Movie Recommendations

In this examination of the subjectivity of reality, a samurai, his wife, a bandit, and a woodcutter offer varying accounts of a rape and murder. (subtitled)

Once again, Richard Lester shot both movies simultaneously; Superman II is actually a better film, with villains who are really evil and a culmination of the Superman-Lois romance.

First-rate Chaplin opus typically combines great comic bits with overly sentimental (maudlin?) ones; one of The Tramp’s three best films (with The Gold Rush and Modern Times).

Landmark production from spaghetti western director Sergio Leone features Henry Fonda playing against type as a rotten killer.

Spooky tale of alien pods from outer space growing replicant yet soulless humans. May leave you scared to go to sleep.

Delightful songs (e.g., “Cheek to Cheek”) and dance numbers more than compensate for the silly mistaken-identity plotline. Though Swing Time is my favorite Fred & Ginger outing, this film is probably their best-known.

This ’90s take on Jane Austen follows a set of NYC debutantes, their escorts, and the lower-class radical socialist who accidentally joins their circle.

James Cagney won an Oscar for his portrayal of Broadway song-and-dance man George M. Cohan.

Solid adaptation of the Jane Austen novel. Emma (Gwyneth Paltrow) is a would-be matchmaker with all the wrong instincts.

Classic Hitchcock stars Margaret Lockwood and Michael Redgrave as sparring travelers seeking a fellow passenger who may have disappeared.