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The 2016 Oscar Nominated Shorts Program (Live Action)
Stutterer, one of this year's Live Action Short nominees West Bank religious tensions. Ethnic Cleansing. Child endangerment and kidnapping. Communication... Read more
Posted on 14 February 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)
Inspired by the bestselling self-help manual, Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) are seven irreverent shorts from Woody... Read more
Posted on 13 February 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Based on a book by Geoffrey C. Ward, an account of the life of Jack Johnson, the brazen pugilist who, while always living life on his own terms, became the firs... Read more
Posted on 12 February 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Danton
In late 1793 Georges Danton (Gerard Depardieu) returns to Paris to discover his once helmed Committee of Public Safety has begun issuing death sentences by... Read more
Posted on 11 February 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Equus
A severely psychologically damaged schizophrenic stable boy (Peter Firth) is placed under the observation of a psychiatrist (Richard Burton) who tries to... Read more
Posted on 10 February 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Hail, Caesar!
A day in the life of a major studio head (Josh Brolin) circa 1950 as he rescues one of his starlets from smut peddlers, fends off twin gossip columnists (Tilda... Read more
Posted on 09 February 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
The 2016 Oscar Nominated Shorts Program (Animated)
cel from Prologue This year's animated short program, always a fun little excursion despite the quality of its content, runs the gamut from baffling,... Read more
Posted on 08 February 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
45 Years
Back home from her morning walk in the foggy English countryside, a retired school teacher (Charlotte Rampling) greets the postman who relays a letter for her... Read more
Posted on 07 February 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
The Virgin Spring
A beautiful and pious maiden leaves her country home making her way through the woods to church when she is accosted and murdered by three vile brothers, who... Read more
Posted on 06 February 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Mon Oncle
While staying at his sister's post-modernistic suburban home, Mr. Hulot (Jacques Tati) takes on all the pointless gadgetry and lifeless architecture while... Read more
Posted on 05 February 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Sergio Leone's epic spaghetti western, which details the uneasy alliances formed by the eponymous characters (played by Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, and Eli... Read more
Posted on 04 February 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Moonstruck
A superstitious widow (Cher) living in Brooklyn with her parents (Olympia Dukasis, Vincent Gardenia) is about to remarry a baker (Danny Aiello) when she falls... Read more
Posted on 03 February 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
The One I Love
A couple (Mark Duplass and Elizabeth Moss) rents an isolated cottage for the weekend in hopes to regroup their marriage and find ideal and subversive alternate... Read more
Posted on 02 February 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
John Wick
A retired hitman (Keanu Reeves) mourning the loss of his wife receives a prearranged gift from her in the form of a puppy to act as a surrogate companion. Read more
Posted on 01 February 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Life Itself
A retrospective on the life and work of Roger Ebert, from his childhood in Urbana, his time spent as editor of the Daily Illini, battles with alcoholism, his... Read more
Posted on 31 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Starred Up
An ultra violent teenaged inmate (Jack O'Connell) is transferred to the same prison unit as his father (Ben Mendelsohn) where he becomes a target of the... Read more
Posted on 30 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Love Is Strange
An elderly gay couple (Alfred Molina and John Lithgow) decides to wed which results in the former being dismissed from his teaching gig at a Catholic grade... Read more
Posted on 29 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Little Dieter Needs to Fly
The story of Dieter Dengler, a German born Navy pilot who was shot down by the Viet Cong, captured, tortured, and made a daring, grueling escape. Read more
Posted on 28 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Fata Morgana/Lessons of Darkness
Fata Morgana, 1971 Lessons of Darkness, 1992 In 1971, Werner Herzog sought out to make a science fiction film in the Sahara Desert which was later abandoned... Read more
Posted on 26 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Salesman
This Maysles Brothers landmark verite documentary is more interested in observation than developing a story thread while following its four pushy, off-putting... Read more
Posted on 25 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES