History [nf]

1998

NR

Plot: While Louise Brooks had a relatively brief career as a Hollywood actress, her striking beauty (complete with distinctive helmet hair style) and stunning performances in two films by G. W. Pabst ( ...

Comedy Drama

1991

R

Plot: Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon play Thelma and Louise, two working-class friends who together have planned a weekend getaway from the men in their lives. Thelmas husband, Darryl (Chris McDonald), is an ...

Drama

1971

R

Plot: Memorably described by Pauline Kael as a beautiful pipe dream of a movie, Robert Altmans McCabe and Mrs. Miller reimagines the American West as a muddy frontier filled with hustlers, oppo ...

Crime

1990

R

Plot: Joel and Ethan Coens third collaboration, the gangster film Millers Crossing, stars Gabriel Byrne as Tom Reagan, the right-hand man of big-city Irish mob boss Leo (Albert Finney). The fil ...

Plot: The man who has made a career out of exposing the artifice and excess of modern living takes a trip to the most artificially excessive city on the planet for his seventh HBO stand-up special. Wh ...

Children's/Family

1964

G

Plot: Long resistant to film adaptations of her Mary Poppins books, P.L. Travers finally succumbed to the entreaties of Walt Disney, and the result is often considered the finest of Disneys personally superv ...

Drama

1945

NR

Plot: In this follow-up to director Leo McCareys Going My Way (1944), Bing Crosby repeats his Oscar-winning characterization of happy-go-lucky priest Father OMalley. The good father is sent to ...

Children's/Family

2002

G

Plot: John Schneider serves as both director and star of this heartwarming made-for-TV film. It all begins when a cute little girl named Felicia Wallace (Jenna Boyd) writes a letter to Santa asking for a new ...

Plot: Director Kenneth Branaghs interpretation of Mary Shelleys classic horror novel stars Robert DeNiro as a terrifying monster created in an obsessive attempt to defeat death and stretch the limits ...

Plot: Director Kenneth Branaghs interpretation of Mary Shelleys classic horror novel stars Robert DeNiro as a terrifying monster created in an obsessive attempt to defeat death and stretch the limits ...

Comedy

1998

R

Plot: The Farrelly Brothers set this romantic comedy in their home state of Rhode Island. In 1985, when teen-nerd Ted Stroehmann (Ben Stiller) challenges a high-schooler whos bullying retarded Warren Jenson ...

Action

1974

PG

Plot: Three outlaws hit the road until the road hits back in this supercharged action thriller. Larry (Peter Fonda) is a stock car driver whose reckless nature has caused him a long run of bad luck. L ...

Music [nf]

2004

Plot: Few if any acts that emerged from the early 60s folk music boom enjoyed the popular acclaim and lasting impact of Peter, Paul and Mary. With their crisp harmonies and superlative ear for songs t ...

Music [nf]

Plot: In this concert performance captured live in September of 2005, a fifteen piece orchestra joins singer Carly Simon as she takes to the water in the Queen Mary II to offer a variety of vintage 1940s tun ...

Music [nf]

1995

Plot: One of the most intelligent and soulful voices in contemporary country music is captured on stage in this 1995 concert video, which features guest appearances from Shawn Colvin and Joan Baez. ~ Mark De ...