Drama
Drama
Margin Call
This toothless financial thriller takes several hours to say nothing.
City Lights
Consistently OK reads as surprisingly underwhelming when it is this critically adored titan of the silent era.
Mystic Pizza
This so-so prelude to the 90s indie movement has many great performances all trying to save a mediocre script.
Father of the Bride
A simpler, subtler take on the machinations of planning a wedding (in the 1950s) that offers plenty of light and frothy comedy to accompany its sweet and sentimental core.
Greyhound
This excellent naval thriller skimps on frills and is all the better for it.
Grapes of Wrath
This famous adaptation of an equally famous book offers a powerful punch, but one that wallows in its characters’ misery a bit too much for my liking.
Titanic
A modern epic that absolutely lives up to its stellar reputation.
Mr. Malcolm’s List
An adequate romp for those dying to see more regency romances, but not sharp enough to carry the interest of anyone else.
Trial of the Chicago 7
A perfectly fine historical legal drama that could have been so much more.
Breaking Away
How resonant you find this coming of age sports movie, about growing up working class in the 70s, may be tied more to your personal experiences than the strength of the storytelling.
Sullivan’s Travels
An extremely funny farce about filmmaking, comedy, and (oddly enough) the great depression, whose only major fault is a slightly uneven tone.
The Best Years of Our Lives
This ambitious anthology film about World War II veterans is not just one of the best films on the topic, but one of the all time greats in general.