Terminal, The (2004): One of Spielberg’s Sweet and (Embarrassingly) Naive Feature in Otherwise Brilliant Output, Starring Tom Hanks and Catherine Zeta-Jones, Stanley Tucci, Chi McBride, Diego Luna

The Terminal is one of Spielberg’s weakest films, borderline embarrassing considering the brilliance of his most other pictures.

Carnal Knowledge: Reel/Real Impact–Sexual Politics, Censorship, Supreme Court (Mike Nichols Best Film?)

A theatre in Albany, Georgia, showed the film; on January 13, 1972, the local police served a search warrant on the theatre, and seized the film.

Cassandro: Docu of Exotic Wrestler, Starring Gael García Bernal (LGBTQ, Gay; Sundance Fest 2023)

Documentary maker Roger Ross Williams shifts into narrative features with this affectionate tribute to exótic wrestler Saúl Armendáriz, who turned homophobic mockery into victory.

Cinema Sabaya: Israel’s Contender for the 2023 Best International Feature Oscar

Orit Fouks Rotem’s award-winning drama follows a group of Arab and Israeli women taking part in a documentary filmmaking workshop. 

Critical Condition (1987): Michael Apted’s Misfire, Comedy of Fae Identity, Starring Richard Pryor, Rachel Ticotin, Rubén Blades, Joe Mantegna, Joe Dallesandro

Pryor plays Kevin Lenahan, a con man who is framed in a jewel robbery.