The story of a French pastor, Andre Trocme, who inspires an entire village to hide Jews during the German occupation. A film that moves us to seek goodness...Radiant

George Bernard Shaw's marvelous satire of religion, capitalism, and politics. Rex Harrison is as splendid in this film as he is in "My Fair Lady.

A man who accomplishes nothing during World War II decides to recreate his life as a "lie" by masquerading as a hero of the French Resistance. Quite believable. [For a true depiction of the lives of resistance fighters, I highly recommend viewing "Lucie Aubrac" or "Army of Shadows"]

A brilliant essay of the "American experiment in democracy" as seen through the motives, mistakes, and accomplishments of our most famous U.S. Presidents. See it in conjunction with "Great Minds of American History - Box Set.

A look back at communist Russia through the magical eyes of its children. The questions are so intelligent...and the answers so honest...that this film has a timeless quality about the hopes and fears of seven year olds.

If you see only one Lear in your lifetime, let it be this. A king's mistake at the end of his life thrusts him through rejection, sorrow, despair, and finally profound understanding of man's role in the cosmos.

A medical student's flirtation with a pretty waitress develops into an irrational longing for a woman totally unsuitable for him. The most realistic depiction of obsession ever translated to the silver screen.

A Breughels painting come alive! When Spanish troops invade a Flemish town in the 17th century, the men hide while the women take charge of "affairs." A delicious satire with extravagent costumes.

This is my box, this is my box...I never travel without my box." A crippled boy and his mother experience a miracle when they are visited by the three magi on their way to the nativity. I was moved to tears by Teresa Stratas' ability to portray a ferociously protective mother. Ironically, my two favorite family films - this one and the 1949 "The Secret Garden" - are not yet available on DVD.

A sumptuously photographed gothic romance. An aristocrat is obsessed with a Renaissance portrait of a woman and brings a lady back to his villa to recreate her in the portrait's image.

Early 20th century, Turkey. This is Elia Kazan's most personal movie. It's a story about his Greek uncle who desperately tries to leave prejudice and poverty in Anatolia for the land of promise that is America. Finally, in celluloid film we have a record of the foundational myth story of all immigrants.

The Swedish director who made this silent film was one of the undisputed cinema greats of his era. The special effects are startling 80 years later. Victor Sjostrom's other silent masterpieces include the profoundly sad "He Who Gets Slapped" (with Lon Chaney) and a filmed version of Hawthorne's great story of adultery - "The Scarlet Letter.

A slave-owner in Brazil thinks of himself as a merciful savior when he acts out the Last Supper with his slaves...but his attitude to Christianity changes violently when the slaves try to escape their bondage.