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The classic 1970 political thriller recounts the murky political intrigue surrounding the death of a popular Greek legislator in the days leading up to the 1967 coup. With Yves Montand.
1982 film about an American businessman's search for his son who disappeared during the 1973 Chilean coup. The rare film that combines political sophistication with emotionally wrenching and adult performances. With Jack Lemmon and Sissy Spacek.
The classic baseball movie, Bull Durham is a deeply funny and touching look at love, sex, Walt Whitman and minor league ball. Starring Kevin Costner and dangerous radicals Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins.
1992 film recounting the fictional Senatorial campaign of a folk-singing Republican businessman. Robbins skewers the savage hysteria of the right and a lack of ideas and energy on the left. "The Times They Are a Changin' Back!"
Perhaps one of the top ten funniest films of our time. Falk as the bumbling CIA agent and Arkin as his unwitting cohort take on some of the great challenges of our time, democracy in Latin America and family weddings. See this original version, not the sad remake in theaters now.
The cold war classic, written by Terry Southern. Guard against deviated preversions and protect our purity of essence! See Peter Sellers in three hysterical roles and Sterling Hayden as the mad General Jack. D. Ripper. "There's no fighting in here, this is the war room!"
At the height of the cold war, a US bomber is accidentally sent to attack Moscow, leading to a nightmare scenario in the ultimate zero-sum game.
Kirk Douglas stumbles onto a plot against the President, played by the great Frederick March. A timeless exploration of loyalty, patriotism and the seduction of fascism.
In what has been called the greatest documentary ever made, Ophuls explores competing narratives of what happened in a small city in France under the German occupation. A fascinating and disturbing look at the struggle between truth and memory.
Based on the life of Solomon Perel, a German Jewish child who hid in plain sight during WWII by posing as a gentile, and who ended up in the hands of both Soviet and Nazi soldiers as well as the Hitler Youth. Holland works with an understanding of human and moral complexity.
Nicole Kidman won an Oscar for her role as Virginia Woolf in this adaptation of the award-winning book by Michael Cunningham. Cunningham's work is both a modern-day recasting of Mrs. Dalloway and a love letter to the brittle and brilliant Woolf. |
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