Super Cinema

Movies from all genres and eras.

Super Cinema, May 2026 

Outstanding Dramatic Films

Friday, May 1               Mean Streets                                         1973 / 112 min. / R

Charlie (Harvey Keitel) has mafioso for family, which doesn’t want him hanging with “Johnny Boy” Civello (Robert DeNiro), who is worse than cavalier about repaying debts to the Mob. Johnny gets seriously wounded in a boondocks mashup of the players. Charlie gets taken to the hospital, but Johnny…don’t think so. Director Marty Scorsese won high praise—stunning accolades really—for the film and for studding it not with mainstream but especially vibrant rock, like landing a quarterback’s Hail Mary.

Friday, May 8 The Aviator 2004 / 170 min. / PG-13

Between 1927 and 1937 Howard Hughes reached success in the aviation business and began producing and directing films.  Hell’s Angels (1930) was his first. Set during World War I, it featured dozens if not hundreds of airplanes in dogfights and newcomer Jean Harlow, who immediately became a star upon her exposure in Hughes’s movie. Other film stars sidled up to Hughes, including Katharine Hepburn. Cate Blanchett won a Supporting Actor Oscar for “her” Hepburn. Martin Scorsese directed. 

Friday, May 15         I Never Sang for My Father     1970 / 92 min. / PG

When Gene Garrison (Gene Hackman) visits his aging parents, his mother dies. At this point, Gene’s dad (Melvyn Douglas) hopes for more closeness with Gene, but the two have not nurtured their relationship. The movie concerns Gene’s attempt to repair what never existed. Robert Anderson’s screenplay, adapted from his own play of the same name, has been met with praise from many, including film critic Roger Ebert.

Friday, May 22 Diva 1981 / 117 min. / R

Characterized as “a French thriller,” this film is one that gives style a starring role. The plot focuses to a degree on an opera singer named Cynthia Hawkins (Wilhelmenia Fernandez). She’s been promoting the notion that she has never heard herself sing. A Parisian postman, obsessed with her, makes a bootleg recording of her on a Nagra, a professional tape recorder preferred by filmmakers and classical music producers. We know there are several thieves targeting the bootleg recording. Sit back, enjoy.

Friday, May 29 Educating Rita 1983 / 110 min. / PG

Rita (Julie Walters—dance instructor in Billy Eliot) who cuts hair for a living, signs up for an open enrollment literature course and begins a tutoring relationship with Frank (Michael Caine). Frank is a burned out teacher and sick of himself. He’s also a drunk. The two seem to have a chance of waking each other up. Walters serves up a good bit of charm. For their work, Walters and Caine each won both a BAFTA and a Golden Globe for Best Actor.

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