Movie Recommendations

Wonderful Leo McCary comedy about a couple who discover after splitting up that they still love each other. Sophisticated humor and slapstick meld nicely in this romp. Ralph Bellamy plays the role he owned in the 1940s—the sincere rube and nominal romantic rival who is way, way over his head.

From William Gibson’s play (originally produced on TV), this powerful film tells the story of Annie Sullivan and Helen Keller (Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke, in Oscar-winning performances), the deaf-blind girl whom Sullivan rescues. It’s said that while performing this play on Broadway for more than a year and then during the filming, both were…

A study of greed and how it can wear down a man’s soul. Bogart is wonderful as Fred C. Dobbs (whom Nobody gets the better of); Walter Huston and Tim Holt are his partners in the search for gold. Contains the famous lines Badges? We ain’t got no badges. We don’t need no badges. I…

Overly stagy Hitchcock still has enough classic moments to keep viewers entertained.

Wim Wenders’s masterpiece about an angel who yearns to feel, taste, and love like the humans he has observed since the beginning of history. (subtitled)

Epic retelling of the Chinese fantasy saga, with heroic would-be lovers battling an old enemy and a blazing young talent to recover a mystical sword.

Yes, it’s cheezy. Yes, Christopher Lambert is ridiculous as a Scot. But for mindless sci-fi/action, it has moments. Plus some interesting scene transitions and a Queen soundtrack.

Searing examination of a rock star’s attempt to tear down the walls he has built over a lifetime of loss, rejection, and denial…You don’t have to be high to enjoy Alan Parker’s visual counterpoint to the rock album, but liking Pink Floyd’s music undoubtedly helps.