“I Confess,” made by Hitchcock in 1953, right after the superb thriller, “Strangers on a Train,” is a second-tier work by the maestro director. But a second-tier Hitchcock is still worth seeing.

Soderbergh’s Solaris is a semi-effective meditative sci-fi-psychological melodrama, starring George Clooney and Natascha MCElhone, based on the novel of the same title by the Polish writer Stanislav Lem. For a while, James Cameron was attached to “Solaris.” In 2000, Soderbergh pitched his ideas to Cameron and Lightstorm producers Rae Sanchini and Jon Landau. Using both […]

Ryan Coogler makes a splashy feature directing debut with the real-life based drama, “Fruitvale Station,” reconstructing a poignant event of interracial hostility and ruthless police violence.

“Talk to Her” (“Hable Con Ella”), made in 2002, is considered by many critics (not by me), to be Almodovar’s most serious and emotive work, a risky dramatic feature due to its subject matter and form.

“All About My Mother,” my personal favorite of Almodovar’s films, is one of his four or five acknowledged masterpieces, and one of his most commercially profitable films. The 1999 film not only celebrates women but analyzes them intimately as performers, on stage and off. It is dedicated to all the actresses who have played actresses […]