Written by Nancy DowdDirected by George Roy Hill When people think about great sports movies, the ones they usually mention are about football and baseball. You might get some to think of […]
Written by Judith Guest, Alvin Sargent, and Nancy DowdDirected by Robert Redford Ordinary People won the Oscar for best picture in 1980. I was 14 at the time and about all I […]
Written by Randy Shilts and Arnold SchulmanDirected by Roger Spottiswoode A friend who was recently found to be HIV+ asked me a lot of questions about the emergence of AIDS in the […]
Written by Nunnally Jones and John SteinbeckDirected by John Ford With the events of the last seven years or so prominently in my head, I watched The Grapes of Wrath for the […]
Written by Sarah ThorpDirected by Philip Kaufman Big names in the movie industry are used as a way of drawing people to a film. There are times that I look at a […]
Written by Jane Hamilton, Peter Hedges, and Polly PlattDirected by Scott Elliott Small towns are quite a different existence than cities or suburbia. There’s a certain flow associated with these places, where […]
Written by Neal Marshall, Garry Marshall, and Bo GoldmanDirected by Garry Marshall Growing up in suburban New York City in my early years summers were different than they were for my own […]
Written by Neil LaButeDirected by Neil LaBute Just watch the feeds on Twitter, Threads, Facebook, or any social media from women. It seems that almost daily there are posts lamenting or lambasting […]
Written by Sidney Carroll, Robert Rossen, and Walter TevisDirected by Robert Rossen For many reasons, when people think of the greatest performances in Paul Newman’s career, the character of Fast Eddie Felson […]
Written by Gene Brewer and Charles LeavittDirected by Iain Softley I’ve never been one to dismiss a film simply because it doesn’t give us all the answers. I don’t believe the best […]
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