Shadow (2018)

April 30, 2019

Two rival kingdoms plot and fight for ultimate victory.

mishima 1.jpg — Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)

**Directed by: Paul Schrader**
**Starring: Ken Ogata, Masayuki Shionoya, Hiroshi Mikami**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 2h**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Directorial Vision, Cinematography, Production Design, Acting, Score**
**WEAKNESSES: Are you kidding? Who could find a weakness in this film.**

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)

July 26, 2018

The great Japanese author and social leader, Yukio Mishima, prepares for his greatest work; of art and of action.

My Life As a Zucchini (2016)

June 21, 2018

When young Zucchini accidentally kills his single alcoholic mother he is placed in a foster group home where he meets other children who are all in a similar plight and don’t know what to think of the new kid.

A Separation

**Directed by: Asghar Farhadi**
**Starring: Payman Maadi, Leila Hatami, Sareh Bayet**
**Rated: PG13**
**Running Time: 2h 3m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Mystery, Complicated Characters, Cultural Immersion, Acting, Deliberate Direction**
**WEAKNESSES: None**

A Separation (2011)

March 9, 2018

As an Iranian couple flirt with divorce they are accused of assault. As the mystery of what happened is revealed, so is who they truly are.

Under the Shadow (2016)

January 25, 2018

Shideh is a woman struggling to live beneath the patriarchal oppression of 1980’s post-revolution Tehran. As the city becomes the targets of more and more attacks, Shideh stays in the city, despite all of her neighbors fleeing for cover. She and her daughter are soon provoked by a djinn (in other cultures spelled jinn, or genie) that lives in her building.

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