Movies Archives

A Face in the Crowd [1] - Success, as Woody Allen observed, only makes you more of what you already are. If you don’t believe that, just consider the case of Larry "

A Poet on the Frontline: The Reportage of Ryszard Kapuscinski, directed by Gabrielle Pfeiffer [2] - Over 40 years, he covered 27 revolutions and coups, mostly in Africa. He was sentenced to death four times. John Le Carre: “He is

After the Wedding, directed by Susanne Bier [3] - “After the Wedding” could be the best film I've seen in a decade. And I say that even though I didn't see all of it --- like just abou

Alexander Nevsky, directed by Sergei Eisenstein [4] - The greatest score in all of film --- so good that it inspired John Williams' shark theme in “Jaws” and James Horner's music for “

Amadeus, directed by Milos Forman [5] - February 27, 2006: Mozart's 250th birthday. He's looking good for someone his age.

An Inconvenient Truth, directed by Davis Guggenheim [6] - A few years ago, Naomi Oreskes got tired of the Bush administration's insistence that "most" scientists disagree with the notion of g

Arlington Road [7] - My Favorite Wainwright: No, not Rufus. Martha. Here's the cheat sheet.

Bad Day at Black Rock, directed by John Sturges [8] - So there I was, an unworldly teenager incarcerated at a prep school in the mid-50s, surrounded by a cluster of sophisticated, condescending, rich

Bang the Drum Slowly, directed by John Hancock [9] - I’m a sucker for author questionnaires, and Shelf Awareness --- a daily newsletter for the bookstore crowd --- has a great one.

Battle of Algiers, directed by Gillo Pontecorvo [10] - Almost every war movie stacks the deck. Enemy soldiers wear heavy boots, are unshaven, speak in accents and die in large numbers at the end.

Before Sunrise/Before Sunset, directed by Richard Linklater [11] - Before Sunrise/Before Sunset directed by Richard Linklater Videos Before Sunrise Before Sunset

Between the Folds, directed by Vanessa Gould [12] - One piece of paper. Folded. No cuts. Yes, origami. On a rainy day when you were a kid, you made a bird. Now? Please.

Billy Connolly [13] - My distress with the theater has reached the point where I skip almost all plays and only venture out

Bloody Sunday, Paul Greengrass (director) [14] - It took a 12-year investigation that cost $280 million and filled 5,000 pages. But now we know. In the words of British Prime Minister David Came

Brokeback Mountain, directed by Ang Lee [15] - Brokeback Mountain directed by Ang Lee The story of two cowboys who fall in love in Wyoming in 1963 and dare not tell

Brothers, Susanne Bier (director) [16] - Once upon a time in Denmark, there was a good brother and a bad brother. When we meet them, Jannik, the bad brother, is just getting out of pri

Buck Brannaman, the Horse Whisperer [17] - Buck Brannaman specializes in the improbable. Got a skittish, poorly trained horse? A bucking bronco?

Burn, directed by Gillo Pontecorvo [18] - How much do you love Marlon Brando? Thought so. So…have you seen the film that Brando thought had “the best acting I've ever

Closer, directed by Mike Nichol [19] - Closer directed by Mike Nichols A line from a James Tate poem kept running through my head as I watched

Curb Your Enthusiasm: Season One, created by Larry David [20] - "Curb Your Enthusiasm" --- Season One created by Larry David The first time Butler caught this show, he thought, "This man made ab

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[1] http://www.headbutler.com/movies/drama/face-crowd
[2] http://www.headbutler.com/movies/documentary/poet-frontline-reportage-ryszard-kapuscinski
[3] http://www.headbutler.com/movies/drama/after-wedding
[4] http://www.headbutler.com/movies/drama/alexander-nevsky
[5] http://www.headbutler.com/movies/drama/amadeus
[6] http://www.headbutler.com/movies/documentary/inconvenient-truth
[7] http://www.headbutler.com/movies/drama/arlington-road
[8] http://www.headbutler.com/movies/drama/bad-day-black-rock
[9] http://www.headbutler.com/movies/drama/bang-drum-slowly
[10] http://www.headbutler.com/movies/drama/battle-algiers
[11] http://www.headbutler.com/movies/drama/sunrisebefore-sunset
[12] http://www.headbutler.com/movies/documentary/between-folds
[13] http://www.headbutler.com/movies/comedy/billy-connolly
[14] http://www.headbutler.com/movies/drama/bloody-sunday
[15] http://www.headbutler.com/movies/drama/brokeback-mountain
[16] http://www.headbutler.com/movies/drama/brothers
[17] http://www.headbutler.com/movies/documentary/buck-brannaman-horse-whisperer
[18] http://www.headbutler.com/movies/drama/burn
[19] http://www.headbutler.com/movies/drama/closer
[20] http://www.headbutler.com/movies/comedy/curb-your-enthusiasm-season-one
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