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Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce Odd that I can find diversion in these old films at a time like this. I suppose it's partly the comfort of...

Basil Rathbone This one was from 1942 - after the rights were taken over by Universal. The look, atmosphere, pace were fine but they made ...

Basil Rathbone Fine treatment of the classic Sherlock Holmes story. The entire thing was preposterous of course but watching the gears tur...

England   Susannah York Unusual, compelling film from 1966. A plane carrying six passengers crashes in the desert. The bulk of the film de...

Jude Law Attempt at a submarine thriller crumbled because of all the idiotic, unnecessary conflicts the screenwriter jammed into the story...

Matt Damon     d/ Ridley Scott Nice looking but hopelessly formulaic crowd-pleaser. While we were following the solitary actions of our he...

Georgia Fine meditation on war, its artificial rivalries, the power of human connection. Set in the 90's, war is raging near an elderl...

Chris Hemsworth    d/ Michael Mann For some reason Mann put the biggest obstacle to appreciating this film right up front: who the hell ca...

documentary First rate translation to the screen of the book project done by Truffaut in 1966. Two great filmmakers discussing their work ...

documentary Outstanding doc which displays for the audience the daily lives, practices of a small family group of goat herders who migrate...

Julie Harris   d/ Robert Wise Still one of the great scary movies. The dialogue is pretty creaky now but the sheer excellence of the direc...

Robert Downey Jr Well-produced but very formulaic treatment of an actual story. A columnist for the LA Times comes across a black homeless...

amerindie   Scarlett Johansson This film was a gift from heaven tonight. I've been having a hard time lately and this silly, outrageou...

documentary Alex Gibney's take on the extraordinary life and influence of the tech visionary. Like most (all?) high achievers, Jobs is...

Warren Oates, Jack Nicholson    d/  Monte Hellman The first existential western...from 1966. We follow a small group as they conduct a rev...

Ron Perlman     d/ Larry Fessenden This film represents a new horror genre: ecological horror. An oil extraction outpost in the arctic is ...

France    d/Robert Bresson An early (1945) effort which didn't work for me at all. Very contrived plot about a rich, scorned woman who...

Robert Mitchum Solid wiseguy flick adapted from the novel by Denis Lehane. RM always delivers good value. The story was sleazy (what else?...

Ryan Gosling     w/d Nicholas Winding Refn Set in Bangkok film focuses on the criminal dealings of a truly repulsive family of vicious dru...

Brad Pitt Nicely done adaptation of the book about Billy Beane and the Oakland baseball team. Everything about this production was solid, ...

Denmark   d/ Carl Dreyer Stark, spare film concerned with religion...specifically the enormous importance residents of a rural community p...

Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey Popeye Doyle again...borderline psychotic cop who uses violence with great relish to terrorize...just about eve...

Japan A secret clan of warriors try to remain hidden from the rest of society but...well... Film features female warriors as principle c...