If you enjoyed Lone Star, you might also enjoy these great John Sayles' films: Matewan (1987) WHAT IT'S ABOUT: United Mine Workers union rep Joe Kenehan (Chris Cooper) has his hands full organizing a cohesive group in the small West Virginia town of Matewan, as they comprise white, black, and Italian factions unaccustomed ...
As much as I loved Vegas, leaving it always left me feeling empty. Going there is a conscious choice to avoid reality; departing is a forced reconciliation with it. This time was different, however, as we had forged such a bond the night before. We arrived as ...
If you enjoyed Annie Hall, you might also enjoy these great early Woody Allen films: Take The Money and Run (1969) WHAT IT'S ABOUT: Ever since he was a boy, wimpy milquetoast Virgil Starkwell (Woody Allen) has had a compulsion to steal, only to bungle it horribly at the crucial moment. Now grown, ...
Being a longtime bachelor (at the time) with a bit of money and a healthy appetite for debauchery, I have spent a lot of time in Vegas. Not only does it offer all the pleasure you like, it’s an incredibly easy weekend getaway. Two phone calls are all ...
If you enjoyed Lolita, you might also enjoy these great films: Baby Doll WHAT IT'S ABOUT: In the Deep South, glum-faced cotton-gin proprietor Archie (Karl Malden) is married to coy, dim-witted teenage nymph Baby Doll (Carroll Baker), who sleeps in a crib, sucks her thumb, and refuses to yield her virginity to her ...
If you enjoyed Sylvia, you might also enjoy these great films: Hard Eight WHAT IT'S ABOUT: Down and out after blowing it all at the casinos, doltish amateur John (John C. Reilly) is slumped outside a Reno coffee shop counting his last dimes when Sydney (Philip Baker Hall), a long-faced veteran card sharp, ...
If you enjoyed Billy Elliot, you might also enjoy these great films: Gregory's Girl WHAT IT'S ABOUT: Gregory (John Gordon Sinclair) is hitting that awkward stage of adolescence. Tall and gangly, he finds his soccer skills are suffering. Worse yet, he may lose his position on the team to a girl, Dorothy (Dee ...
If you enjoyed How I Won the War, you might also enjoy these great films: A Hard Day's Night WHAT IT'S ABOUT: With "A Hard Day's Night", director Richard Lester not only unveils the inner workings of a rock n’ roll band experiencing a virtually unprecedented super-stardom, he also breathes new life into ...
That same first day we saw Roy’s, a spectacular old half-abandoned gas station in the desert. It’s the place my friend Jesse had hipped me to, and he was right: it was a great location. Roy’s had a googie-style sign and an attached café. Only one bullet hole in the ...
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