Program Notes
Program Notes: The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
The Adventures of Robin Hood is one of the greatest swashbuckling movies of all time. It's became the film against which all Robin Hood movies must be judged. It has yet to be knocked from its perch.
Program Notes: Broken Flowers (2005)
Broken Flowers is a minimalist masterpiece. A deadpan comedy about a womanizer on a quest to understand who and what he is, it's so delicately understated that it makes other films feel like a force-feeding session.
Program Notes: Thelma & Louise (1991)
The road movie is usually the domain of cowboys, crooks, drifters, and desperadoes. In other words, men. Thelma & Louise is a road movie about women. Its feminine emphasis imparts a fresh twist to its familiar elements.
Program Notes: Vacation (1983)
A pebble thrown into a pond may create just a tiny splash. But the ripples it generates can seem to go on forever. Vacation created lots of ripples. We’re still experiencing them today.
Program Notes: Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
If everyone loves a winner, why do we walk out of Little Miss Sunshine in love with the film’s miserable losers? It’s probably because the movie recognizes that most of us are losers. And that’s OK.
