Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1990)

The one-way journey went to the desert that refused to offer an answer or a transcendence.

The film may be a thriller, but I wasn’t thrilled by it. If anything, I was bored and annoyed.

These confines won’t really encourage you to read the film as a metaphor for the nerve-inducing experience we’ve all been through over the last year, however — and in the interest of maintaining your dignity, you probably shouldn’t. While the sociopolitical commentary may have worked for the similarly-themed Buried (2010), in which we find Ryan Reynolds on his own buried alive in the Middle East, but this futuristic take on the premise is best left as a piece of distracting entertainment. Nevertheless, the atmosphere is no less suffocating, literally and dramatically.

A lonely little Hawaiian girl and her mischievous blue alien friend form a bond that heals both of their hearts, as well as ours. This live action version adds emotional nuances—notably in the sisters’ dynamic—while preserving the charm of the original.

This coming-of-age Mexican movie is about a group of school children who fulfill their dreams.

"Hustlers" returns power to groups that are traditionally deprived of it: women, the working class, and sex workers.