71VSOieDxeL._SL1443_.jpg — Polytechnique (2009)

**Directed by: Denis Villeneuve**
**Starring: Maxim Gaudette, Sebastien Huberdeau, Karine Vanasse, Evelyn Brouchu**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Extended Sequences of Realistic and Disturbing Violence)**
**Running Time: 1 h 17 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Directing, Some Acting, Cinematography, Pacing, Structure, Relevance**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Acting, Respect for Victims**

Polytechnique (2009)

December 15, 2020

A dramatization of the Montreal Massacre of 1989.

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**Directed by: William Lustig**
**Starring: Joe Spinell, Tom Savini, Caroline Munro, Abigail Clayton**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 27 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Practical Effects, Atmosphere, Joe Spinell**
**WEAKNESSES: It’s Pretty F*cked Up**

Maniac (1980)

October 16, 2020

A psychotic man struggles with his impulse to kill and scalp women.

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**Directed by: Franck Khalfoun**
**Starring: Elijah Wood, Nora Arnezeder, Americo Olivo**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Graphic Violence and Nudity)**
**Running Time: 1 h 29 m**
**TMM Score: 2.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Acting, Practical Effects**
**WEAKNESSES: Cinematography, Nothing New**

Maniac (2012)

October 16, 2020

A man struggles to suppress his desire to kill.

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**Directed by: Lukas Feigelfeld**
**Starring: Aleksandra Cwen, Celina Peter, Claudia Martini, Tanja Petrovsky**
**Rated: NR (Suggest R for Disturbing Violent Content)**
**Running Time: 1 h 42 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Directing, Cinematography, Story, Sound Design**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Small Target Audience**

Hagazussa (2017)

October 5, 2020

A woman living in isolation faces judgement and persecution from a group of nearby villagers, who believe the woman to be a witch.

Audition (1999)

October 2, 2020

A widower takes an opportunity to screen girls at an audition arranged for him by a friend to find a new wife, only the girl whom the widower chooses to date is not at all who she seems.

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**Directed by: Julie Taymor**
**Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Jessica Lange, Osheen Jones, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Matthew Rhys**
**Rated: R for Strong Violent and Sexual Images**
**Running Time: 2 h 42 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Production Design**
**WEAKNESSES: Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Matthew Rhys**

Titus (1999)

March 13, 2020

Titus returns from war victorious, only to offend enemies that will cause him greater turmoil.

Come to Daddy (2019)

March 9, 2020

A man in his thirties travels to a remote cabin to connect with the father he never knew.

71X7eSTLYVL._SL1394_.jpg — Barking Dogs Never Bite (2000)

**Directed by: Bong Joon Ho**
**Starring: Sung-Jae Lee, Doona Bae, Ho-Jung Kim, Hee-Bong Byun**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R)**
**Running Time: 1 h 50 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Unique Premise, Direction**
**WEAKNESSES: Unlikeable Characters, Pacing**

Barking Dogs Never Bite (2000)

March 6, 2020

A part-time college professor finds himself annoyed by a perpetually yapping dog and decides to take action.

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**Directed by: Bong Joon Ho**
**Starring: Hey-Ja Kim, Won Bin, Goo Jin**
**Rated: R for Language, Some Sexual Content, Violence and Drug Use**
**Running Time: 2 h 9 m**
**TMM Score: 5 Stars**
**STRENGTHS: Story, Characters, Twists**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

Mother (2009)

March 5, 2020

A mother desperately searches for a killer so that she can free her mentally-handicapped son, who has been accused of murder.

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**Directed by: Rod Lurie**
**Starring: Joan Allen, Gary Oldman, Jeff Bridges, Christian Slater, Sam Elliot, William Petersen, Philip Bakker Hall, Robin Thomas**
**Rated: R for Strong Sexual Content and Language**
**Running Time: 2 h 6 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Acting, Directing, Themes, Relevance**
**WEAKNESSES: Slightly Heavy-Handed**

The Contender (2000)

March 2, 2020

The Vice President is dead and the President seeks to place Senator Laine Hanson in the open spot. Meanwhile, Senator Shelly Runyon opposes the nomination, and seeks to make his own moves.

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**Directed by: Leigh Whannell**
**Starring: Elizabeth Moss, Aldis Hodge, Harriet Dyer, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Storm Reid**
**Rated: R for Some Strong Bloody Violence, and Language**
**Running Time: 2 h 4 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Story, Some Great Scenes, Acting, Some Themes, Fun**
**WEAKNESSES: Lots of Tiny Plot Holes, Uneven Quality**

The Invisible Man (2020)

February 28, 2020

After Cecilia’s abusive ex Adrian takes his own life and leaves her a fortune, she begins to experience strange phenomena and suspects Adrian might be behind it.

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**Directed by: David Lynch**
**Starring: Nicolas Cage, Laura Dern, Willem Dafoe, Crispin Glover, Isabella Rossellini, Harry Dean Stanton, Dianne Ladd, Jack Nance, Sherilyn Fenn**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 2 h 5 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Style, Story, Weirdness, Acting**
**WEAKNESSES: Lynch-lite, Somewhat Silly at Times**

Wild at Heart (1990)

February 27, 2020

Young lovers Sailor and Lula go on the run after Lula’s mother tries to keep them apart by any means necessary.

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**Directed by: David Lynch**
**Starring: Sheryl Lee, Ray Wise, Madchen Amick, Dana Ashbrook, David Bowie, Heather Graham, David Lynch, Peggy Lipton, Kyle Maclachan**
**Rated: R for Strong Violence, Sex, and Drug Content, and for Language**
**Running Time: 2 h 14 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Good Companion Piece to Frist Two Seasons of Twin Peaks**
**WEAKNESSES: No Reason to Watch Unless You’ve Seen Twin Peaks**

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)

February 25, 2020

As FBI agents investigate strange murders that might be connected, Laura Palmer goes about her daily routine, unaware that tragedy will soon befall her.

1*yr3aXzZNFx6Yxx-gtgcUIg.jpg — Inland Empire (2006)

**Directed by: David Lynch**
**Starring: Laura Dern, Jeremy Irons, Justin Theroux, Harry Dean Stanton, Karolina Gruszka, William H. Macy, Mary Steenburgen, Terry Crews, Nastassja Kinski, Laura Harring, Naomi Watts**
**Rated: R for Language, Some Violence and Sexuality/Nudity**
**Running Time: 3 h**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Directing, Writing, Surreal Sequences, Unusual Acting**
**WEAKNESSES: Length**

Inland Empire (2006)

February 24, 2020

An actress is cast to play the lead in a reputedly cursed script, and as she sets out to make the film, she finds it difficult to separate the film from reality, and reality from her dreams.

c 1.jpg — Clemency (2019)

**Directed By: Chinonye Chukwu**
**Starring: Alfre Woodard, Aldis Hodge, Richard Schiff, Wendell Pierce**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 1h 52m**
**TMM Score: 4 Stars**
**Strengths: Acting, Themes, Atmosphere**
**Weakness: None**

Clemency (2019)

February 21, 2020

Bernadine, a Warden at a death row penitentiary, finds herself searching her mind and heart for meaning as she prepares for another condemned man’s final sentence.

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**Directed by: Shun’ya Ito**
**Starring: Meiko Kaji, Fumio Wantanabe, Yukie Kagawa, FUdeko Tanaka**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Graphic Violence and Nudity)**
**Running Time: 1 h 30 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Style, Direction, Story, Action, Fun**
**WEAKNESSES: Sleazy/ Exploitative (?)**

Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 (1972)

February 18, 2020

The second entry in the Female Prisoner Scorpion series. After being locked in solitary confinement for a year, Matsu the Scorpion escapes with a van full of prisoners and flees across a surreal landscape.