John Hurt and Richard Burton star in Michael Radford’s impressive film adaptation of George Orwell’s dystopian classic, which has the distinction of being made and released in 1984.
Julia Roberts and Philip Seymour Hoffman costar in this breezy take on “the outrageous true story” of a minor congressman who secretly funded a rebellion against the Soviet Union.
Ryan Gosling is the savvy campaign operative who becomes disillusioned in in his candidate in this political drama directed by and costarring George Clooney.
The director of ‘Oldboy’ delivers a sexy, savage, utterly compelling confidence game thriller tangled up in national and sexual politics in 1930s Korea.
Aaron Eckhart is the glib, proudly obfuscating tobacco lobbyist in Jason Reitman’s wickedly witty adaptation of Christopher Buckley’s novel. He’s also our hero.
Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne, Kate Winslet, and Marion Cotillard star in Soderbergh’s prescient thriller about the social and political response to a global pandemic, made a decade before Covid.
Alexander Payne’s wicked satire of power and (social) politics set in the overheated incubator of a high school student body election is as sharp and perceptive now as it was in 1999.
Mirren won the Oscar for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II and Michael Sheen costars as Prime Minister Tony Blair in this drama written by Peter Morgan, creator of ‘The Crown.”
