Ted Pillow

With a stellar cast and sharp dialogue, the film turns complex financial concepts into crazy thriller about the financial crash of 2008. But many people missed this incredible film.

David Cronenberg’s Maps to the Stars is an unflinching, surreal look at celebrity culture. Choosing a film from the uncompromising and unpredictable David Cronenberg always feels like a calculated risk.

Ana Lily Amirpour’s black-and-white arthouse horror is as beautiful as it is unsettling. Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, an Iranian-American arthouse horror stunner, is Ana Lily Amirpour’s debut film—a world of desperate people, skateboarding vampires, and scene-stealing cats.

Lots of people didn’t like Steven Soderbergh’s The Informant! “Is it a slight drama or a black comedy?” they wondered. “And why is the main character such an idiot? Or is he actually some kind of warped genius?

What starts as a playful rom-com spirals into a chaotic, genre-bending nightmare of a film. Something Wild is a colorful, offbeat dark comedy from director Jonathan Demme that delivers on the promise of its title.

Before The Wolf of Wall Street, before HBO’s Industry, there was Glengarry Glen Ross.

This movie in a nutshell? Hmm: Clooney, existential hitman, builds guns and bonds with Italian prostitutes.

10 Words or Fewer Summary: Delusional mall security guard takes job way too seriously.

Dead Man is my favorite work from auteur Jim Jarmusch—a “psychedelic western” (as Jarmusch himself called it) that follows William Blake (no, not that William Blake—this one’s an accountant, played by Johnny Depp).

Pioneers panic after realizing their guide is completely lost.

No, not Interstellar. We know you’ve already seen that. Digital effects may be corroding the heart and imagination of big-budget science fiction, but they’ve also allowed independent filmmakers to work on a scale previously out of their price range.

So bad it’s good? Nope – these 80s cult classics may be trashy, dated, bizarre, disturbing, juvenile, and violent, but they’re also some of the most enjoyable films ever made; they’re just darn good.

10 Words or Fewer Summary: Wannabe stuntman raises money to beat up dying stepfather. Everyone has a dumb comedy they inexplicably love, but I feel like my obsession with Andy Samberg’s Hot Rod is, well…explicable.

36 frenzied hours at Wall Street investment bank facing crisis.

This roundup dives into six wildly different films, from quirky documentaries to offbeat comedies and eerie thrillers, each with its own distinct vibe, style, and story. 1.

You can’t turn your mind off from a never-ending stream of anxious thoughts.

“A dystopian love story in a Texas wasteland and set in a community of cannibals.” WAIT WHAT YES.

You know what they say: Lady in the streets, freak in the sheets.