Haxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages (1922)

October 1, 2020

A silent era documentary concerning medieval beliefs about witchcraft.

ar 1.jpg — Andrei Rublev (1966)

**Directed By: Andrei Tarkovsky**
**Starring: Anatoliy Solonitsyn, Ivan Lapikov, Nikolay Grinko**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 3h 25m**
**TMM Score: 5 Stars**
**Strengths: Cinematography, Thematic Coherence, Acting**
**Weakness: Length Maybe?**

Andrei Rublev (1966)

April 13, 2020

The life of the great Icon Writer, Andrei Rublev, is the backdrop for this exploration of Russia, its people, history, faith, atrocities, and glory, as only a true seeker of enlightenment can.

s+1.jpg — **The Sacrifice (1986)**

**Directed By: Andrei Tarkovsky**
**Starring: Erland Josephson, Susan Fleetwood, Allan Edwall**
**Rated: PG**
**Run Time: 2h 29m**
**TMM Score: 5 Stars**
**Strengths: Understated Tone, Long Takes, Thematic Integrity, Cinematography**
**Weakness: Maybe Pacing**

The Sacrifice (1986)

March 31, 2020

When WWIII threatens to annihilate his family and who knows how much of the rest of humanity, a retired aesthetics journalist and lecturer contemplates what he may be able to do to avoid cataclysm.

m 1.jpg — The Mirror (1975)

**Directed By: Andrei Tarkovsky**
**Starring: Margarita Terekhova, Filipp Yankovskiy, Ignat Daniltsev**
**Rated: G**
**Run Time: 1h 47m**
**TMM Score: 5 Stars**
**Strengths: Cinematography, High Concept, Lyrical Quality**
**Weakness: Confusing**

The Mirror (1975)

March 19, 2020

An aging poet remembers his life and the events which shaped Russia during it.

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**Directed by: Brady Corbet**
**Starring: Berenice Bejo, Liam Cunningham, Tom Sweet, Yolande Moreau, Tobert Pattinson, Stacy Martin**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Brief Nudity and Strong Thematic Elements)**
**Running Time: 1 h 55 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Acting, Themes, Cinematography**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

The Childhood of a Leader (2015)

March 16, 2020

A young troubled boy, destined to be a leader in post-World War I Europe, comes of age.

h 1.jpg — Hunger (2008)

**Directed By: Steve McQueen**
**Starring: Stuart Graham, Brian Milligan, Liam McMahon, Michael Fassbender**
**Rated: NR**
**Run Time: 1h 36m**
**TMM Score: 5 Stars**
**Strengths: Acting, Cinematography, Themes**
**Weakness: NA**

Hunger (2008)

March 5, 2020

A group of young Irish freedom fighters/terrorists commit to not washing until their demands for political status are met. After some appeasement, but not all, are made, one man commits to a hunger strike that will most likely cost him his life

f 1.jpg — The Fall (2006)

**Directed By: Tarsem Singh**
**Starring: Lee Pace, Catinca Untaru, Justine Waddell**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 1h 57m**
**TMM Score: 5 Stars**
**Strengths: Acting, Production Design and Costuming, Emotional Connection**
**Weakness: Brief CGI Moments**

The Fall (2006)

February 13, 2020

In a hospital, an injured stuntman weaves an epic tale for a young girl with a broken arm in order to convince her to help him obtain the Morphine he needs to numb his inner anguish.

Waves (2019)

February 7, 2020

A well off family struggling for love, meaning, hope, happiness, and wealth are met with a devastating tragedy which leaves them reeling.

Vertigo (1958)

January 29, 2020

At the request of a friend, a former detective investigates an acquaintance’s wife, whom has been acting mysterious. As he does, he finds himself falling in love with the woman.

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**Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock**
**Starring: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 49 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Directing, Writing, Acting, Soundtrack, Editing, Cinematography, Subversion of Expectations**
**WEAKNESSES: Psychiatrist Monologue**

Psycho (1960)

January 27, 2020

A secretary steals forty thousand dollars and absconds from Phoenix, but things take a turn for the worse after she checks into a motel run by a peculiar young man and his domineering mother.

coos 7.jpg — Color Out of Space (2019)

**Directed By: Richard Stanley**
**Starring: Nicolas Cage, Joely Richardson, Madeleine Arthur, Elliot Knight, Tommy Chong , Brendan Meyer, Julian Hilliard, Josh C. Waller, Q'orianka Kilcher**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 1h 51m**
**TMM Score: 5 Stars**
**Strengths: Lighting and Color, Nic Cage, Cosmic Dread**
**Weakness: Some CGI and Acting Moments**

Color Out of Space (2019)

January 24, 2020

When a meteor crash lands near their home in the New England woods, one family is given a glimpse of the universe outside their capacity to grasp without insanity inducing effect.

Ford-v-Ferrari(109).jpg — Ford v Ferrari (2019)

**Directed by: James Mangold**
**Starring: Matt Damon, Christian Bale, Jon Bernthal, Caitriona Balfe, Josh Lucas, Noah Jupe, Tracy Letts**
**Rated: PG-13 for Some Language and Peril**
**Running Time: 2 h 32 m**
**TMM Score: 5 Stars**
**STRENGTHS: Acting, Writing, Technicality, Extremely Entertaining**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

Ford v Ferrari (2019)

January 23, 2020

Carroll Shelby and Ken Miles attempt to build a car that can outrace Ferrari at the La Mons race.

jn 1.jpg — Jesus of Nazareth (1977)

**Directed By: Franco Zeffirelli**
Starring: Robert Powell, Olivia Hussey, Laurence Olivier, James Mason, Anne Bancroft, Ernest Borgnine, James Farentino, Ian McShane, Christopher Plummer, Michael York, Anthony Quinn, Rod Steiger, Ian Holm, James Earl Jones, Stacy Keach, Donald Pleasence, Peter Ustinov
**Rated: TV-G**
**Run Time: 6h 22m**
**TMM Score: 5 Stars**
**Strengths: Epic Scale, Respectful Treatment of Material**
**Weakness: Length, Certain Performances, Racial Representation**

Jesus of Nazareth (1977)

January 16, 2020

The story of the life of Jesus Christ.

hl 1.jpg — A Hidden Life (2019)

**Directed By: Terrence Malick**
**Starring: August Diehl, Valerie Pachner, Maria Simon**
**Rated: PG-13**
**Run Time: 2h 54m**
**TMM Score: 5 Stars**
**Strengths: Acting, Themes**
**Weakness: Length, Pacing**

A Hidden Life (2019)

January 14, 2020

An Austrian who refuses to swear allegiance to Adolf Hitler during WW2 has his faith, his wife, his family, and his community put through the ultimate crucible as he faces the death penalty for treason.

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**Directed by: Sam Mendes**
**Starring: George MacKay, Dean-Charles Chapman, Colin Firth, Andrew Scott, Mark Strong, Benedict Cumberbatch**
**Rated: R for Violence, Some Disturbing Images, and Language**
**Running Time: 1 h 59 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Direction, Cinematography, Production Design, Experience, Characters, Soundtrack**
**WEAKNESSES: Thin Story**

1917 (2019)

January 13, 2020

Two British soldiers must deliver a message deep in enemy territory that will halt an attack and possibly save the lives of 1,600 of their fellow soldiers.

Uncut Gems (2019)

December 31, 2019

Howard Ratner, a New York City jeweler and compulsive gambling addict, makes a series of high stakes bets in an attempt to score a huge win, while simultaneously avoiding his bookies, and balancing his wife, kids and his mistress.

fa 1.jpg — Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)

**Directed By: J.J. Abrams**
Starring: Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Lupita Nyong'o, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Max von Sydow, Peter Mayhew, Gwendoline Christie
**Rated: PG-13**
**Run Time: 2h 18m**
**TMM Score: 5 Stars**
**Strengths: Feels Like Star Wars**
**Weakness: Some Characterizations**

Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)

December 19, 2019

When an abandoned young woman and a runaway storm trooper befriend a droid which contains a map to Luke Skywalker’s hiding place, they are thrown into the midst of a galactic conflict between good and evil.

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)

December 17, 2019

A Farmhand from a backwater planet is caught in the crossfire of an intergalactic battle between dark and light when he receives a distress call from a captured princess and decides to help.

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**Directed by: Brian Henson**
**Starring: Michael Caine, Dave Goelz, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Steve Whitmire**
**Rated: G**
**Running Time: 1 h 25 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: This Movie Is Perfect**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)

December 13, 2019

A retelling of Charles Dickens’ classic novel featuring the Muppets.

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**Directed by: Noah Baumbach**
**Starring: Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson, Laura Dern, Ray Liotta, Wallace Shawn**
**Rated: R for Language Throughout and Some Sexual References**
**Running Time: 2 h 16 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Acting, Themes**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

Marriage Story (2019)

December 12, 2019

A married couple learns how to live with each other as they come to terms with their divorce and what that means for the future of their child.

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