[7] After the head of a furniture manufacturing company dies from a stroke, six underlings vie for his position in this ensemble drama from director Robert Wise (The Haunting, West Side Story) and six-time Oscar nominated screenwriter Ernest Lehman (based on the novel by Cameron Hawley). William Holden (Sunset Boulevard, Network) leads the ensemble cast as the man who runs the factory floor and oversees …
[7] Rupert Everett and Colin Firth star in this coming-of-age period drama set in an elite 1930s English boys’ school, where militaristic tradition and hierarchy seems far more important than education. There is a sense of brotherhood among the students, even though Everett’s character is openly gay and Firth’s character is a devout Marxist. But when another student commits suicide, the school cracks down on …
[3] In this TV movie from producer Irwin Allen (The Poseidon Adventure, The Towering Inferno), several inhabitants of a small fishing town debate whether or not their dam is about to break after several weeks of rain. The mayor refuses to believe the town is in danger until the flood waters are upon them. In typical Irwin Allen fashion, we get an all-star (B-level, since …
[8] Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, and Aidan Quinn star in this sprawling, family melodrama set in early twentieth century Montana, where the Ludlow family works their ranch in the untamed wilderness. Hopkins plays the patriarch, a pacifist and single father who is dismayed when his sons express desire to enlist in the first World War. Pitt and Quinn play the elder brothers, and Henry Thomas …
[8] Paul Verhoeven (Soldier of Orange, RoboCop) brings his devil-may-care attitude toward sex and morality to this slice-of-life story about three young Dutch boys who dream of escaping their restrained provincial lives by winning motor cross competitions. One of the boys, Rien (Hans van Tongeren), has a real chance of unseating the current champion (Rutger Hauer), while Eef (Toon Agterberg) struggles with his sexual identity in dark ways, …
[7] After his young son is murdered by a sadistic British officer, a peaceful colonial farmer forms a militia to exact vengeance during the American Revolution. Armed with a strong, emotionally potent screenplay by Robert Rodat (Saving Private Ryan, Fly Away Home), often-ridiculous director Roland Emmerich (Independence Day, Moonfall) delivers his least ridiculous film to date with The Patriot. Mel Gibson stars as the farmer-turned-rogue …
[6] Michael Caine stars as a reporter who takes his young son (Jeffrey Frank) to the Bermuda Triangle to investigate the disappearance of many ships and travelers. After a plane crash strands them on an island, the father and son are kidnapped by a band of modern-day pirates who have eluded discovery and prey on passers-through. The pirates, led by actor David Warner (Time After …
[6] A bisexual hustler (Joed Adair) hitchhikes around the Pacific Southwest looking to trade sex for room and board — and maybe a deeper connection with someone? Drifter is an early offering in the history of gay cinema, a non-explicit 16mm film produced by a gay porn company (Jaguar) hoping for a mainstream crossover. Drifter never found that kind of success, of course. In fact, …
[9] With this re-telling of Dracula and Nosferatu, director Robert Eggers (The Witch, The Lighthouse) re-solidifies his position as the most exciting artist working in cinema today. Eggers casts Lily-Rose Depp and Nicholas Hoult as a Ellen and Thomas Hutter, a young couple living in 1838 Germany. Their lives are torn apart when Thomas, a real estate agent, is called upon to visit Transylvania where …
[8] The Earthling is an odd, disconcerting sort of film that nevertheless casts a spell and is a bit hard to shake when it’s over. It stars William Holden (Sunset Boulevard) in his penultimate film performance, playing a terminally ill man who returns home to his native Australia to die alone in the vast wilderness. Once there, he lives off the land, sleeping in makeshift …
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