mf 1.jpg — Midnight Family (2019)

**Directed By: Luke Lorentzen**
**Starring: Fer Ochoa, Josue Ochoa, Juan Ochoa**
**Rated: NR**
**Run Time: 1h 20m**
**TMM Score: 3 Stars**
**Strengths: Immersion, Cinematography**
**Weakness: Lack of Subtextual Themes**

Midnight Family (2019)

January 23, 2020

The Ochoa family operates a private ambulance in corrupt, poor, and under-serviced Mexico City districts.

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**Directed by: Penny Lane**
**Starring: Lucien Greaves, Jex Blackmore**
**Rated: R for Graphic Nudity, and Some Language**
**Running Time: 1 h 35 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Themes, Directing, Writing**
**WEAKNESSES: Content Will Deter Viewers**

Hail Satan? (2019)

December 5, 2019

A look at the rise and influence of the controversial religious-political group known as The Satanic Temple.

American Heretics: The Politics of the Gospel (2019)

September 5, 2019

An informational documentary about groups of Christians in Oklahoma and how their faith has caused them to blaze new trails of political practice.

Cold Case Hammarskjold (2019)

August 9, 2019

A murder mystery or national conspiracy surrounding the death of Dag Hammarskjold in 1961.

mg 1.jpg — Meeting Gorbachev (2018)

**Directed By: Werner Herzog**
**Starring: Mikhail Gorbachev, Werner Herzog, Yuri Andropov, James Baker, Leonid Brezhnev**
**Rated: NR**
**Run Time: 1h 30m**
**TMM Score: 5 Stars**
**Strengths: Human Insight**
**Weakness: The Drone Footage**

Meeting Gorbachev (2018)

August 7, 2019

A personal conversational interview between German director Werner Herzog and Russian politician Mikhail Gorbachev serves as the point of entry into the politician’s personal recollections of his career, the Soviet Union, Russia, and the political climate of the world.

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**Directed by: Scott Crawford**
**Starring: Alice Cooper, Cameron Crowe, Joan Jett, Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons**
**Rated: NR (Suggested: R for Language and Suggestive Material)**
**Running Time: 1 h 15 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Raw Unfiltered Energy**
**WEAKNESSES: Focus, Some Technical Aspects**

Boy Howdy: The Story of Creem Magazine (2019)

August 3, 2019

A look at the rise and fall of Creem Magazine.

kdth 1.jpg — Knock Down the House (2019)

**Directed By: Rachel Lears**
**Starring: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Cori Bush, Joe Crowley**
**Rated: PG**
**Run Time: 1h 26m**
**TMM Score: 2 Stars**
**Strengths: Name Recognition**
**Weakness: Simple, Uninspired**

Knock Down the House (2019)

August 3, 2019

Motivated by feelings of frustration, tragic personal loss, and community outcry, 4 women across the United States challenge entrenched and secure incumbent federal legislative seats during the 2018 midterm primary elections.

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**Directed by: Mick Jackson**
**Starring: Karen Meagher, Reece Dinsdale, David Brierly**
**Rated: NR (Suggested PG-13 for Disturbing Content and Images)**
**Running Time: 1 h 52 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Realism, Story, Structure**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Dated Moments**

Threads (1984)

July 22, 2019

A mockumentary about the long-term effects of a nuclear holocaust on the occupants of Sheffield, England.

They Shall Not Grow Old (2019)

July 2, 2019

A bold and innovative new look at the British side of World War 1.

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**Directed by: Frank Pavich**
**Starring: Alejandro Jodorowsky, Brontis Jodorowsky, Nicolas Winding Refn**
**Rated: PG-13 for Some Violent and Sexual Images and Drug References**
**Running Time: 1 h 30 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Story**
**WEAKNESSES: Narrow Target Audience**

Jodorowsky's Dune (2013)

April 26, 2019

An exploration of Alejandro Jodorowsky’s failed attempt to bring Frank Herbert’s Dune to screen.

Free Solo (2018)

March 19, 2019

The first man to free solo El Capitan in Yosemite National Park.

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**Directed by: Marina Zenovich**
**Starring: Roman Polanski, Samantha Geimer, Mia Farrow**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Thematic Elements and Sexual Dialogue)**
**Running Time: 1 h 39 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Story, Presentation**
**WEAKNESSES:**

Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (2008)

January 11, 2019

An examination of the life of Roman Polanski; his work, and the scandal that caused him to flee the United States and remain a fugitive for forty years.

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.

Three Identical Strangers (2018)

October 9, 2018

New York. 1980. Three complete strangers find each other because they discover they are triplets, but why were they separated at birth and what will lives as brothers be like?

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**Directed by: Penelope Spheeris**
**Starring: Flea**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Pervasive Language and Destructive Behavior)**
**Running Time: 1 h 26 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Story**
**WEAKNESSES: Content**

The Decline of Western Civilization Part III (1998)

August 31, 2018

A documentary following the lives of gutter punks in Los Angeles in the late nineties.

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**Directed by: Penelope Spheeris**
**Starring: Alice Cooper, Lizzy Borden, Poison, Aerosmith, Kiss, Ozzy Osbourne**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 33 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Music, Story**
**WEAKNESSES: Content, Misogyny**

The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years (1988)

August 31, 2018

Filmmaker Penelope Spheeris revisits her Decline of Western Civilization documentary series, this time taking a look at the heavy metal scene in Los Angeles.

The Decline of Western Civilization (1981)

August 31, 2018

A documentary following six punk rock bands around Los Angeles in the year 1980.

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Directed by: Morgan Neville
Starring: Fred Rogers, Joanne Rogers, Francois Scarborough Clemmons
Rated: PG-13 for Some Thematic Elements and Language
Running Time: 1 h 34 m
TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5
STRENGTHS: Pacing, Editing, Story, Morals
WEAKNESSES: -

Won't You Be My Neighbor? (2018)

July 2, 2018

A documentary about the children’s show, Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood, and its host, Fred Rogers.

The Trip to Spain (2017)

June 25, 2018

Two old friends embark on a vacation across Spain, stopping for delectable cuisine, discussing culture and history, while telling jokes and doing impressions.

American Animals (2018)

June 25, 2018

Four college students plan a heist to steal rare books worth over twelve million dollars from their college library.

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