Breathless (1960)

December 5, 2018

A French ne'er-do-well steps up from boosting cars and penny ante crimes when he kills a police officer. As the French police close in he attempts to convince a young American student to skip town with him to Italy.

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**Directed by: Jean-Pierre Melville**
**Starring: Alain Delon, Francois Perier, Nathalie Delon**
**Rated: NR**
**Running Time: 1 h 41 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Style, Acting, Directing, Soundtrack**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

Le Samourai (1967)

December 4, 2018

A professional hitman lives a life of solitude in order to keep things simple, but when there is a witness to his latest contract, things get complicated.

L'argent (1983)

December 4, 2018

When a couple of kids pass off a counterfeit bill in a photography shop they inadvertently set off a chain of events which will have dire consequences, not for them, but for innocent standers by.

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**Directed by: Jaques Tati**
**Starring: Jacques Tati, Jean-Pierre Zola, Adrienne Servantie, Alain Becourt**
**Rated: NR (Suggested G)**
**Running Time: 1 h 56 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Subtle Satire, Fun, Mis-En-Scene, Soundtrack**
**WEAKNESSES: Length**

Mon Oncle (1958)

December 3, 2018

Monsieur Hulot visits his wealthy sister, brother-in-law, and nephew but can’t quite fit into their modern home.

bm1@@._V1_.jpg — Black Moon (1975)

**Directed by: Luis Malle**
**Starring: Cathryn Harrison, Theresa Giehse, Alexandra Stewart**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1h 35m**
**TMM Score: 2 Stars**
**STRENGTHS: Strong Opening, Cinematography, Mystery**
**WEAKNESSES: Opaque and Boring**

Black Moon (1975)

December 3, 2018

Lily is an adolescent girl on the run through the French countryside torn apart by a mysterious war. When she finds a strange unicorn and weird family living in a cottage with animals for friends, she attempts to insert herself into and understand their lives.

71TJJ1zpKFL._RI_.jpg — Hour of the Wolf (1968)

**Directed by: Ingmar Bergman**
**Starring: Max Von Sydow, Liv Ullman, Ingrid Thulin**
**Rated: NR (Suggested PG-13 for Some Disturbing Themes and Brief Violence)**
**Running Time: 1 h 30 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Story, Acting, Directing, Cinematography**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing (Maybe? I mean, it’s Bergman, what do you expect?)**

Hour of the Wolf (1968)

November 29, 2018

An artist and his younger pregnant wife retreat to an island, where the husband can paint. While there, the artist confronts secrets from his past that slowly drive him mad.

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**Directed by: Michael Crichton**
**Starring: Richard Benjamin, James Brolin, Yul Brynner**
**Rated: PG**
**Running Time: 1 h 28 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Story, Influence, Meta-Aesthetic**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Drawn Out Moments**

Westworld (1973)

November 28, 2018

Two wealthy friends take a vacation at Westworld, an adult theme park where visitors can live out their fantasies by interacting with robots. Once there, the machines begin to malfunction, and the friends struggle to stay alive.

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**Directed by: Mike Leigh**
**Starring: Sally Hawkins, Alexis Zergman, Andrea Riseborough, Eddie Marsan**
**Rated: R for Language**
**Running Time: 1 h 58 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Acting, Directing, Themes**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

Happy-Go-Lucky (2008)

November 27, 2018

An optimistic schoolteacher living in London navigates her life trying to make the best of everything.

MV5BODM3MjA3NDM3M15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMDc1NjUwMjI@._V1_.jpg — Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)

**Directed by: Kevin Reynolds**
**Starring: Kevin Costner, Morgan Freeman, Alan Rickman, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Christian Slater, Brian Blessed, Nick Brimble, Sean Connery**
**Rated: PG-13**
**Running Time: 2 h 35 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Fun, Story, Cinematography, Alan Rickman**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Acting, Some Cheesy/ Farfetched Moments**

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)

November 26, 2018

A retelling of the legend of Robin Hood.

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**Directed by: Rob Reiner**
**Starring: Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin, Cary Elwes, Andre The Giant, Wallace Shawn, Christopher Guest, Chris Sarandon, Fred Savage, Peter Falk, Billy Crystal**
**Rated: PG**
**Running Time: 1 h 38 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Pretty Much Everything**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

The Princess Bride (1988)

November 23, 2018

While home sick from school, a young boy’s grandfather reads him a book titled, The Princess Bride.

711RTqaA2FL._SL1500_.jpg — Ikiru (1952)

**Directed by: Akira Kurosawa**
**Starring: Takashi Shimura, Shin’ichi Himori, Minoru Chiaki**
**Rated: NR (Suggested PG-13 for Some Thematic Elements)**
**Running Time: 2 h 23 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Acting, Structure**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

Ikiru (1952)

November 22, 2018

An aging bureaucrat reexamines his life after discovering he has terminal stomach cancer.

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)

November 21, 2018

A dying thief reveals where he hid a stolen fortune to a group of passing travelers only to set off a chain of crazy events as everyone races towards the riches.

kin 1.jpg — Kin(2018)

**Directed by: Jonathan Baker, Josh Baker**
**Starring: Myles Truit, Jack Reynor, Zoe Kravitz, Dennis Quaid**
**Rated: PG13**
**Running Time: 1h 42m**
**TMM Score: 3 Stars**
**STRENGTHS: Acting, Style, and Themes**
**WEAKNESSES: A Terrible Ending**

Kin (2018)

November 20, 2018

When his older brother gets out of jail with a heavy debt on his head, Eli hits the road with him, not knowing that Jimmy has some huge secrets he’s keeping. Eli has his own secret though; a devastating high tech weapon of mysterious origin.

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**Directed by: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen**
**Starring: Tim Blake Nelson, Clancy Brown, James Franco, Liam Neeson, Zoe Kazan, Brendan Gleeson, Tom Waits**
**Rated: R for Some Strong Violence**
**Running Time: 2 h 12 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Coen Bros Flair, Irreverence and Poignancy, Clever Writing**
**WEAKNESSES: Some CGI and Sets Look A Little Cheap**

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)

November 20, 2018

Six stories set in the Coen Brothers’ Wild West.

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**Directed by: David Yates**
**Starring: Eddie Redmayne, Colin Ferrell, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Samantha Morton, Ezra Miller**
**Rated: PG-13 for Some Fantasy Action**
**Running Time: 2 h 13 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: World-Building, Characters, Production Design, Effects**
**WEAKNESSES: Scatterbrained Story, Pacing**

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)

November 16, 2018

A wizard named Newt Scamander journeys to New York in the 1926, only to accidentally become involved with a group of Wizards. Meanwhile, the evil Grindelwald wrecks havoc around the wizarding and muggle worlds alike.

91A1LzE-aQL._SL1500_.jpg — Mr. Turner (2014)

**Directed by: Mike Leigh**
**Starring: Timothy Spall, Paul Jesson, Dorothy Atkinson**
**Rated: R for Some Sexual Content**
**Running Time: 2 h 30 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Attention to Detail, Acting, Writing, Directing, Cinematography**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Length**

Mr. Turner (2014)

November 15, 2018

A look at the last twenty-five years of the great British painter J.M.W. Turner.

tgd 1.jpg — Through A Glass Darkly (1961)

**Directed by: Ingmar Bergman**
**Starring: Harriet Andersson, Gunnar Bjornstrand, Max Von Sydow**
**Rated: NR**
**Running Time: 1h 21m**
**TMM Score: 5 Stars**
**STRENGTHS: Acting, Themes**
**WEAKNESSES: Seriously?**

Through A Glass Darkly (1961)

November 15, 2018

A young woman, Karin, newly released from a mental institution struggles with relating to her father, a writer, her husband, a doctor, and her brother, a 17 year old who feels estranged from his father. When she begins hearing and seeing things again, the family’s different approaches to the situation leave them all reeling.

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**Directed by: Mike Leigh**
**Starring: Jim Broadbent, Ruth Sheen, Lesley Manville, Oliver Manville, David Bradley, Karina Fernandez, Imelda Stauton**
**Rated: PG-13 for Some Language**
**Running Time: 2 h 9 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Acting, Themes**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing (?)**

Another Year (2010)

November 14, 2018

A year in the life of a happy couple and their surrounding family and friends.

br 1.jpg — Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)

**Directed by: Bryan Singer**
**Starring: Rami Malek, Lucy Boynton, Gwilym Lee, Joe Mazzello**
**Rated: PG-13**
**Running Time: 2h 14m**
**TMM Score: 4 Stars**
**STRENGTHS: Acting**
**WEAKNESSES: Standard Story**

Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)

November 14, 2018

When Freddy went looking for the band after a show in London, he didn’t know he was meeting his new family. When the band met Freddy, they didn’t know they were meeting a future legend.

MV5BNDg5NTQ0NDU1Nl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMTExNzIyNjM@._V1_.jpg — The Other Side of the Wind (2018)

**Directed by: Orson Welles**
**Starring: John Huston, Oja Kodar, Peter Bogdanovich**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 2 h 2 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Unapologetically Art House, Frenetic Editing, Acting**
**WEAKNESSES: More Style than Substance**

The Other Side of the Wind (2018)

November 12, 2018

A mockumentary about the last day of an aging eccentric film director struggling to put together his latest film.

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