Grey Gardens (Blu-Ray)

Gloriously cinematic despite its tiny budget, Orson Welles’s Othello is a testament to the filmmaker’s stubborn willingness to pursue his vision to the ends of the earth. Unmatched in his passionate identification with

Beautiful, troubled Dominique Marceau (Brigitte Bardot) came to bohemian Paris to escape the suffocation of provincial life, only to wind up in a courtroom, accused of a terrible crime: the murder of her lover (Sami Frey). As the trial commences and the lawyers begin tangling over Dominique’s fate, Henri-Georges Clouzot’s Oscar-nominated La vérité delves into […]

This portrait of Alberto Giacometti is dominated by a superb central performance from Geoffrey Rush as the brilliant artist. Set over a couple of weeks in 1964, Stanley Tucci’s first film in a decade as director focuses on the period when the artist chose to create a portrait of his friend, the art critic James […]

One of the most beloved American films of all time, The Graduate earned Mike Nichols a best director Oscar, brought the music of Simon & Garfunkel to

Kristen Stewart joins director Olivier Assayas (Clouds of Sils Maria) again, albeit for a very different, deeply unsettling kind of film. She plays Maureen Cartwright, who is responsible for picking a celebrity’s clothes. Her life takes a darker turn when she experiences an uncanny spiritual crisis. Part-horror, part-psychological study, it defies expectations all the way […]

Donna Deitch’s swooning and sensual first narrative feature, Desert Hearts,was groundbreaking upon its release in 1985: a love story about two women, made entirely independently, on a shoestring budget, by a woman. In this 1959-set film, adapted from a beloved novel by Jane Rule, straitlaced East Coast professor Vivian Bell (Helen Shaver) arrives in Reno to […]

Ten years after making his mark on Spanish cinema with The Spirit of the Beehive, Víctor Erice returned to filmmaking with this adaptation of a novella by Adelaida García Morales, which deepens the director’s fascination with

Politik och passion i 90-talets Paris. Trots att AIDS fortsätter att skörda tusentals offer är hjälpen återhållsam. Frustrationen växer bland aktivisterna i Act Up som tvingas ta till spektakulära metoder för att dra uppmärksamhet till frågan. Nathan är ny i gruppen och mötet med den militante Sean skakar hela hans värld i en film som […]