Sex, Lies, and Videotape

Directed by Steven Soderbergh, 1989
R; 96 minutes
Pay-what-you-can tickets

Ann (Andie MacDowell) is trapped in a sexually and emotionally unfulfilled relationship with her husband, John (Peter Gallagher), a successful but unpleasant lawyer who is sleeping with her sister, Cynthia (Laura San Giacomo). The underlying tensions in the couple's marriage rise to the surface when Graham (James Spader), a friend of John's from college who's been drifting for nine years, returns to town and videotapes Cynthia and Ann as they talk about their sexual desires.

White Christmas

Directed by Michael Curtiz, 1954
NR; 120 minutes

“Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye, along with VistaVision, keep the entertainment going in this fancifully staged production, clicking well.” —Variety (1954)

Anything Goes

Directed by Robert Lewis, 1956
TV-PG; 106 minutes

“Bing Crosby and Donald O’Connor go together as though born to give the zip to what scripter Sidney Sheldon has concocted.” —Variety (1956)

Night and Day

Directed by Michael Curtiz, 1946
TV-G; 130 minutes

“With Cary Grant giving a casual and thoroughly ingratiating performance as the gifted songwriter, and with Monty Wooley on hand to let some delightfully acid comments drop ... the new Technicolored opus ... moves with slick cinematic and rhythmical ease from one Porter hit tune to another.” —The New York Times (1946)

The Court Jester

Directed by Norman Panama and Melvin Frank, 1956
NR; 101 minutes

“[The Court Jester] should be in every discussion of the best comedy scripts in Hollywood history … this film is now deservedly recognized as a complete delight, for laughs, for music, and for a tour-de-force performance by the amazing Danny Kaye.” — Keith Humphreys, All Good Movies

High Society

Directed by Charles Walters, 1956
TV-PG; 111 minutes

“There's a priceless contribution from Louis Armstrong, and the Cole Porter tunes put the movie on an unanswerable gold standard.” —Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

Cocoon: One Summer of Girlhood

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The Last Blossom

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