The Complete Antoine Doinel If Truffaut’s first Antoine Doinel films begin as somewhat nostalgic ventures into childhood and young adulthood, then Bed & Board represents the moment where the films stop being ventures into Truffaut’s past and actually begin to muddle in Truffaut’s present.
Make Mine Musicals Jane Falbury (Judy Garland) is a small-town farmer who receives a surprise visit from her actress sister, Abigail (Gloria DeHaven), and Abigail’s theater troupe.
The Art of Music in the Movies A tragic love story of the most epic proportions, Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack’s film helped spark the larger-than-life monster movie tradition.
Summer Chills Director Guillermo Del Toro returns to his gothic roots with this tale of hauntings, both of the spectral nature and that of family history.
Roundtable discussion Three of Indian cinema’s biggest stars—Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan, and Salman Khan—are all turning sixty this year. They are not related to each other, but each is part of an extended family working in the Indian film industry.
The Complete Kubrick | Summer Chills Stanley Kubrick’s final directorial effort was released twelve years after his previous film and four months after his death. Inspired by Arthur Schnitzler’s 1926 Traumnovelle (or Dream Story), Kubrick waited until he had a real-life couple that could commit to his demanding production schedule to make the film.
As VHS became the dominant home video format in the early 1980s and consumer demand for new and classic films grew, the need for a space where people could rent the still-expensive-to-purchase tapes created an opening for the proliferation of the video store.
The Khans of Bollywood Music! Romance! Drama! Suspense! The greatest box office triumph in the history of Indian cinema at the time of its release is a tongue-in-cheek tribute to Bollywood in its most popular and beloved form.
Philm Fest: The Comedies | From Rochester With Love Philip Seymour Hoffman is at his comedic best here as Reuben’s best friend Sandy Lyle, a former child star floundering in community theatre, whose talents come in handy at the perfect moment.
Philm Fest: The Comedies | From Rochester With Love | Saturday Matinees! Philip Seymour Hoffman turns in a rare romantic lead role as Joseph Turner White, the afflicted writer called in to doctor the script and help the floundering production.
Philm Fest: The Comedies | From Rochester With Love Hoffman’s role as Lebowski’s floundering personal secretary reaffirmed his place as a unique actor capable of holding the screen with anyone.
The Complete Antoine Doinel Things get complex in the finale to Truffaut’s Antoine Doinel film series. In this kaleidoscopic remix of Doinel’s life, it becomes clear that Antoine Doinel is neither simply a depiction of Truffaut nor is he Jean-Pierre Léaud, but is a fictional character “situated somewhere between the two”.
Rochester Premiere On November 20, 1983, ABC-TV broadcast The Day After, a chilling fictional account of the aftermath of a nuclear war on a small Kansas town. More than 100 million viewers tuned in, making it the highest-rated made-for-TV film in history...
The Khans of Bollywood @ 60 Shah Rukh Khan finds himself taking on two roles (sort of) in this romantic musical comedy. Surinder (Khan), an office worker at Punjab Power, visits his favorite teacher to honor him on the day of his daughter’s wedding.
Summer Chills In scenic Berchtesgaden, two couples who share a villa find their lives intertwined with each other, as well as a local farmer whose daughter has been injured in a car accident.
The Khans of Bollywood @ 60 | Saturday Matinees Shah Rukh Khan goes sci-fi in this action comedy. Khan plays Shekhar, a dad who can’t seem to break through with his video-game obsessed son, who is disappointed that the games his father creates are too easy since the hero is always stronger.
The Complete Kubrick One of Kubrick’s unrealized projects was A.I.: Artificial Intelligence, later brought to the screen by Steven Spielberg. Kubrick first approached Spielberg to direct the film, with Kubrick producing, in 1985.
The Khans of Bollywood @ 60 Salman Khan takes his Dabangg mystique to extreme levels with this action film about a security agent assigned to protect a businessman’s college-bound daughter.
Make Mine Musicals End the summer with double the romance as brother-and-sister dance team (Fred Astaire and Jane Powell) find love in Great Britain.
