Daniel Day-Lewis makes his breakthrough performance in Stephen Frears’s (The Queen, Philomena) groundbreaking film, working from a richly layered script by Oscar-nominated writer Hanif Kureishi.
An uncommon love story between a young South London Pakistani man and his childhood friend, this culture-clash comedy is a subversive work of social realism, commenting on racism, homophobia, and sociopolitical marginalization in Margaret Thatcher’s England.
George Clooney, Matt Damon, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts and Don Cheadle go for broke to pull off the most sophisticated and daring Las Vegas casino heist ever.
