Alucarda (1977)

October 13, 2020

A young girl arrives at a convent where she and her new best friend awaken an evil presence.

Creed (2015)

March 20, 2020

Rocky Balboa serves as a mentor and trainer for Adonis Creed, the son of his late friend and former rival Apollo Creed.

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: Robert Redford**
**Starring: Craig Sheffer, Brad Pitt, Tom Skerritt, Brenda Blethyn, Joseph Gordon-Levitt**
**Rated: PG for Momentary Nudity, and Some Language in a Family Drama**
**Running Time: 2 h 3 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Acting, Cinematography**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Length**

A River Runs Through It (1992)

March 18, 2020

The two sons of a minister in Montana come of age, while also learning the secrets of fly-fishing.

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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.

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**Directed by: Autumn de Wilde**
**Starring: Anya Taylor-Joy, Mia Goth, Bill Nighy, Johnny Flynn, Callum Turner, Josh O’Connor, Amber Anderson**
**Rated: PG for Brief Partial Nudity**
**Running Time: 2 h 4 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Story, Acting, Production Design**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, A Few Awkwardly Directed Scenes**

Emma. (2020)

March 11, 2020

A young woman in high society 1800s England meddles in the lives of her friends and relatives with the best of intentions, but not always the best results.

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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.

d 1.jpg — Dogtooth (2009)

**Directed By: Yorgos Lanthimos**
**Starring: Christos Stergioglou, Michele Valley, Angeliki Papoulia**
**Rated: NR**
**Run Time: 1h 37m**
**TMM Score: 3 Stars**
**Strengths: Tone, Creativity, Acting**
**Weakness: Slow**

Dogtooth (2009)

February 20, 2020

An insular family’s strange yet serene life is upset as the children come of age and want more than their sheltered existence.

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**Directed by: Jacques Demy**
**Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Nino Castelnuovo, Anne Vernon, Marc Michel, Ellen Farner**
**Rated: NR (Suggested PG-13 for Thematic Elements)**
**Running Time: 1 h 31 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Catherine Deneuve, Music, Direction, Cinematography, Unconventional Story, Themes**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)

February 14, 2020

Lovers separated by war face life-altering decisions.

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.

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**Directed by: Bernardo Bertolucci**
**Starring: Robert DeNiro, Gerard Depardieu, Dominique Sandra, Donald Sutherland**
**Rated: NR (Suggested NC-17 for Explicit Sexual Content, and Violence Including Animal Cruelty)**
**Running Time: 5 h 17 m**
**TMM Score: 2 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Cinematography, Acting, Some Amazing Sequences, Directing**
**WEAKNESSES: Animal Cruelty, Length, Themes, Also Directing**

1900 (1976)

January 17, 2020

An epic tale of class struggle in Italy, as seen through the eyes of two childhood friends- one wealthy, one poor.

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Directed by: Riley Stearns
Starring: Jessie Eisenberg, Alessandro Nivola, Imogen Poots, Steve Terada, Phillip Andre Botello
Rated: R for Violence, Sexual Content, Graphic Nudity and Language
Running Time: 1 h 44 m
TMM Score: 4.5 Stars
STRENGTHS: Black Humor, Story, Acting
WEAKNESSES: -

The Art of Self Defense (2019)

January 7, 2020

After being brutally mugged, Casey Davies enrolls in a Karate course taught by an eccentric sensei.

The Forest of Love (2019)

January 6, 2020

Japanese cult director Sion Sono’s take on the Kitakysushu serial murder incident.

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**Directed by: Steven Soderbergh**
**Starring: Benicio Del Toro, Demian Bichir, Julia Ormond, Oscar Isaac, Edgar Ramirez**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Violence and Language)**
**Running Time: 2 h 14 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Story, Directing, Acting, Perspective**
**WEAKNESSES: Depiction of a Controversial Figure**

Che: Part One (2008)

January 2, 2020

Ernesto Che Guevara and a band of Fidel Castro-led Cubans mobilize to topple the regime of dictator Fulgencio Batista.

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**Directed by: Casey Affleck**
**Starring: Casey Affleck, Anna Pniowsky, Elisabeth Moss, Tom Bower**
**Rated: R for Some Violence**
**Running Time: 1 h 59 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Directing, Writing, Acting**
**WEAKNESSES: Mild Pacing, Predictable**

Light of My Life (2019)

January 1, 2020

After a plague wipes out most of the female population, a father must fight to keep his immune eleven-year-old daughter safe from the men who might wish her harm.

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**Directed by: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger**
**Starring: Moira Shearer, Anton Walbrook, Marius Goring**
**Rated: NR (Suggested PG for Mild Thematic Elements)**
**Running Time: 2 h 15 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Story, Cinematography, Production Design, Music, Characters**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

The Red Shoes (1948)

December 27, 2019

A young ballet dancer is torn between the man she loves and her pursuit to become a prima ballerina.

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**Directed by: Navid Lapid**
**Starring: Tom Mercier, Quentin Dolmaire, Louise Chevillotte**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Strong Graphic Nudity and Sexual Content, and for Language)**
**Running Time: 2 h 3 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Directing, Writing, Story, Cinematography**
**WEAKNESSES: Mild Pacing Issues**

Synonyms (2019)

December 20, 2019

A young Israeli man flees to Paris to begin a new life.

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**Directed by: Mike Flanagan**
**Starring: Ewan McGregor, Rebecca Ferguson, Kyliegh Curran, Emily Alyn Lind, Alex Essoe, Jacob Tremblay, Danny Lloyd**
**Rated: R for Disturbing Violent Content, Some Bloody Images, Language, Nudity and Drug Use**
**Running Time: 2 h 32 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Melding of Kubrick and King’s Worlds, Story, Acting, Ingenuity**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing (Particularly in First Act), Length**

Doctor Sleep (2019)

December 20, 2019

Years after the events of “The Shining”, Dan Torrance fights to protect a girl who possesses the same psychic ability as him.

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