‘Making Love’: Groundbreaking romantic gay drama returns to the big screen As part of its Anniversary Classics series, Laemmle Theaters will be presenting Arthur Hiller’s groundbreaking 1982 romantic drama Making…
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Movie from 1957 Tennessee Williams screenplay The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond is mostly satisfying. Bryce Dallas Howard and Chris Evans star.
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Best Actress Oscar winner Olivia de Havilland delivers a shrewd characterization in Mitchell Leisen’s heartfelt To Each His Own.
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Tomas Alfredson’s Let the Right One In features a refreshingly mature blend of character study, budding romance, and supernatural horror.
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Joan Crawford exudes charisma in Jean Negulesco’s stylish but ponderous 1946 melodrama Humoresque. John Garfield and Oscar Levant costar.
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Starring Theda Bara, the creaky early silent A Fool There Was also happens to be a cinematic landmark thanks to its portrayal of the power of female sexuality.
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The Barker with Dorothy Mackaill and Milton Sills. Directed by George Fitzmaurice, by then already a film veteran, The Barker is one of those strange hybrids made at the dawn of…
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A superlative Hilary Swank can’t beat the odds against Clint Eastwood’s cliché-ridden boxing + surrogate father-daughter melo Million Dollar Baby.
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Julia Roberts delivers the most effective performance in Mike Nichols’ 2004 movie Closer, a lesser cinematic study of off-kilter heterosexual relationships.
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Paul Schrader’s well-made and great-looking Affliction movie adaptation is marred by absurd situations and Nick Nolte’s overwrought performance.
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John Cassavetes’ landmark and widely admired 1968 independent drama Faces is a narrative wreck and a long-winded cinematic chore.
A story about true love – between 2 male friends – the 1925 Cobra is Rudolph Valentino’s most effective star vehicle. Nita Naldi costars.
Jude Law, Marisa Tomei and Susan Sarandon are the highlights in Charles Shyer’s deeply flawed yet moderately entertaining Alfie 2004.
Starring Halle Berry and Billy Bob Thornton, Marc Forster’s 2001 drama Monster’s Ball offers quality moments that fail to amount to a satisfying whole.