See You at Mao

1970

English

6.1

♡ 9

Jean-Luc Godard Director

Jean-Luc Godard brings his firebrand political cinema to the UK, exploring the revolutionary signals in late '60s British society. Constructed as a montage of various disconnected political acts (in line with Godard's then appropriation of Soviet director Dziga Vertov's agitprop techniques), it combines a diverse range of footage, from students discussing The Beatles to the production line at the MG factory in Oxfordshire, burnished with onscreen political sloganeering.

Romero

1989

English

7.1

♡ 12

80%

John Duigan Director

Raul Julia as Archbishop Oscar Romero

Al Ruscio as Bishop Estrada

Claudio Brook as Bishop Flores

Richard Jordan as Father Rutilio Grande

Romero is a compelling and deeply moving look at the life of Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador, who made the ultimate sacrifice in a passionate stand against social injustice and oppression in his county. This film chronicles the transformation of Romero from an apolitical, complacent priest to a committed leader of the Salvadoran people.

Shock Treatment

1981

English

5.7

♡ 4

43%

Jim Sharman Director

Richard O'Brien as Dr. Cosmo McKinley

Patricia Quinn as Dr. Nation McKinley

Betsy Brantley as Neely Pritt

Christopher Malcolm as Vance Parker

Brad and Janet are now married and on the rocks. Ostensibly to fix their marriage, the couple goes on the game show 'Marriage Maze' with the eccentric Bert Schnick, who suggests Brad be imprisoned in the local mental hospital. Meanwhile, Janet's star potential is skyrocketing but who is her mysterious benefactor, and who exactly are these doctors?

R.H.I.N.O.; Really Here in Name Only

1983

English

6.4

♡ 14

Jane Howell Director

Su Elliot as Assessment Centre - House Parent

Roland Oliver as Assessment Centre - Superintendent

Arthur Nightingale as School - Caretaker

Peter Halliday as School - Headmaster

An isolated, overweight girl with a penchant for shoplifting, gets pushed from pillar to post as the authorities struggle to know what to do with her.

Red State

2011

English

6.1

♡ 37

62%

Kevin Smith Director

Kyle Gallner as Jarod

John Goodman as Joseph Keenan

Michael Angarano as Travis

Anna Gunn as Travis' Mother

Set in Middle America, a group of teens receive an online invitation for sex, though they soon encounter Christian fundamentalists with a much more sinister agenda.

Never Take Candy from A Stranger

1960

English

7.4

♡ 13

74%

Cyril Frankel Director

Mark Baker as

Niall MacGinnis as Defense Counsel

Patrick Allen as Peter Carter

Helen Horton as Sylvia Kingsley

Peter Carter, his wife Sally and their young daughter Jean move to a sleepy Canadian village, where Peter has been hired as a school principal. Their idyll is shattered when Jean becomes the victim of an elderly, and extremely powerful, paedophile. The film was neither a box office nor a critical success, it garnered criticism for breaking a significant public taboo.

Philip Roth: Unmasked

2013

English

7.3

♡ 1

60%

William Karel Director

Jonathan Franzen as Self

Nicole Krauss as Self

Philip Roth as Self

Philip Roth, arguably America’s greatest living novelist, turns 80 on March 19. In 1959, his collection of short stories, Goodbye, Columbus, put him on the map, and 10 years later his hilarious, ribald best-seller, Portnoy’s Complaint, gave rise to the first of many Roth-related controversies in which Judaism, sex, the role of women, and the parent-child relationship would take center stage. In candid interviews, the Pulitzer Prize-winner discusses his distinctly unliterary upbringing in Newark, NJ, his admiration for Saul Bellow and Bernard Malamud, and how Zuckerman may or may not be his alter-ego. Nathan Englander, Mia Farrow, Jonathan Franzen, and Martin Garbus are among those who talk about the man and his writing. Franzen in particular praises Roth for “how brave he must have been to have methodically offended everybody and to have exposed parts of himself no one had ever exposed before.”

Assholes: A Theory

2019

English

6.4

♡ 3

100%

John Walker Director

John Cleese as Self

Leslie Dixon as Self

Peggy Fields Richardson as Self

Rob Delano as Self

Some people grapple with the moral challenges of treating human beings decently. Others are just… assholes. Inspired by Aaron James’ New York Times bestseller of the same name, this documentary investigates the breeding grounds of contemporary ‘asshole culture’ — and locates signs of civility in an otherwise rude and nasty universe. Venturing into predominantly male domain, this film moves from Ivy League frat clubs to the bratty princedoms of Silicon Valley and the bear pits of international finance. Why do assholes thrive in certain environments? What explains their perverse appeal? And how do they keep getting elected?

The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years

1988

English

7.2

♡ 8

76%

Penelope Spheeris Director

Ozzy Osbourne as Self

Alice Cooper as Self

Gene Simmons as Self - Kiss Bassist

Bret Michaels as Self - Poison Vocalist

An exploration of the heavy metal scene in Los Angeles, with particular emphasis on glam metal. It features concert footage and interviews of legendary heavy metal and hard rock bands and artists such as Aerosmith, Alice Cooper, Kiss, Megadeth, Motörhead, Ozzy Osbourne and W.A.S.P..

Victim

1961

English

7.7

♡ 14

100%

Basil Dearden Director

Dennis Price as Calloway

Del Baker as Man in pub

David Evans as Mickey

Nigel Stock as Phip

A web of blackmail and murder attracts the attention of a barrister with a seemingly idyllic life, threatening to derail his career on the path of success.

The Fool

2014

Russian

8.0

♡ 31

93%

Yuriy Bykov Director

Yuriy Tsurilo as Bogachyov

Artyom Bystrov as Dima Nikitin

Olga Samoshina as Mat Dimy

Nikolay Butenin as Oper

The Fool is a movie about a simple plumber. An honest man, he is up against an entire system of corrupted bureaucrats. At stake are the lives of 800 inhabitants of an old dorm that is at risk of collapsing within the span of the night.

Bright Young Things

2003

English

6.5

♡ 6

65%

68%

1930s

aristocrat

based on novel or book

Stephen Fry Director

Stephen Campbell Moore as Adam

Imelda Staunton as Lady Brown

Julia McKenzie as Lottie Crump

James McAvoy as Simon Balcairn

During the 1930s in England, a group of young socialites dominate the national gossip with extravagant and outlandish antics. Among the group is the aspiring novelist Adam Fenwick-Symes, who is attempting to raise enough money to marry fellow member Nina Blount. However, after customs officials confiscate his first manuscript, Fenwick-Symes must recover from the financial setback and figure out new ways to earn money for a wedding.

Strawberry & Chocolate

1993

Spanish

7.4

♡ 7

Tomás Gutiérrez Alea Director

María Elena del Toro as Passenger 1

Andrés Cortina as Santero

Ricardo Ávila as Taxi Driver

Marilyn Solaya as Vivian

Set in 1979, following a young Communist man's relationship with a gay Catholic writer, exploring tolerance, inclusion, homophobia and challenging its Cuban audience with great humour. Based on the short story by Cuban writer Senel Paz.

The Blot

1921

English

6.6

♡ 5

100%

parent child relationship

professor

Romance

social commentary

Lois Weber Director

Philip Hubbard as Andrew Theodore Griggs

Larry Steers as Dinner Guest

Louis Calhern as Phil West

William H. O'Brien as Student

Professor Griggs, teaching at the college, doesn't get paid a living wage; his next door neighbor, successful shoemaker Olsen, has money and plentiful food, while the Griggses have hardly any. When the professor's rich student Phil West falls for beautiful Griggs daughter Amelia and also befriends the poor Reverend Gates (a young man who is also in love with Amelia), he observes the difference in his life and theirs and tries to help make a difference.

God Bless America

2011

English

7.1

♡ 40

66%

Bobcat Goldthwait Director

Geoff Pierson as Frank's Boss

Jack Plotnick as Party Planner #2

Kirk Bovill as Police Captain

Scot Zeller as Ronald

Fed up with the cruelty and stupidity of American culture, an unlikely duo goes on a killing spree, killing reality TV stars, bigots and others they find repugnant.

Savageland

2015

Spanish

6.0

♡ 4

Phil Guidry Director

Peter Christian as Bar Patron #3

Chris Santiago as Camp Attacker

Edward L. Green as Gus Greer

Patrick Pedraza as PatrickVentura

When a small town near the Arizona-Mexico border is wiped out overnight, suspicion falls on the lone survivor. But a roll of photos the survivor took that night tells a different story.

Requiem for the American Dream

2015

English

8.0

♡ 21

92%

Kelly Nyks Director

Noam Chomsky as Himself

Malcolm X as Self

Gloria Steinem as Self / civil rights activist

Ronald Reagan as self / US President

Through interviews filmed over four years, Noam Chomsky unpacks the principles that have brought us to the crossroads of historically unprecedented inequality – tracing a half-century of policies designed to favor the most wealthy at the expense of the majority – while also looking back on his own life of activism and political participation. He provides penetrating insight into what may well be the lasting legacy of our time – the death of the middle class, and swan song of functioning democracy.

They Live

1988

English

7.2

♡ 135

87%

los angeles, california

John Carpenter Director

Keith David as Frank

Peter Jason as Gilbert

Meg Foster as Holly

Jeb Stuart Adams as Homeless kid

A lone drifter stumbles upon a unique pair of sunglasses that reveal aliens are systematically gaining control of the Earth by masquerading as humans and lulling the public into submission.

Koyaanisqatsi

1982

English

8.2

♡ 36

91%

Godfrey Reggio Director

Sammy Davis Jr. as Self - On TV

Edward Asner as Self - On TV

Peter Sellers as Self - On TV

Dick Cavett as Self - On TV

Takes us to locations all around the US and shows us the heavy toll that modern technology is having on humans and the earth. The visual tone poem contains neither dialogue nor a vocalized narration: its tone is set by the juxtaposition of images and the exceptional music by Philip Glass.