Just about 30 years ago, director Barry Levinson gave us Good Morning, Vietnam, the story of a fast-talking American operator who brings rock and roll to war-torn Vietnam. Now he's back with the story of a fast-talking American operator who brings rock and roll to war-torn Afghanistan. Plus ca change. …
Concert film of Roger Waters' latter-day performance of the famed Pink Floyd double album, intercut with some more personal bits.
A cowardly movie about brave people. Part one is heartrendingly human, bordering on wise: a considered portrait of motherly love under extreme duress. To wit: Ma (Brie Larson) is both captive and sexual slave to a dim Midwestern monster, trapped in a soundproofed shed with a son (Jacob Tremblay) who …
This film plays as part of the San Diego Latino Film Festival's Cine Gay Showcase. According to the festival brochure, "Rosa is a put-upon police officer who has a tempestuous relationship with her daughter. One day, Rosa’s savings are stolen, her daughter is nowhere to be found, and Rosa is …
Jewish philanthropist Julius Rosenwald had a lot in common with black people. White America didn’t like him. This deferential doc tells his story. In his mind a fellow member of a “despised minority,” the Sears CEO and civil rights champion, among other things, joined forces with Booker T. Washington to …
Why must I be a [dancing] teenager in love?
Proper princesses' post-war peregrinations.
Hey, it's got that one overture you know! Plus there's bows and arrows and apples and stuff.
Puccini's romantic depiction of bohemian Paris.
The king in blue jeans.
Biopic of one of India's only ruling queens.
Liam Neeson must protect his son from Ed Harris and his henchmen over the course of one night in the big city. What more is there to know?
A seemingly sedated Nicholas Cage returns to the fertile, febrile territory of the Crescent City, but fails to conjure up anything like the lunatic magic of Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans. Instead, he tepidly plays a tainted southern politician (is there any other kind?) with a nascent principled …
Ukranian Chad Gracia's award-winning Chernobyl documentary.