Nobody wants to live in an oppressive totalitarian state. Yet the movies have taught us that some are preferable to others, at least for a little while.
Keep in mind: We're flexible about a "Christmas movie" can be.
This week's new movies include a retro apocalypse, a woman turning into a dog, a literary titan bumming around Mexico City, and the confessions of an aging radical.
Some reflections on working at an AMC theater in the late '80s and early '90s, and what we take away from long-gone spaces.
Walter Hill's genre-defining buddy cop comedy allowed Eddie Murphy to make himself into a movie star.