Comedy Tragedy Marriage

Jeffrey Hunter, Rip Torn, Robert Ryan and a cast of thousands come together to tell the story of Jesus in 1961’s “King of Kings.”

Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe, Ramy Youssef and Mark Ruffalo star in the story of a strange woman finding her way and herself in the world in Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Poor Things.”

When two average people see UFO’s they are left with the feeling they have been left a message they must figure out in Steven Spielberg’s 1977 classic “Close Encounters of the Third Kind.”

A hard Ozark’s life with an absent father, mentally ill mother and two younger siblings gets potentially impossible with the threat of homelessness for 17-year old Ree in 2010’s “Winter’s Bone.”

Marian Anderson lived at a time when African-Americans were treated as second class citizens. She didn’t want to be a civil rights fighter, but her voice put her at the frontlines of the beginning of a movement.

Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling bring iconic toys to life in Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie.”

Three damaged people become a reluctant family over the Christmas holiday at an exclusive boys prep school in Alexander Payne’s Oscar nominated film “The Holdovers.”

Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling bring iconic toys to life in Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie.”

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Two very different women become friends. But when one goes missing, the other begins a journey looking for her, and the truth, in “A Simple Favor.”

Diana Nyad had a seemingly charmed life: Gifted athlete, endurance swimmer, TV sports commentator, motivational speaker and winner of various awards. But one goal seemed out of reach…swimming from Cuba to Florida.