Mayor of 44th Street, The (1942): Alfred E. Green’s Backstage Crime Melodrama, Starring George Murphy and Anne Shirley

Richard Barthelmess made his last screen appearance (before retiring from acting) in Alfred E. Green’s “The Mayor of 44th Street.”

Voice of Hind Rajab, The: Tunisian Director Kaouther Ben Hania’s True Story of Palestinian Girl, Killed in Gaza War

Hind’s story carries the weight of an entire people, it is not hers alone.

Top Secret Affair (1957): H. C. Potter’s Fat Romantic Comedy, Starring Susan Hayward and Kirk Douglas

Neither Hayward (who received top billing) not Douglas were actors known for the kind of light touch required by this comedy.

After the Hunt: Julia Roberts Defends her Movie about #MeToo and Cancel Culture

We’re Kind of Losing the Art of Conversation in Humanity Right Now–Julia Roberts

Bugonia: Lanthimos-Emma Stone’s Latest Collaboration (Venice Film Fest 2025)

Lanthimos and Emma Stone’s film stuns with its explosive violence, slapstick physical comedy, and timely satirical jabs.