Larry David has monopolized his fruitful stint as the star of HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm on the premise that his persona is both familiar and ridiculous enough to engage the audience without alienating them. Shifting imperceptibly between the mundane and the hyper-real, Curb careens around…
Novelist Julia Leigh makes her directorial film debut with the hauntingly exquisite Sleeping Beauty (2011). Starring newcomer Emily Browning as struggling college student Lucy, the film follows her nihilistic journey through the gloomy jungle of Sydney, Australia as she tries to make her way to…
The truly prolific Fran Drescher, known for her seminal performances in The Nanny (1993) and This is Spinal Tap (1984), has often been accused of being an acquired taste. With an unmistakable Queens accent and that raspy, exasperated voice, Drescher has starred in over fifty…
Emmy Award-winning television director Ralph Nelson draws a dynamic and powerful performance out of the infamous Jerry Lewis in this remake of Alan Jolson’s 1927 The Jazz Singer. Originally broadcast in 1959, this re-release of the made-for-TV rendition of the classic Jewish coming of age…
Andrew Grieve’s 1988 remake of the Hitchcock classic, Suspicion is a spellbinding romp through the foreboding English countryside, aided by an ominous performance by Anthony Andrews (The King’s Speech) as Johnnie Aysgarth. Jane Curtin supplements with a heartwrenchingly fragile screen presence as Lina McLaidlaw, her…