The Blue Dahlia

In Afghanistan, the ruthless sport of buzkashi is a game of great pride. When Uraz (Omar Sharif, Lawrence of Arabia) breaks his leg and loses he brings shame to his village, especially his father, Tursen (Jack Palance, City Slickers), a former champion. In order to regain his honor, Uraz must learn to ride again and […]

Award-winning war photographer and filmmaker Seamus Murphy explores the creative inspiration behind PJ Harvey’s album The Hope Six Demolition Project in this arresting, collage-style documentary charting their travels together in Afghanistan, Kosovo and the US. Dreamlike, elliptical and intimate, the film provides a stunning portrait of Harvey’s creative process – and unprecedented access to an […]

Orson Welles’s beautiful, nostalgia-suffused second feature—the subject of one of cinema’s greatest missing-footage tragedies—harks back to turn-of-the-twentieth-century Indianapolis, chronicling the inexorable decline of the fortunes of an affluent family. Adapted from an acclaimed Booth Tarkington novel and featuring restlessly inventive camera work and powerful performances from a cast including Joseph Cotten, Tim Holt, and Agnes […]

A clever and relentless thrill ride that defies audience expectation at every turn, in Strange Darling, nothing is what it seems when a twisted one-night stand spirals into a serial killer’s vicious murder spree. A fascinating new horror-thriller from the producers of ‘Late Night with the Devil’ and ‘Barbarian’, this flawlessly constructed fresh take on […]

The legendary Max Ophuls (Letter from an Unknown Woman; La Ronde) directs this tense and stylish 1949 film noir melodrama. Joan Bennett (Scarlet Street) stars as a suburban housewife who covers up a murder to protect her teenage daughter, only to find herself blackmailed by an immoral small-time crook, played by James Mason (North by […]

A bracing blend of Apocalypse Now, Lord of the Flies and Embrace of the Serpent, Monos is a psychedelic ride into the dark heart of mankind. Exiled on a mountainside, the Monos are a teenage guerrilla group. Far away from clear orders, they must watch over a cow and a single hostage. But things go […]

Sofia Coppola’s stunning directorial debut, featuring a spellbinding performance from Kirsten Dunst. With mesmeric cinematography from Edward Lachman, accompanied by a cult soundtrack from French duo Air, The Virgin Suicides remains a coming-of-age classic. In a quiet, conservative American town in the 1970s, Cecilia Lisbon, just 13, attempts suicide. She is one of five beautiful […]

Quentin Tarantino’s ninth feature arrives, basking in Cannes success. This kaleidoscopic tale of the Hollywood backlot is richly expansive, able to capture the forces rubbing against each other in 1969, from movie moguls, to hippie burnouts to timeless stars like Steve McQueen (Damian Lewis) and Bruce Lee (Mike Moh).  Our guides through this world […]