, 2005
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Ladies in Lavender
Veteran British actor Charles Dance (Gosford Park) makes his debut as writer-director with this three-hanky drama about elderly sisters (Judi Dench, Maggie Smith) living quietly on the English Channel before World War II. more...
- Nov 4, 2005
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The Lady and the Beard
Many of Yasujiro Ozu's films have topical interest, but few are as novel as this 1931 silent comedy about the westernization of a conservative young hero. more...
- Apr 7, 2005
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The Lady and the Duke
My favorite Eric Rohmer features are mainly his period films—Perceval, then The Marquise of O (despite its emotional toning down of the Heinrich von Kleist novella), and now this fascinating antirevolutionary take on the French Revolution. more...
- Jul 13, 2007
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Lady Chatterley
D.H. Lawrence wrote three versions of the novel that we know as Lady Chatterley's Lover. more...
- Oct 26, 1985
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The Lady Eve
Preston Sturges extended his range beyond the crazy farces that had made his reputation with this romantic 1941 comedy, and his hand proved just as sure. more...
- Nov 22, 1985
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The Lady From Shanghai (NR)
The weirdest great movie ever made (1948), which is somehow always summed up for me by the image of Glenn Anders cackling "Target practice! more...
- Jun 2, 2006
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The Lady in Question Is Charles Busch
This 2005 documentary vividly chronicles the career of actor-writer Charles Busch, the cross-dressing star of such camp hits as Vampire Lesbians of Sodom, Psycho Beach Party, and The Lady in Question. more...