Children of Men (2006)

Film Title

Children of Men (2006)

Synopsis

The world becomes infertile and into chaos.

Director

Alfonson Cuaron

Cast

Clive Owen
Julianne Moore
Michael Caine
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Charlie Hunnan
Danny Huston

Children of Men (2006) Cuaron’s Children of Men is one of the few post-apocalyptic nightmares I can believe in. Its dystopian vision of a future world not so far away (its events are set in 2027) rings true from start to finish, and its unrelenting bleakness never reeks of hyperbolic fantasy. This is not a […]

A Tribute To Robert Altman

A Tribute To Robert Altman The American cinema never really deserved the likes of Robert Altman, a man who never made the same movie twice, even when detractors accused him of coasting on his reputation. Sure, he largely disappeared in the 1980s (except for the wonderful Secret Honor), and even after his comeback with 1992s […]

Ten Films That Ruined the World

To Kill a Mockingbird Gregory Peck as Atticus? Dignified, steadfast, and impossibly handsome. The story? A masterfully acted and scripted morality play that elevates honor, courage, and human decency above all else. Its a great film, fondly remembered, and one of the few cases where the adaptation exceeds the source material. So what’s the problem? […]

The Magdalene Sisters (2002)

Film Title

The Magdalene Sisters (2002)

Synopsis

Three young Irish women struggle to maintain their spirits while they endure dehumanizing abuse as inmates of a Magdalene Sisters Asylum.

Director

Peter Mullan

Cast

Geraldine McEwan
Anne-Marie Duff
Nora-Jane Noone
Dorothy Duffy
Eileen Walsh
Britta Smith

I don’t need a movie to tell me that the Catholic Church is completely fucked. [EDITOR’S NOTE: Today’s date in 1985 marks the first time that contraceptives were legalized in Ireland] I long ago accepted that priests preferred the bung hole to the Sermon on the Mount; nuns were repressed cunts in need of good […]

Junebug (2005)

Film Title

Junebug (2005)

Synopsis

And things are only getting worse

Director

Phil Morrison

Cast

Embeth Davidtz
David Kuhn
Allesandro Nivola
Amy Adams
Ben McKenzie
Celia Weston

The greatest of all crimes in American life is not rape, or murder, or even the public declaration of one’s opposition to Jesus, but rather the assumption of superiority…

BUTTERFIELD 8

Film Title

Butterfield 8

Synopsis

An unimaginably gorgeous Elizabeth Taylor as a Manhattan call girl

Director

Daniel Mann

Cast

Elizabeth Taylor
Laurence Harvey
Eddie Fisher
Dina Merrill
Betty Field
Mildred Dunnock
Susan Oliver

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Burden of Dreams

Film Title

Burden of Dreams

Synopsis

Herzog defies all odds to make Fitzcarraldo without killing Kinski

Director

Les Blank

Cast

Werner Herzog
Klaus Kinski
Claudia Cardinale
Jason Robards

Herzog achieves the impossible: his uncompromising vision.

In The Company of Men

Film Title

In the Company of Men

Synopsis

Men fuck over the weaker sex, but they had rather be fucking each other

Director

Neil LaBute

Cast

Aaron Eckhart
Stacy Edwards
Matt Malloy
Jason Dixie

To be blunt, everything men do is a distraction from the unshakable truth that theyd rather be fucking each other.

Glengarry Glen Ross

Film Title

Glengarry Glen Ross

Synopsis

A wonderfully acted and scripted movie about the harsh world of sales.

Director

James Foley

Cast

Kevin Spacey
Jack Lemmon
Alan Arkin
Alec Baldwin
Al Pacino
Ed Harris
Johnathan Pryce

Few films have been as woefully misunderstood as James Foley’s 1992 adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by David Mamet.