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In this political satire, in which neither side goes unscathed, director Noah Marks connects the dots between COVID-19 and the 2020 presidential election without mentioning either by name. We see the back of a president whose voice most of us will recognize and a powerful politician named Madame Evergreen whom we'll also recognize.
This film gives you a chance to step back and appreciate a commentary on power, paranoia, class warfare, and many of life’s inevitabilities. You also can take a close look at our political system.
A Musical That’s Not About Music
It began as a bet with his friend Col. Pickering (Wilfried Hyde-White). London’s famed phonetics professor Henry Higgins (Rex Harrison) believes that he can train an uncouth flower girl, Eliza Doolittle (Audrey Hepburn), into a lady and pass her off as an aristocrat.
This classic musical, based on George Bernard Shaw’s “Pygmalion,” skewers the hypocrisy of the upper classes. Meanwhile, we can enjoy “The Rain in Spain” and other wonderful musical standards by Lerner and Lowe. And we can’t get enough of Harrison’s “talk-singing.”
A Brave Film on Our Shared Humanity
A homicide detective from Philadelphia, Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier), joins forces with the gum-smacking chief (Rod Steiger) of a small Mississippi police department to help solve the murder of a prominent citizen. Norman Jewison’s film shows how two good men can dissolve bigotry and hatred in themselves and see each other’s humanity.
An inspired partnership between director Norman Jewison and Hollywood’s most respected black actor powered one of the most perceptive films on prejudice.
A Surprisingly Riveting War Drama
A World War II American tank detachment led by Sgt. Joe Gunn (Humphrey Bogart) faces desert warfare in North Africa. Trouble erupts when their tank “Lulu” sputters and dies out.
A fantastic cast, lean script, and peppy pace makes for a great character-driven drama. Director Zoltan Korda transports us to a no man’s land during a distant war with a glimpse of real heroes.
