MV5BMTY0MzUwODc4N15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMjMyMjY0NzM@._V1_.jpg — Rocketman (2019)

**Directed by: Dexter Fletcher**
**Starring: Taron Egerton, Jamie Bell, Richard Madden, Bryce Dallas Howard**
**Rated: R for Language Throughout, Some Drug Use and Sexual Content**
**Running Time: 2 h 1 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Directing, Music, Acting**
**WEAKNESSES: Ending**

Rocketman (2019)

July 9, 2019

A musical that looks at the breakthrough years of Elton John.

MV5BNzQxNTIyODAxMV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNzQyMDA3OTE@._V1_.jpg — Moonlight (2016)

**Directed by: Barry Jenkins**
**Starring: Mahershala Ali, Naomie Harris, Trevante Rhodes, Alex Hibbert, Janelle Monae, Ashton Sanders**
**Rated: R for Some Sexuality, Drug Use, Brief Violence, and Language Throughout**
**Running Time: 1 h 51 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Directing, Writing, Cinematography, Acting, Themes and Message**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

Moonlight (2016)

July 5, 2019

A closeted gay black man in a rough neighborhood in Miami struggles to define who he is and what that means over the course of his life.

MV5BMzQxNzQzOTQwM15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMDQ2NTcwODM@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,674,1000_AL_.jpg — Midsommar (2019)

**Directed by: Ari Aster**
**Starring: Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, William Jackson Harper, Will Poulter, Anders Back, Ellora Torchia**
**Rated: R for Disturbing Ritualistic Violence and Grisly Images, Strong Sexual Content, Graphic Nudity, Drug Use and Language**
**Running Time: 2 h 27 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Directing, World Building, Themes, Cinematography, Acting**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Pacing**

Midsommar (2019)

July 4, 2019

A couple whose relationship is on the fritz travels to Sweden for a midsummer festival which, they soon learn, finds its roots in pagan ritual.

bs 1.jpg — If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)

**Directed By: Barry Jenkins**
**Starring: Kiki Layne, Stephan James, Regina King, Tayonna Parris, Coleman Domingo, Diego Luna, Dave Franco**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 1h 59m**
**TMM Score: 5**
**Strengths: Story, Acting, Cinematography**
**Weakness: None**

If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)

July 3, 2019

In 1970’s Harlem, Tish and Fonny, a young couple, bind their souls to each other with love, though the world seems hell-bent on breaking that bond.

Annie Hall (1977)

July 1, 2019

A neurotic New York comedian falls in love with a ditzy girl.

MV5BMTk2Mzg4NzI3NF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMzE5NDk1NzM@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,674,1000_AL_.jpg — Her Smell (2018)

**Directed by: Alex Ross Perry**
**Starring: Elisabeth Moss, Angel Christian Roman, Cara Delevinge, Dan Stevens, Ashley Benson, Amber Heard, Virginia Madsen**
**Rated: R for Language Throughout and Some Drug Use**
**Running Time: 2 h 14 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Elisabeth Moss, Directing, Writing**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Length, Cheesy Ending**

Her Smell (2018)

July 1, 2019

A punk rocker falls victim to her self-destructive lifestyle and must fight for her sobriety.

Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)

June 27, 2019

A group of Spanish conquistadors follow rumors of a golden city down river. Soon it becomes apparent that they do not follow the river to their fortunes but rather, to their demise.

Paris, Texas (1984)

June 26, 2019

Travis Henderson has been a driftor for years but now he has returned and wants to try and reconnect with his family, including his son who is being raised by his brother.

wd 1.jpg — Wings of Desire (1987)

**Directed By: Wim Wenders**
**Starring: Bruno Ganz, Solveig Dommartin, Otto Sander, Peter Falk**
**Rated: PG-13**
**Run Time: 2h 8m**
**TMM Score: 5 Stars**
**Strengths: Cinematography, Dialogue, Direction**
**Weakness: Maybe a Bit Slow**

Wings of Desire (1987)

June 25, 2019

An angel, eternal spirit of observation, grows envious of humanity’s finite existence and corporal nature.

bb 1.jpg — Beach Bum (2019)

**Directed By: Harmony Korine**
**Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Isla Fisher, Snoop Dogg, Stefania LaVie Owen, Martin Lawrence, Zac Efron, Jonah Hill, Jimmy Buffett**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 1h 35m**
**TMM Score: 3 Stars**
**Strengths: Characters**
**Weakness: Story**

Beach Bum (2019)

June 18, 2019

An aging stoner poet struggles to write a book and navigate the storms caused when his slacker philosophy meets ordinary and not so ordinary folk.

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**Directed by: Claire Denis**
**Starring: Robert Pattinson, Juliette Binoche, Mia Goth**
**Rated: R for Disturbing Sexual and Violent Content Including Sexual Assault, Graphic Nudity, and For Language**
**Running Time: 1 h 53 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Directing, Story Structure, Acting, Cinematography, Unique Story, Themes**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Some Production Design**

High Life (2018)

June 17, 2019

A father and daughter struggle to survive in deep space.

T 1.jpg — Tideland (2005)

**Directed By: Terry Gilliam**
**Starring: Jodelle Ferland, Brendan Fletcher, Jeff Bridges, Jennifer Tilly**
**Rated: R Rated**
**Run Time: 2h**
**TMM Score: 3 Stars**
**Strengths: Acting, Concept**
**Weakness: Gross, Meandering**

Tideland (2005)

June 13, 2019

Jeliza-Rose’s parents are a couple of dead beat drug addicts. The only thing keeping her from going insane is a vivid imagination and the imaginary friends she invents as she lives on an old abandoned country estate.

Knife in the Water (1962)

June 13, 2019

A couple picks up a hitchhiker on their way to a sailing trip and decides to bring him along.

12 M 1.jpg — 12 Monkeys (1999)

**Directed By: Terry Gilliam**
**Starring: Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe, Brad Pitt**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 2h 9m**
**TMM Score: 4 Stars**
**Strengths: Story, Directorial Vision**
**Weakness: Some Acting**

12 Monkeys (1995)

June 12, 2019

A man, possibly insane, is experiencing schizophrenic visions or possibly time travel. It’s hard for him to tell or know which version of reality is true as he attempts to track down the perpetrators of a world wide terrorist strike.

MV5BZTU5ZThjNzAtNjc4NC00OTViLWIxYTYtODFmMTk5Y2NjZjZiL2ltYWdlL2ltYWdlXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNjc1NTYyMjg@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,668,1000_AL_.jpg — Repulsion (1965)

**Directed by: Roman Polanski**
**Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Ian Hendry, John Fraser, Yvonne Furneaux**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Violence, and Disturbing/Sexual Content)**
**Running Time: 1 h 45 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Directing, Writing, Production Design, Acting**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

Repulsion (1965)

June 11, 2019

A sex-repulsed young woman slowly sinks into madness.

The New World (2005)

June 6, 2019

When the British arrive in Virginia, they expect to find a new land teeming with gold and people who are outclassed in weaponry, religion, and culture. What they find instead is a young woman who discovers that not all new worlds are physical places.

s 1.jpg — Scanners (1981)

**Directed By: David Cronenberg**
**Starring: Stephen Lack, Jeniffer O’Neill, Patrick McGoohan, Michael Ironside**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 1h 43m**
**TMM Score: 5 Stars**
**Strengths: Special Effects, Surreal Atmosphere**
**Weakness: Confusing Plot Thread**

Scanners (1981)

June 5, 2019

A man discovers he possesses psychic powers and soon finds he might be the only one who can stop a rogue psychic who keeps killing people with his powers.

MV5BMjllYmQ2OGQtN2IxZC00ODJiLWI4NjQtYmNlZjYzNzUzYjkyXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNTAzMTY4MDA@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,734,1000_AL_.jpg — Climax (2018)

Directed by: Gaspar Noe
Starring: Sofia Boutella, Romain Guillermic, Souheila Yacoub
Rated: R for Disturbing Content Involving a Combination of Drug Use, Violent Behavior and Strong Sexuality, and For Language and Some Graphic Nudity
Running Time: 1 h 37 m
TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5
STRENGTHS: Technical Aspects, Length
WEAKNESSES: Story

Climax (2018)

May 27, 2019

French dancers gather for an all-night celebration and soon learn their sangria is laced with LSD.

Master of the House (1925)

May 16, 2019

Viktor loves his wife Ida but as work has gotten hard, so has he. In fact Ida is working herself to the bone to maintain the home and please him but this has not gone unnoticed by her mother or Viktor’s childhood nanny, Mads. Can they save the marriage of their beloved children?

dq 1.jpg — The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018)

**Directed By: Terry Gilliam**
**Starring: Adam Driver, Jonathon Pryce, Joana Ribeiro, Stellan Skarsgard, Olga Kurylenko**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 2h 12m**
**TMM Score: 5 Stars**
**Strengths: Acting, Production Design, Grand Concept**
**Weakness: Length**

The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018)

May 2, 2019

Toby, a disillusioned director, recalls his younger days wherein he made a short film as a student, starring a peasant cobbler as Don Quixote. As he flees his current project he and the cobbler are reunited only to discover the cobbler believes he really is Don Quixote still, and Toby begins to slip into insanity himself.

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