The golden warmth of twinkling lights and candy-colored tinsel are what usually comes to mind when trying to capture the holiday spirit, but Joe Dante’s 1984 black comedy Gremlins puts a more horrific spin on a traditional Christmas tale.
Saoirse Ronan dazzles the screen as a spunky and difficult senior in high school who hates her family dynamic, rebels against her religious schooling, and is infatuated by any boy who breathes in her proximity.
A romantic comedy about two similar people whose lives are entangled but they’ve never met until one fateful night their interests, and disinterests, bring them together.
When Clara, a no-nonsense and successful doctor is drawn home to Mexico for her parent’s wedding, she takes Asher, a fellow doctor she barely knows and emotional confusion ensues when the party is interrupted by the arrival of her beloved former fiancé Daniel.
Set in Istanbul during the tumultuous protests of 2013, the film follows a group of high-school friends with contrasting attitudes toward the unrest surrounding them.