Staff Picks 2023

The Muppets....  you know the 2011 one with Amy Adams and Jason Segel! Where Kermit the Frog and the Muppets learn that their beloved theater is slated for demolition, a sympathetic human, Gary, and his puppet brother, Walter, swoop in to help the gang put on a show and raise the $10 million they need to save the day.

Kar-wai’s break out film employs his signature crossing storylines to follow two police officers who fall into ill-fated love in a film brimming with raw humanity and irresistible energy.

This unsettling and dark thriller uses the story of an injured woman trapped in her mansion's private elevator as a metaphor for the societal turbulence of the 1960s. While trapped, she is terrorized by a group of vicious criminals who ransack her home in this challenging and brutal film. 

Andrei Tarkovsky's unforgettable sci-fi parable takes place near a gray and unnamed city in the Zone— a place guarded by barbed wire and soldiers, and where the normal laws of physics are victim to frequent anomalies. A stalker guides two men into the Zone, specifically to an area in which deep-seated desires are granted.

Spike Lee's tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he became a Black Muslim and then a leader in the Nation of Islam. His assassination in 1965 left a legacy of self-determination and racial pride.

Unlucky assassin Ladybug is determined to do his job peacefully after one too many gigs gone off the rails. Fate, however, may have other plans, as Ladybug's latest mission puts him on a collision course with lethal adversaries from around the globe—all with connected, yet conflicting, objectives—on the world's fastest train.