The Mauritanian (2021) – Transcript
02/03/2021
Mohamedou Ould Salahi fights for freedom after being detained and imprisoned without charge by the U.S. Government for years.
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MLK/FBI (2020) – Transcript
28/02/2021
Based on newly declassified files, Sam Pollard’s resonant film explores the US government’s surveillance and harassment of Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Emigrants (Utvandrarna, 1971) – Review by Pauline Kael
21/02/2021
Jan Troell’s broad-backed nature epic on the mid-nineteenth-century Swedish emigration to this country, which was shot in Sweden and here, tells the story of why and how Swedes became Americans.
Nomadland (2020) – Transcript
21/02/2021
After losing everything in the Great Recession, a woman embarks on a journey through the American West, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad.
I Care a Lot (2020) – Transcript
20/02/2021
A crooked legal guardian who drains the savings of her elderly wards meets her match when a woman she tries to swindle turns out to be more than she first appears.
Supernova (2020) – Transcript
17/02/2021
Sam and Tusker, partners for 20 years, travel across England to the Lake District, reuniting with friends and family. As Tusker is diagnosed with early onset dementia, the pair spend as much time together as they can before Tusker dies.
Monster Hunter (2020) – Transcript
16/02/2021
When Lt. Artemis and her loyal soldiers are transported to a new world, they engage in a desperate battle for survival against enormous enemies with incredible powers.
Willy’s Wonderland (2021) – Transcript
15/02/2021
A quiet drifter is tricked into a janitorial job at the now condemned Willy’s Wonderland. The mundane tasks suddenly become an all-out fight for survival against wave after wave of demonic animatronics.
Judas and the Black Messiah (2021) – Transcript
13/02/2021
The story of Fred Hampton, Chairman of the Illinois Black Panther Party, and his fateful betrayal by FBI informant William O’Neal.
Malcolm & Marie (2021) – Transcript
06/02/2021
A director and his girlfriend’s relationship is tested after they return home from his movie premiere and await critics’ responses.
Bliss (2021) – Transcript
06/02/2021
A mind-bending love story following Greg who, after recently being divorced and then fired, meets the mysterious Isabel, a woman living on the streets and convinced that the polluted, broken world around them is a computer simulation.
The Exorcist (1973) – Review by James Baldwin
04/02/2021
The mindless and hysterical banality of the evil presented in The Exorcist is the most terrifying thing about the film. The Americans should certainly know more about evil than that; if they pretend otherwise, they are lying.
Palmer (2021) – Transcript
31/01/2021
After 12 years in prison, former high school football star Eddie Palmer returns home to put his life back together—and forms an unlikely bond with Sam, an outcast boy from a troubled home. But Eddie’s past threatens to ruin his new life and family.
The Dig (2021) – Transcript
30/01/2021
As WWII looms, a wealthy widow (Carey Mulligan) hires an amateur archaeologist (Ralph Fiennes) to excavate the burial mounds on her estate. When they make a historic discovery, the echoes of Britain’s past resonate in the face of its uncertain future.
The Little Things (2021) – Transcript
30/01/2021
Denzel Washington, Rami Malek and Jared Leto star in the psychological thriller “The Little Things.” John Lee Hancock directed the film from his own original screenplay.
Penguin Bloom (2020) – Transcript
28/01/2021
A family takes in an injured Magpie that makes a profound difference in their lives.
Casualties of War (1989) – Review by Pauline Kael
24/01/2021
This movie about war and rape is the culmination of Brian De Palma’s best work. In essence, it’s feminist.
The White Tiger (2021) – Transcript
24/01/2021
The epic journey of a poor Indian driver who must use his wit and cunning to break free from servitude to his rich masters and rise to the top of the heap.
Intolerance (1916) – Review by Pauline Kael
24/01/2021
“Intolerance” is one of the two or three most influential movies ever made, and I think it is also the greatest. Yet many of those who are interested in movies have never seen it.
Breaking Fast (2020) – Transcript
23/01/2021
Mo, a practicing Muslim living in West Hollywood, is learning to navigate life post heartbreak. Enter Kal, an All-American guy who surprises Mo by offering to break fast with him during the holy month of Ramadan.
A Clockwork Orange – Review by Paul D. Zimmerman
21/01/2021
A Clockwork Orange is a characteristically frosty piece of film-making, shorn completely of sentiment, working through brilliant ironies and dazzling dramatic ideas that please us, provoke our laughter, galvanize our intellects, win our admiration—but never touch our hearts.