Captain Marvel (2019)
The longtime indie-drama team of Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden take the reins of their first blockbuster film (after Marvel passed on the likes of female directors like Niki Caro and Jennifer Kent), handling...
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20th Century Women (2016)
Mike Mills writes and directs this textured semi-autobiographical drama, set in Santa Barbara in 1979 after the women’s liberation movement and free love have made way for a bohemian existence for the laid-back seaside...
Rules Don’t Apply (2016)
Warren Beatty’s (Bulworth, Dick Tracy) first motion picture work in about fifteen years sees him a bit rusty with Rules Don’t Apply, an earnest but inconsistent attempt at a comedy with dramatic undertones that feels like...
Mars Attacks! (1996)
Tim Burton (Batman Returns, Edward Scissorhands) takes on comic science fiction in Mars Attacks!, a big-screen narrative version of the cult Topps trading card series from the early 1960s, in which Martian in flying saucers are...
The American President (1995)
As played by Michael Douglas, a liberal and widowed people-president looks to be re-elected easily. That is until he takes a fancy to an environmental lobbyist (Bening). dating her openly during the race, causing...
Open Range (2003)
It’s been a while since Kevin Costner has been in a hit film, in fact, you’d have to go back to 1991’s JFK to find one that wasn’t considered at least a minor disappointment (notable exception: Thirteen...
American Beauty (1999)
Lester Burnham (Spacey) hits his midlife crisis when his job is in jeopardy, his wife (Bening) won’t have sex with him, and his daughter (Birch) despises him. His new neighbors include an ultra-right-wing nut (Cooper) and...
In Dreams (1999)
A psychic New England writer (Bening) becomes haunted by dreams of upcoming murders by a serial killer who is hunting down little girls. It hits close to home when her own daughter becomes his next...
The Grifters (1990)
An older woman (Huston, Crimes and Misdemeanors) works for a powerful bookie, a younger woman (Bening, The American President) seduces her way through life, while a young man (Cusack, Say Anything) uses sleight of hand to nickel and dime a...