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IMDbRikyu (1989)
Legendary tea master Sen no Rikyu is faced with his warmongering lord's unrealistic pretensions. // I love this movie. The feudal lord is so pathetic in his kitschness and absolute envy of Rikyu's artistic mastery. A lesson in Japanese classical aesthetics.
IMDbGhost Dog (1999)
An African-American Mafia hit man who models himself after the samurai of old finds himself targeted for death by the mob.
IMDbStart the Revolution Without Me (1970)
So bad it is not even good. Directed by Bud Yorkin. With Gene Wilder, Donald Sutherland, Hugh Griffith, Jack MacGowran. Two mismatched sets of identical twins - one aristocrat, one peasant - mistakenly exchange identities on the eve of the French Revolution.
IMDbKuroi ame (1989)
Every human being on this earth should watch “Black Rain” by Shohei Imamura. The story of the aftermath of the Hiroshima bombing, based on Masuji Ibuse's novel.
IMDbThe Maid (2009)
Great movie! Directed by Sebastián Silva. With Catalina Saavedra, Claudia Celedón, Mariana Loyola, Andrea García-Huidobro. A drama centered on a maid trying to hold on to her position after having served a family for 23 years.
IMDbToo Funny To Fail (2017)
Premiering on Hulu this fall, this feature length documentary from director Josh Greenbaum (Becoming Bond, The Short Game) will take a fresh and irreverent look at the successes and humorous missteps of a show that brought together an amazing slew of future comedy giants before they were household names. Featuring interviews with Dana Carvey, Robert Smigel, Steve Carell, Stephen Colbert, and more, the film will explore the creation of the show as the brainchild of two of Saturday Night Live's most beloved alumni, the twists and turns of its brief life on air, and its legacy-one of stellar careers, lasting relationships, and an affirmation that in art, risks are always worth taking.
IMDbVery Semi-Serious (2015)
The iconic cartoons of The New Yorker have become an instantly recognizable cultural touchstone over the past 90 years, and Leah Wolchock's intimate documentary offers an unprecedented glimpse into the process behind the cartoons. The film follows cartoon editor Bob Mankoff as he sifts through hundreds of submissions and pitches every week to bring readers a carefully curated selection of insightful and humorous work.
IMDbMother! (2017)
Directed by Darren Aronofsky. With Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Ed Harris, Michelle Pfeiffer. A couple's relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their tranquil existence.
IMDbNatural Born Killers (1994)
Gosh, I had totally forgot Rodney Dangerfield plays the abusive dad! // Directed by Oliver Stone. With Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis, Tom Sizemore, Rodney Dangerfield. Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and psychopathic serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.
IMDbA Passage to India (1984)
Cultural mistrust and false accusations doom a friendship in British colonial India between an Indian doctor, an Englishwoman engaged to marry a city magistrate, and an English educator. Directed by David Lean. With Judy Davis, Victor Banerjee, Peggy Ashcroft, James Fox.
IMDbLoong Boonmee raleuk chat (2010)
Dying of kidney disease, a man spends his last, somber days with family, including the ghost of his wife and a forest spirit who used to be his son, on a rural northern Thailand farm.
IMDbThief (1981)
Directed by Michael Mann. With James Caan, Tuesday Weld, Willie Nelson, Jim Belushi. Coming closer to his dream of leading a normal life, a professional safecracker agrees to do a job for the Mafia, who has other plans for him.
IMDbCrystal Fairy (2013)
Feels like summer 1997 to me. // Directed by Sebastián Silva. With Michael Cera, Gaby Hoffmann, Juan Andrés Silva, Agustín Silva. As Jamie travels in Chile, he invites an eccentric woman to join his group's quest to score a fabled hallucinogen, a move that finds him at odds with his new companion, until they drink the magic brew on a beach at the edge of the desert.
IMDbStalker (1979)
“I believe many of you here haven't watched Stalker? Or at least haven't watched it more than 20 times, like I have”. Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche - in Moscow, 2009. // Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky. With Alisa Freyndlikh, Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy, Anatoliy Solonitsyn, Nikolay Grinko. A guide leads two men through an area known as the Zone to find a room that grants wishes.
IMDbLa Zona (2017)
After a nuclear accident in the north of Spain, a vast exclusion zone was set up to contain the risk of radioactive propagation a series of murders leads Héctor, the police chief who survived the catastrophe, to embark on an investigation to find the culprit.
IMDbSen no Rikyu: Honkakubô ibun (1989)
Directed by Kei Kumai. With Eiji Okuda, Toshirô Mifune, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Gô Katô. Years after the death of legendary tea master Rikyu, his disciple Honkakubo attempts to resolve the mystery of the master's death. Years before: Sen Rikyu is a ceremonial tea master who advises warlord Hideyoshi in…
IMDbThe Remains of the Day (1993)
Directed by James Ivory. With John Haycraft, Christopher Reeve, Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson. A butler who sacrificed body and soul to service in the years post World War II realizes too late how misguided his loyalty has been.
IMDbThe Bill Hicks Story (2009)
Such a tragedy. I'm not a fan, but interesting nonetheless. Photo-animated feature documentary, uniquely narrated by the 10 people who knew Bill best.
IMDbAlways (1989)
Directed by Steven Spielberg. With Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter, Brad Johnson, John Goodman. The spirit of a recently deceased expert pilot mentors a newer pilot while watching him fall in love with the girlfriend that he left behind.
IMDbVertigo (1958)
From the opening titles, with their circling spiral imagery, to the dramatic final scene this is a movie that takes you to a different time and place. Specifically, to a San Francisco of the past; full of deserted parks, discrete rooming houses, oddly menacing art galleries and florists where the customers enter and exit through the back door.
IMDbBobby Fischer Against the World (2011)
'Bobby Fischer Against the World' is a documentary feature exploring the tragic and bizarre life of the late chess master Bobby Fischer. The drama of Bobby Fischer's career was undeniable, from his troubled childhood, to his rock star status as World Champion and Cold War icon, to his life as a fugitive on the run. This film explores one of the most infamous and mysterious characters of the 20th century. Directed by Liz Garbus. With Bobby Fischer, David Edmonds, Anthony Saidy, Susan Polgar. 'Bobby Fischer Against the World' is a documentary feature exploring the tragic and bizarre life of the late chess master Bobby Fischer.
IMDbSherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975)
Directed by Gene Wilder. With Gene Wilder, Madeline Kahn, Marty Feldman, Dom DeLuise. The younger brother of the consulting detective tries to steal Sherlock's glory by solving an important case assisted by an eccentric Scotland Yard detective and a lovely but suspicious actress.
IMDbCinema Verite (2011)
Directed by Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini. With Diane Lane, Tim Robbins, Thomas Dekker, James Gandolfini. A behind-the-scenes look at the making of the first American family to be the subjects of a reality TV show.
IMDBMaps to the Stars (2014)
Dysfunctional Hollywood hyper-melodrama. A “Requiem for a Dream” of sorts by Cronenberg, but a bit on the low-budget-look side of things. Disappointing. // Directed by David Cronenberg. With Julianne Moore, Mia Wasikowska, Robert Pattinson, John Cusack. A tour into the heart of a Hollywood family chasing celebrity, one another and the relentless ghosts of their pasts.
IMDbTake This Waltz (2011)
Directed by Sarah Polley. With Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen, Sarah Silverman, Aaron Abrams. A happily married woman falls for the artist who lives across the street.
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