Movie Recommendations

Ectoplasmic silliness abounds as Bill Murray, Dan Akroyd, and Harold Ramis face an epidemic of ghostly disturbances in the Big Apple.

Dying millionairess Lily Tomlin tries to transfer her soul into her young secretary’s body, but ends up coinhabiting her lawyer (Steve Martin). Silly but fun.

Curious about America, a Soviet submarine commander accidentally runs aground near a sleepy New England town. Sweet film about hysteria, paranoia, and friendship.

An evocative allegory that follows an errant knight and Swedish family during the Black Death.

Phantasmagorical animation set to classical music. Not everyone’s cup of tea but entrancing if you’re in the right mood.

The real mystery is why Hitch decided to refilm this tale of a vactioning family dragged into an international assassination attempt. Stick with this version over the 1956 Jimmy Stewart/Doris Day remake.

Andie MacDowell’s perfect marriage unravels when a college friend of her husband’s comes to stay, bringing a commitment to truth and a collection of videotaped interviews.

Gripping story of culture clash when a young Amish boy witnesses a brutal killing in a Philadelphia train station rest room. As his investigation turns deadly, Harrison Ford hides out with the boy’s family.

Interesting early attempt to deal with anti-Semitism in America. Gregory Peck is commissioned to write a series of articles on the subject but can’t really grasp the problem until he pretends to be Jewish. Girlfriend Dorothy McGuire is supportive but finds it difficult to accept his new situation…does she have deep-seated prejudices herself? A bit…

Sam Peckinpah is among the greatest directors of westerns—right up there with Howard Hawks and John Ford. While not as virtuosic a film as his Wild Bunch, this elegiac tale of two aging gunfighters is a great film. Joel McCrea and Randolph Scott play two ex-lawmen entrusted with bringing a large sum of money back…