Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Birdman (2014) is Alejandro González Iñárritu's dark comedy you can watch online on iFILM. Michael Keaton stars as a washed-up actor once famous for playing a caped superhero, now staging a serious Broadway play. The fame is gone. The bird's voice in his head is not.

Riggan needs this show to prove he matters without the mask. Opening night is days away and everything is falling apart: a brilliant, reckless co-star (Edward Norton), a daughter fresh out of rehab (Emma Stone), an ex-wife, a panicking producer, and a critic ready to bury the play before she has seen a scene. Zach Galifianakis, Naomi Watts and Andrea Riseborough fill out the company.

Iñárritu cut the film to look like one unbroken take, gliding backstage, onto the stage and across the Manhattan rooftops to a live drum score. It won four Academy Awards, among them Best Picture and Best Director. Stream Birdman (2014) online on iFILM.