Directed by David Fincher • 2010 • United States
Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake

Hailed as one of the great films of the twenty-first century thus far, David Fincher’s brilliant and unsettling look at the rise of the social-media era goes behind the scenes of early-2...

Directed by Zach Braff • 2004 • United States
Starring Zach Braff, Natalie Portman, Ian Holm

Like THE GRADUATE for early-2000s indie kids, the breakout Sundance hit from writer-director-star Zach Braff captures twentysomething angst with a mix of charming comedy and touching sincerity—and made s...

Directed by Howard Hawks • 1944 • United States
Starring Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Walter Brennan

“Anybody got a match?” With her very first line in her very first film, Lauren Bacall set the screen ablaze opposite Humphrey Bogart—and an immortal star pairing was born. Loosely adapted from...

Directed by Jonathan Demme • 2008 • United States
Starring Anne Hathaway, Rosemarie DeWitt, Bill Irwin

When Kym (Anne Hathaway) returns to the Buchman family home for the wedding of her sister, Rachel (Rosemarie DeWitt), she brings a long history of personal demons, family conflict, and tragedy ...

Directed by Bob Clark • 1974 • Canada
Starring Olivia Hussey, Keir Dullea, Margot Kidder

In 1974, a low-budget nightmare filmed in Toronto was unleashed upon theaters and revolutionized horror cinema. A now-legendary film among genre aficionados, the groundbreaking BLACK CHRISTMAS was not only t...

Directed by Werner Herzog • 1979 • West Germany
Starring Klaus Kinski, Isabelle Adjani, Bruno Ganz

It is 1850 in the beautiful, perfectly-kept town of Wismar. Jonathan Harker (Bruno Ganz) is about to leave on a long journey over the Carpathian Mountains to finalize real-estate arrangements with ...

Directed by Howard Hawks • 1940 • United States
Starring Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy

One of the fastest, funniest, and most quotable films ever made, HIS GIRL FRIDAY stars Rosalind Russell as reporter Hildy Johnson, a standout among cinema’s powerful women. Hildy is matched in fo...

Directed by Luca Guadagnino • 2022 • Italy, United States
Starring Taylor Russell, Timothée Chalamet, Michael Stuhlbarg

Imbued with both stirring romanticism and visceral horror, director Luca Guadagnino’s emotionally stunning saga of love and cannibalism traces the bond that forms between Maren...

Directed by Rayka Zehtabchi and Shaandiin Tome • 2022 • United States

LONG LINE OF LADIES tells the story of a girl and her community as they prepare for her Ihuk, the revived coming-of-age ceremony of the Karuk tribe of Northern California.

Directed by Oscar Micheaux • 1920 • United States
Starring Evelyn Preer, William Starks, Mattie Edwards

WITHIN OUR GATES is the earliest surviving feature film by an African American director. It was Oscar Micheaux’s second film (after 1919’s THE HOMESTEADER, now lost), centering on an idealisti...

Directed by Werner Herzog • 2005 • United States
Starring Timothy Treadwell, Kathleen Parker, Warren Queeney

Werner Herzog’s gripping documentary chronicles one of the most extreme—and ultimately tragic—experiments in human-animal cohabitation ever attempted. For thirteen consecutive summers, si...

Directed by Martin Scorsese • 1982 • United States
Starring Robert De Niro, Jerry Lewis, Sandra Bernhard

Welcome to the disturbing world of Rupert Pupkin (Robert De Niro), the psychotic aspiring comedian who believes that all he needs is one appearance on the late-night talk show hosted by Jerry...

Directed by Erinn Springer • 2025 • United States

This previously unreleased three-screen triptych film serves as a sublimely meditative visual accompaniment to indie-folk outfit Bon Iver’s acclaimed 2024 EP of the same name. Exploring themes of solitude, reflection, and the passage from persona...

Directed by Peter Hedges • 2003 • United States
Starring Katie Holmes, Derek Luke, Sean Hayes

Rebellious daughter April Burns (Katie Holmes) has offered to host Thanksgiving dinner for her suburban clan in her grubby Lower East Side apartment. But her attempts to create an unforgettable feast go...

Directed by Howard Hawks • 1953 • United States
Starring Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe, Charles Coburn

Two glamorous showgirls have everything a girl could want—except engagement rings! In a quest for true love, Lorelei (Marilyn Monroe) and her gold-digger pal Dorothy (Jane Russell) set sail on a...

Directed by Reverend Solomon Sir Jones • 1924–1928 • United States

Amateur photographer Reverend Solomon Sir Jones used his 16 mm camera to capture candid glimpses of life in the African American communities of rural Oklahoma.

Directed by Martina Savoca-Guay • 2024 • United States

In keeping with the intergenerational magic of her mother Nancy Savoca’s HOUSEHOLD SAINTS, director Martina Savoca-Guay reveals the improbable story behind the making of the film. Combining behind-the-scenes footage from the set with intervi...

Directed by Werner Herzog • 1971 • West Germany

Werner Herzog’s first feature-length documentary follows Fini Straubinger, a woman who has lost her hearing and sight, as she travels to visit others without the use of those two senses. Through her interactions and the incredible stories of the pe...

Directed by Werner Herzog • 1989 • Germany

Werner Herzog travels to the Sahel region of central Africa to document the unique courtship rituals of the nomadic Wodaabe tribe, whose men paint themselves in makeup and engage in an elaborate beauty pageant in hopes of attracting a mate. With rare in...

Directed by Emily Atef • 2022 • France, Germany, Luxembourg
Starring Vicky Krieps, Gaspard Ulliel, Björn Floberg

Hélène and Mathieu have been happily married for years, the bond between them only growing deeper with time. Faced with an existential crisis when she learns that she is dying of a ra...

Directed by Adoor Gopalakrishnan • 1982 • India
Starring Karamana Janardanan Nair, Sarada, Jalaja

Adoor Gopalakrishnan’s international breakthrough is an intensely psychological portrait of Unni (Karamana Janardanan Nair), the last male heir of a declining aristocratic family in Kerala, whose in...

Directed by Werner Herzog • 1970 • West Germany
Starring Helmut Döring, Paul Glauer, Gisela Hertwig

With his brilliantly anarchic second feature, Werner Herzog took his place as the enfant terrible of the New German Cinema. Cast entirely with dwarf actors, the film follows the chaos that erupts ...

Directed by Richard Maurice • 1928 • United States
Starring Richard Maurice, Sammie Fields, Wanda Maurice

Produced in Detroit, Michigan by little-known African American filmmaker Richard Maurice, ELEVEN P.M. is a surreal melodrama in which a poor violinist named Sundaisy (Maurice) tries to prote...

Directed by Sergio Leone • 1984 • United States, Italy
Starring Robert De Niro, James Woods, Elizabeth McGovern

Sergio Leone’s years-in-the-making final masterwork does for the gangster film what his visionary spaghettis did for the western, brilliantly reimagining the genre as a vehicle for lim...