MV5BMGNmYWM1MDAtNjU1NS00YzA1LTgzZDQtMzIyMTNiNzkyNzBhXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNTI4MjkwNjA@._V1_SY1000_SX652_AL_.jpg — Short Cuts (1993)

**Directed by: Robert Altman**
Starring: Jack Lemmon, Julianne Moore, Mathew Modine, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Chris Penn, Robert Downey Jr., Madeleine Stowe, Tim Robins, Lily Tomlin, Tom Waits, Frances McDormand, Peter Gallagher, Annie Ross, Lori Singer, Huey Lewis
**Rated: R for Graphic Sexual Language, and for Nudity**
**Running Time: 3 h 8 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Acting, Story, World Building**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Length**

Short Cuts (1993)

July 17, 2019

An anthology film concerning the interconnecting lives of Los Angeles residents.

b 5.jpg — Breakthrough (2019)

**Directed By: Roxann Dawson**
**Starring: Topher Grace, Josh Lucas, Chrissy Metz, Mike Colter, Dennis Haysbert, Marcel Ruiz**
**Rated: PG**
**Run Time: 1h 56m**
**TMM Score: 1 Star**
**Strengths: None**
**Weakness: Almost Everything**

Breakthrough (2019)

July 16, 2019

When John, a highschooler, falls through the ice and is pronounced dead, his mother Joyce is confronted with her worst fears, hopeful faith, and the conflict between the two.

8173nTPEhfL._SL1500_.jpg — Blue Velvet (1986)

**Directed by: David Lynch**
**Starring: Kyle MacLachlan, Isabella Rossellini, Dennis Hopper, Laura Dern, Frances Bay, Dean Stockwell, Jack Nance, Hope Lange, George Dickerson**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 2 h**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Directing, Style, Story**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Lynchian-lite**

Blue Velvet (1986)

July 15, 2019

A young man discovers a severed human ear which leads him on an investigation that could uncover a dark underworld that dwells beneath the seemingly perfect streets of Lumberton.

MV5BMTMyOTEzMjMwOF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNzk0Mjc3Ng@@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,683,1000_AL_.jpg — World on a Wire (1973)

**Directed by: Rainer Werner Fassbinder**
**Starring: Klaus Lowitsch, Barbara Valentin, Mascha Rabben**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Some Nudity)**
**Running Time: 3 h 32 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, World Building, Cinematography, Themes**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Acting, Some Pacing**

World on a Wire (1973)

July 12, 2019

Set in the near future. After one of his colleagues dies mysteriously, a scientist named Fred Stiller decides to investigate further. He uncovers a conspiracy that could alter the fabric of reality as he knows it.

MV5BMjUzMzk5MTUtNjg4MC00OTdmLWI3NmEtY2U0YjU2OTQyNTFmXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTQxNzMzNDI@._V1_.jpg — Europa Europa (1990)

**Directed by: Agnieszka Holland**
**Starring: Marco Hofschneider, Andre Wilms, Julie Delpy**
**Rated: R for Mature Treatment of Holocaust Issues**
**Running Time: 1 h 52 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Themes, Story**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Acting, Melodrama, Coincidence**

Europa Europa (1990)

July 11, 2019

A young Jewish boy joins Hitler’s Youth Army in an attempt to conceal his identity.

MV5BNzFlMGJiYjgtY2ZiZi00YmQzLWJiY2QtZDAyOTBlYzc2MGQ0XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNjc1NTYyMjg@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,648,1000_AL_.jpg — Macbeth (1971)

**Directed by: Roman Polanski**
**Starring: Jon Finch, Francesca Annis, Martin Shaw, Terence Bayler, Nicholas Selby, Stephan Chase**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 2 h 20 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Story, Direction, Cinematography, Production Design**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Pacing**

Macbeth (1971)

July 10, 2019

With the help of his wife, a Scottish lord murders his king and ascends to the throne, only to be driven mad by his guilt.

ogf+1.jpg — Only God Forgives (2013)

**Directed By: Nicolas Winding Refn**
**Starring: Ryan Gosling, Kristin Scott Thomas, Vithaya Pansringarm**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 1h 30m**
**TMM Score: 3 Stars**
**Strengths: Visuals, Score**
**Weakness: Acting, Shallow Substance**

Only God Forgives (2013)

July 10, 2019

When an ex-pat Gangster’s brother is killed by a cop, revenge is the only thing on the mind of his mother. He, however, hopes for another way.

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.

MV5BMDNlY2RmMzktZTcwYS00MDRmLWExNWEtZmZiMzFkMDQxY2M2XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNDkzNTM2ODg@._V1_.jpg — Multiple Maniacs (1970)

**Directed by: John Waters**
**Starring: Divine, David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pearce, Mink Stole, Cookie Mueller, Edith Massey, George Figgs**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Strong Sexual and Violent Content, Comic Disturbing Behavior and Language)**
**Running Time: 1 h 37 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Some Acting, Themes**
**WEAKNESSES: Overall Technical Aspects**

Multiple Maniacs (1970)

July 9, 2019

The Lady Divine becomes enraged after her boyfriend cheats on her, and descends into a life of murder and deviousness.

MV5BMmMxMTk0MmMtY2I0YS00NjcwLTk2NjYtOWFlOTA0M2EzNjgxL2ltYWdlL2ltYWdlXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTQxNzMzNDI@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,666,1000_AL_.jpg — McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)

**Directed by: Robert Altman**
**Starring: Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Rene Auberjonois, Hugh Millais, Shelley Duvall, Corey Fischer**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 2 h**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Story, Acting, Pacing, Production Design**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)

July 8, 2019

A gambler and a prostitute form a partnership and make a fortune in a remote Old West mining town, until a large corporation makes an offer to buy them out.

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.

Best of Enemies (2019)

July 2, 2019

In 1971, an all black elementary school in Durham, NC burned down forcing the community to come to the negotiation table over segregation of schools. The meetings over this issue were the unlikely first steps of friendship between C.P. Ellis, head of the local KKK, and Ann Atwater, a civil rights activist.

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.

The Lives of Others.jpg — The Lives of Others (2006)

**Directed by: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck**
**Starring: Ulrich Muhe, Sebastian Koch, Martina Gedeck, Ulrich Tukur**
**Rated: R for Some Sexuality/Nudity**
**Running Time: 2 h 17 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Acting, Message**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

The Lives of Others (2006)

June 28, 2019

In 1984 East Berlin, an agent of the secret police conducting surveillance on a writer and his lover finds himself becoming absorbed into their lives.

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.

MV5BNTBhZTQzZGEtZmRiOS00MzAwLWI5MzQtYTc1YTRhMzU3NzQ5XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzkwMjQ5NzM@._V1_.jpg — Das Boot- Director’s Cut (1981)

**Directed by: Wolfgang Petersen**
**Starring: Jurgen Prochnow, Herbert Gronemeyer, Klaus Wennemann**
**Rated: R for Some War Violence and Brief Language**
**Running Time: 3 h 28 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Direction, Story, Cinematography, Atmosphere**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

Das Boot- Director's Cut (1981)

June 26, 2019

A German U-boat is tasked to destroy British naval and supply ships during WWII.

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