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Shakespeare Wallah
In the romantic and elegiac film that put Merchant Ivory on the map, a traveling British theatre group in post-colonial India faces cultural clashes, personal struggles and the fading relevance of their art in a transforming world. Read More
Running Time: 122
Howards End
A businessman thwarts his wife’s bequest of an estate to another woman in Merchant Ivory’s 1992 masterpiece, adapted from E.M. Forster’s classic novel exploring class relations and changing times in Edwardian England. Read More
Running Time: 142
The Bostonians
In this sapphic-tinged love triangle set in 19th-century Boston, the fiercely independent Olive (Vanessa Redgrave) becomes mentor to young orator Verena (Madeleine Potter), who soon attracts Olive’s conservative cousin Basil (Christopher Reeve). Read More
Running Time: 122
Goodfellas
The story of Henry Hill and his life in the mafia, covering his relationship with his wife Karen and his mob partners Jimmy Conway and Tommy DeVito. Read More
Running Time: 145
Paris is Burning
This chronicle of New York’s drag scene in the 1980s focuses on balls, voguing, and the ambitions and dreams of those who gave the era its warmth and vitality. Read More
Running Time: 76
Wild at Heart
Young lovers Sailor and Lula run from the variety of weirdos that Lula’s mom has hired to kill Sailor. Read More
Running Time: 125
The Handmaiden
An instant classic, Park Chan-wook’s lavish, steamily erotic 2016 thriller was hailed by The New York Times as “an emporium of visual delights.” A spellbinding tale of criminal schemers, whiplash reversals and double- (and triple-)crosses, it leaves you breathless. Read More
Running Time: 145
The Housemaid
In this revered classic of South Korean cinema by genre auteur Kim Ki-young, a handsome piano teacher hires a maid to help his busy family, but chaos ensues when the unstable young woman seems hellbent on seduction and destruction. Read More
Running Time: 109