Movies from all genres and eras.
Boys N the Hood was director John Singleton’s debut film. In it, three boys who’ve grown up together in South Central LA, become teens learning to operate amidst gangs and guns. Ice Cube and Morris Chestnut put in their first featured film performances. Also with Cuba Gooding, Jr. and Laurence Fishburne. It was one of the best films of its decade, both critically and financially successful.
A spinoff of the Rocky franchise, Creed features Michael Jordan as a young boxer, Adonis Creed, who is the illegitimate son of Apollo Creed, Rocky Balboa’s former rival, later a friend. Adonis asks the now retired Rocky (Sylvester Stallone) to train him. In Rocky, Adonis also finds a mentor.
Troy Maxson (Denzel Washington) lives in Pittsburgh with his wife Rose (Viola Davis) and their son Cory (Jovan Adepo). Troy and his best friend Bono (Stephen McKinley Henderson) work side by side as garbage men, and they are storytellers. Directed by Denzel Washington. Screenplay by August Wilson, who also wrote the play upon which the screenplay is based. Davis swept the awards season for Best Supporting Actress. Washington was nominated for multiple Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor awards.
Elizabeth ascends the British throne in 1558, at 25. We see her grow into the shrewd, confident queen who reigned for 45 years. We see her grow into her power. She guards it in part by refusing to marry, embraces the tag of “Virgin Queen,” and does as she likes while learning to size up men’s ambitions. Cate Blanchett won an Oscar nomination for her deft performance.
George Cukor directed this thriller that won Ingrid Bergman her first Best Actress Academy Award. Paula (played by Bergman) takes up residence with her new husband, Gregory (Charles Boyer), in the home she has inherited from her aunt, a murdered opera star. When Gregory begins to manipulate Paula into believing she is insane, she doesn’t know what hit her. The gas lamps flicker high, then low. That is where the term ‘gaslighting’ comes from.
Set in Buenos Aires, this classic film noir has a central and permanent place in American film history. Small-time gambler Johnny Farrell (Glenn Ford) is hired to manage a casino, only to find that his employer’s wife, Gilda (Rita Hayworth), is his own former lover. As an entertainer, she nearly burns the place down with “Put the Blame on Mame.” Directed by Charles Vidor.
Based on a book / journal by Susanna Kaysen. Susanna (Winona Ryder) has just arrived at Claymoore, a psychiatric facility for teen girls. She’s a garden variety neurotic, it seems. She gets friendly with Lisa (Angelina Jolie) who has borderline personality disorder exacerbated by drug and alcohol abuse. Susanna manages to hold onto all her marbles until she’s discharged, but Lisa is another story. Lisa tries to be an icon others follow but she cannot sustain that persona.
AGE GROUP: | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Movies, Music & Performance |
