Keep a box of tissues handy when watching these films.
Brian Roedel/A24; Clay Enos/Warner Bros.; Peter Mountain/StudioCanal
Sometimes you justknowa movie is going to make you cry.
There may be hints in the plot description that point to your tear ducts getting all worked up.
Zac Efron in ‘The Iron Claw’; Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper in ‘A Star is Born’; Andrew Garfield in ‘We Live in Time’.Credit:Brian Roedel/A24; Clay Enos/Warner Bros.; Peter Mountain/StudioCanal
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To do it, he needs a bike.
Another man steals his bike.
Annette Bening and Lucas Jade Zumann in ‘20th Century Women’.Merrick Morton/A24
As a moral premise, this is easy, right?
After all, Antonio (Lamberto Maggiorani) has a young son and a newborn to feed.
In other words, the desperation is circular.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Seth Rogen in ‘50/50’.Chris Helcermanas-Benge/Summit Entertainment/Courtesy Everett Collection
There are no talking-head interviews putting addiction into a moral context, nor are there romanticized vagabonds.
What makes the documentary so affecting is that it simply refuses to look away.
What makesFruitvale Stationsting so much is Coogler’s doggedly ordinary slice-of-life approach.
Vittorio De Sica and Lamberto Maggiorani on the set of ‘Bicycle Thieves’.Everett
The Oscar winner stars as Vivian Bearing, a brilliant English professor who is diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer.
Grappling with her new reality, Vivian tries to retain her strength while reckoning with her life’s work.
As Mabel’s erratic behavior intensifies, Nick faces difficult decisions to get his wife proper treatment.
Ingrid Thulin and Liv Ullmann in ‘Cries and Whispers’.Courtesy Everett Collection
Rowlands' performance is shattering, giving us a deeply vulnerable look into Mabel’s fractured psyche.
Where to watchA Woman Under the Influence: Max
Director:John Cassavetes
Cast:Gena Rowlands, Peter Falk
‘Dope Sick Love’.HBO/Max
Jonny Donahoe in ‘Every Brilliant Thing’.HBO/Max
(From left to right) Yongbo Jiang, Aoi Mizuhara, Han Chen, Tzi Ma, Awkwafina, Xiang Li, Hong Lu, and Diana Lin in ‘The Farewell’.A24/courtesy Everett Collection
Michael B. Jordan and Kevin Durand in ‘Fruitvale Station’.RON KOEBERER/TWC
Miki Odagiri and Takashi Shimura in ‘Ikiru’.Courtesy Everett Collection
Tony Leung and Maggie Cheung in ‘In the Mood for Love’.Miramax/Everett
Halle Berry in ‘Introducing Dorothy Dandridge’.Courtesy Everett
Zac Efron in ‘The Iron Claw’.Brian Roedel/A24
Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper in ‘A Star Is Born’.Clay Enos/Warner Bros.
(From left to right) Julia Roberts, Sally Field, Shirley MacLaine, Dolly Parton, and Daryl Hannah from ‘Steel Magnolias’.Aaron Rapoport/Corbis/Getty
‘Watership Down’.Everett Collection
Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh in ‘We Live in Time’.Peter Mountain/StudioCanal
Emma Thompson in ‘Wit’.HBO/Courtesy Everett Collection
Peter Falk and Gena Rowlands in ‘A Woman Under the Influence’.Courtesy of Everett
