February 13th

'Breaker' Morant*

Director: Bruce Beresford

Writers: Kenneth G. Ross (play "'Breaker' Morant"), Jonathan Hardy (screenplay), David Stevens (screenplay), Bruce Beresford (screenplay), & Kit Denton (additional material from "The Breaker")

Starring: Edward Woodward, Jack Thompson, John Waters, & Bryan Brown

Rating: 4/5

February 10th

The Triplets of Belleville

Director: Sylvain Chomet

Writers: Sylvain Chomet

Starring: Lina Boudreau, Michèle Caucheteux, Jean-Claude Donda, Michel Robin, & Monica Viegas

Rating: 4/5

February 6th

Down By Law*

Director: Jim Jarmusch

Writers: Jim Jarmusch

Starring: Tom Waits, John Lurie, Roberto Benigni, & Nicoletta Braschi

Rating: 4/5

February 1st

Days of Heaven

Director: Terrence Malick

Writers: Terrence Malick

Starring: Richard Gere, Brooke Adams, Sam Shepard, & Linda Manz

Oscar: Best Cinematography (Néstor Almendros)

Rating: 4/5

February 5th

Inherit the Wind*

Director: Stanley Kramer

Writers: Jerome Lawrence (play), Robert E. Lee (play) Nedrick Young(screenplay), & Harold Jacob Smith(screenplay)

Starring: Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Gene Kelly, Dick York, Donna Anderson, Florence Eldridge

Rating: 4/5

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January 31st

Happy-Go-Lucky*

Director: Mike Leigh

Writer: Mike Leigh

Starring: Sally Hawkins, Alexis Zegerman, & Eddie Marsan

Rating: 4.5/5

January 30th

Nights of Cabiria*

Director: Federico Fellini

Writers: Federico Fellini (story and screenplay), Ennio Flaiano (story and screenplay), Tullio Pinelli(story and screenplay), Pier Paolo Pasolini(screenplay), & Maria Molinari (novel)

Starring: Giulietta Masina, François Périer, Franca Marzi, & Amedeo Nazzari

Oscar: Best Foreign Language Film (Italy)

Rating: 4/5

January 25th

Citizen Kane*

Director: Orson Welles

Writers: Herman J. Mankiewic (screenplay) & Orson Welles (screenplay)

Starring: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore, Agnes Moorehead, Everett Sloane, Paul Stewart, & George Coulouris

Oscar: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (Herman J. Mankiewicz & Orson Welles)

Rating: 4.5/5

January 24th

Ben-Hur: A Tale of Christ*

Directors: Fred Niblo, Charles Brabin (uncredited), Christy Cabanne (uncredited), J.J. Cohn (uncredited), & Rex Ingram(uncredited)

Writers: Lew Wallace (novel), June Mathis (adaptation), Carey Wilson(scenario), Carey Wilson (continuity), Bess Meredyth (continuity), Katherine Hilliker (titles), & H.H. Caldwell (titles)

Starring: Ramon Novarro, Francis X. Bushman, & May McAvoy

Rating: 4/5

January 23rd

A Free Soul*

Director: Clarence Brown

Writers: Adela Rogers St. Johns (book), John Meehan (dialogue continuity), Becky Gardiner (adaptation), & Willard Mack (play uncredited)

Starring: Norma Shearer, Lionel Barrymore, James Gleason, & Clark Gable

Oscar: Best Actor in a Leading Role (Lionel Barrymore)

Rating: 4/5

January 17th

Modern Times*

Director: Charles Chaplin

Writers: Charles Chaplin

Starring: Charles Chaplin & Paulette Goddard

Rating: 4/5

The Divorcee*
Director: Robert Z. Leonard
Writers: Ursula Parrott (novel "Ex-Wife") Nick Grinde (treatment), Zelda Sears (treatment), & John Meehan (dialogue and continuity)
Starring: Norma Shearer, Chester Morris, Conrad Nagel, & Robert Montgomery
Oscar: Best Actress in a Leading Role (Norma Shearer)
Rating: 4.5/5

January 16th

Synecdoche, New York*

Director: Charlie Kaufman

Writer: Charlie Kaufman

Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Tom Noonan, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Emily Watson, & Dianne Wiest

Rating: 4/5