A Summer Story
A Summer Story is a 1988 British drama film directed by Piers Haggard and written by Penelope Mortimer, based on John Galsworthy’s 1916 short story "The Apple Tree". Starring James…
Masterpiece Theatre: The American
Modine is Christopher Newman, a rich American tycoon who has taken a break from America's Gilded Age. He soon finds that his multiple fortunes in soaps, land and railroads count…
The Name of the Rose (film)
The Name of the Rose is a 1986 historical mystery film directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, based on the 1980 novel of the same title by Umberto Eco. Sean Connery stars…
An Awfully Big Adventure
An Awfully Big Adventure is a 1995 British coming-of-age film directed by Mike Newell. The story concerns a girl who joins a local repertory theatre troupe in Liverpool. During a…
Peter Hujar’s Day
Peter Hujar's Day is a 2025 American biographical drama film written and directed by Ira Sachs. Set during the 1970s, the film stars Ben Whishaw as photographer Peter Hujar and…
Brideshead Revisited (2008)
Brideshead Revisited is a 2008 British drama film directed by Julian Jarrold. The screenplay by Jeremy Brock and Andrew Davies is based on the 1945 novel of the same name…
The Virgin Suicides (film)
The Virgin Suicides is a 1999 American psychological romantic drama film written and directed by Sofia Coppola in her feature directorial debut, and co-produced by her father, Francis Ford Coppola.…
this boy’s life
This Boy's Life (titled onscreen as This Boy's Life: A True Story) is a 1993 American biographical coming-of-age drama film directed by Michael Caton-Jones. It is based on the eponymous…
Darkest Miriam
Miriam Gordon lives in a fog of grief while working in a downtown public library branch. When a burgeoning love-affair coincides with her receiving a series of oddly threatening letters,…
I Will Never Watch “Children of Men” the Same Way Again
How my feelings about this dystopian film changed after living through a dystopian time