What if the real romance in Shakespeare in Love (1998) isn’t between two people, but between a writer and the act of writing itself? John Madden’s Shakespeare in Love (1998) … Read more
Se7en (or Seven) is the kind of crime thriller that doesn’t just unsettle you for two hours—it quietly rearranges the furniture in your head afterwards. Released in 1995 and directed … Read more
What if a man could win battles for a nation and still lose the right to command, simply because his mouth moved faster than the politics around him? Patton (1970) … Read more
What is freedom worth when the world as you know it collapses? Nomadland, directed and written by Chloé Zhao and released in 2020, is a lyrical American drama that redefined … Read more
A Clockwork Orange (1971) still feels like a dare—less “watch me” than “what will you do with what you’ve just seen?” I first met Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange (1971) … Read more