January 2020: An Angel at My Table
With An Angel at My Table, Academy Award–winning filmmaker Jane Campion brought to the screen the harrowing autobiography of Janet Frame, New Zealand’s most distinguished author. Three actors in turn …
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December’s Selection – Joyeux Noel
“Joyeux Noel” has its share of bloodshed, especially in a deadly early charge, but the movie is about a respite from carnage, and it lacks the brutal details of films …
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November’s Selection – The General
“The General’s” greatness lies in the sheer awe of the spectacle and daring of it. Keaton’s really performing all of those death-defying stunts on a moving locomotive, like jumping one car to …
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October’s Selection – Nothing but a Man (1964)
“Nothing But a Man” is a film more famous than familiar. Since its release in 1964, it has been cited as one of the first and best of a new …
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April selection: The Damned United
Two things that the British know that most Americans don’t: Michael Sheen is the best actor in the English-speaking world; and soccer is the only football that matters. -Joe …
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March Selection: Black Orpheus
Winner of both the Academy Award for best foreign-language film and the Cannes Film Festival’s Palme d’Or, Marcel Camus’ Black Orpheus (Orfeu negro) brings the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus and …
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