Julienne of Light Bulbs

Der Stolz der Firma, meaning The Pride of the Business, is a classic German silent film from 1914. The film tells the story of a shrewd apprentice and is filmed in the comical style of director Lubitsch. This is one of the few Lubitsch films from World War I that wasn’t lost.

Runtime

40m

Director

Carl Wilhelm

Cast

Ernst Lubitsch, Martha Kriwitz, Victor Arnold

After receiving an exotic small animal as a Christmas gift, a young man inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet, which unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous creatures on a small town.

Runtime

1h 46m

Director

Joe Dante

Cast

Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Hoyt Axton

Precocious teenager Juliet moves to New Zealand with her family and soon befriends the quiet, brooding Pauline through their shared love of fantasy and literature. This friendship gradually develops into an intense and obsessive bond.

Runtime

1h 49m

Director

Peter Jackson

Cast

Melanie Lynskey, Kate Winslet, Sarah Peirse

A veteran high school teacher befriends a younger art teacher, who is having an affair with one of her 15-year-old students. However, her intentions with this new "friend" also go well beyond platonic friendship.

Runtime

1h 32m

Director

Richard Eyre

Cast

Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett, Bill Nighy

Harold Crick is a lonely IRS agent whose mundane existence is transformed when he hears a mysterious voice narrating his life.

Runtime

1h 53m

Director

Marc Forster

Cast

Will Ferrell, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman