MV5BNTQ0Njc3ODkyMl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwODQxOTE4MjE@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,676,1000_AL_.jpg — Why Don't You Play in Hell? (2013)

**Directed by: Sion Sono**
**Starring: Jun Kunimura, Fumi Nikaido, Hiroki Hasegawa**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Frenetic Bloody Violence and Strong Language)**
**Running Time: 2 h 9 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Practical Effects, Crazy Story, Unique Chracters**
**WEAKNESSES: CGI Effects, Pacing**

Why Don't You Play in Hell? (2013)

September 3, 2018

An independent film crew becomes entangled in a yakuza war.

The-Decline-of-Western-Civilization-III-images-3ebeb533-8c67-40d8-a6b7-f3a97169c4b.jpg — The Decline of Western Civilization Part III (1998)

**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.

Sid & Nancy (1986)

August 30, 2018

The true story of Sid Vicious, bassist for The Sex Pistols, and his girlfriend, Nancy Spungen.

MV5BMTdjNWYyMGUtNzQ4Yy00Mzg1LWI1MmUtMWZiYTAyYThiYTlmL2ltYWdlXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTQxNzMzNDI@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,638,1000_AL_.jpg — Desperate Living (1977)

**Directed by: John Waters**
**Starring: Liz Renay, Mink Stole, Susan Lowe, Jean Hill, Edith Massey**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 30 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Unique Story, Bizarre Production Design**
**WEAKNESSES: Content**

Desperate Living (1977)

August 24, 2018

After a neurotic woman murders her husband with the help of her maid, they flee to a strange town called Mortville, which is ruled over by a fascist queen.

MV5BMTY5NzgyMjUwOV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNjc2NjQzMTE@._V1_.jpg — Female Trouble (1974)

**Directed by: John Waters**
**Starring: Divine, David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pearce, Mink Stole, Edith Massey**
**Rated: NC-17**
**Running Time: 1 h 29 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Eccentricity**
**WEAKNESSES: Content, Acting(?), Cinematography**

Female Trouble (1974)

August 24, 2018

A spoiled high school girl runs away from home and has to turn to a life of crime to support herself.

easy rider 1.jpg — Easy Rider (1969)

**Directed by: Dennis Hopper**
**Starring: Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson, Phil Spector**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1h 35m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Authenticity, Intimacy**
**WEAKNESSES: Slow Pacing**

Easy Rider (1969)

August 24, 2018

A couple of young, drug dealing, motorcycle enthusiast friends, set out across America, West to East, looking for the freedom that the American Dream promised them.

fantastic planet.jpg — Fantastic Planet (1973)

**Directed by: Rene Laloux**
**Starring: Jennifer Drake, Eric Baugin, Jean Valmont**
**Rated: PG**
**Running Time: 1h 12m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Animation**
**WEAKNESSES: Obvious Typology**

Fantastic Planet (1973)

August 23, 2018

On a distant world, human like creatures, fed up with their animal like lives, rebel against their gigantic blue alien masters.

A Brighter Summer Day (1991)

August 22, 2018

Based on a true story of rival youth gangs in 1960s Taiwan.

parnassus 1.jpg — The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)

**Directed by: Terry Gilliam**
**Starring: Christopher Plummer, Lily Cole, Heath Ledger, Colin Farrell, Johnny Depp, Jude Law, Andrew Garfield, Verne Troyer**
**Rated: PG13**
**Running Time: 2h 3m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Acting, Story Concept**
**WEAKNESSES: Visual Effects, Uneven Story Structure**

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)

August 22, 2018

An Ancient Storyteller and his band of entertainers, travel the world, opening people’s imaginations and competing with The Devil to enthrall their souls. Now, a new wager, threatens the life of his daughter who may be falling for a mysterious, dashing, and shady new member of their troupe.

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**Directed by: Sam Peckinpah**
**Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, Peter Vaughn**
**Rated: R for Strong Brutal Violence Including a Sexual Attack, Menace, Some Sexual Content, and Pervasive Language**
**Running Time: 1 h 58 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Pacing, Acting, Directing, Editing, Characters**
**WEAKNESSES: Uncomfortable Controversial Material**

Straw Dogs (1971)

August 14, 2018

A young American and his English wife move to the wife’s hometown, only to face harassment from the locals.

Eraserhead Poster.jpg — Eraserhead (1977)

**Directed by: David Lynch**
**Starring: Jack Nance, Charlotte Stewart, Allen Joseph**
**Rated: NR (Best Guess PG-13)**
**Running Time: 1h 29m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Overall Directorial Vision**
**WEAKNESSES: It's Weird Dude.**

Eraserhead (1977)

August 9, 2018

A strange man in a strange world is forced to marry a strange woman when he gets her pregnant. She has a strange baby which she cannot console so she leaves the man and he kills the baby. The baby might be an alien. Strange.

MV5BYjEzMTM2NjAtNWFmZC00MTVlLTgyMmQtMGQyNTFjZDk5N2NmXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzQ1ODk3MTQ@._V1_.jpg — The Thin Red Line (1998)

**Directed by: Terrence Malick**
**Starring: Jim Caviezel, Sean Penn, Nick Nolte, Woody Harrelson**
**Rated: R for Realistic War Violence and Language**
**Running Time: 2 h 50 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Cinematography, Directing, Acting, Writing**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing (?)**

The Thin Red Line (1998)

August 8, 2018

A depiction of the conflict at Guadalcanal during WW2.

Y Tu Mama Tambien (2001)

August 6, 2018

Two teenage boys take an older woman on a road trip to the beach, and along the way they learn things about themselves and their lives.

MV5BODk4MTkxMDE1Ml5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNjE0NjEzOTE@._V1_.jpg — Elevator to the Gallows (1958)

**Directed by: Louis Malle**
**Starring: Jeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, Georges Poujouly, Yori Bertin**
**Rated: NR (Suggested PG-13 for Some Violence and Thematic Material)**
**Running Time: 1 h 31 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Soundtrack, Always Raising Stakes**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Pacing/ Drawn Out Scenes**

Elevator to the Gallows (1958)

August 3, 2018

A businessman murders his employer, which sets off a series of crimes.

spring breakers 4.jpg — Spring Breakers (2012)

**Directed by: Harmony Korine**
**Starring: Vanessa Hudgens, Selena Gomez, James Franco, Ashley Benson, Rachel Korine**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1h 34m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Editing, Lighting, Energy**
**WEAKNESSES: Extreme Content**

Spring Breakers (2012)

August 1, 2018

When four high schoolers run away from their conservative homes to live it up over spring break, the idea of returning to their him drum lives pushes them to party harder and harder, rather than go home.

MV5BMjE3OTI1MTU0OV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNTg1MzkzNTM@._V1_.jpg — Leave No Trace (2018)

**Directed by: Debra Granik**
**Starring: Thomasin McKenzie, Ben Foster**
**Rated: PG for Thematic Material Throughout**
**Running Time: 1 h 49 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Acting From Leads, Writing, Cinematography, Directing, Sound Design**
**WEAKNESSES: Acting From Secondary Characters, Mild Pacing Problems**

Leave No Trace (2018)

July 30, 2018

A veteran with severe PTSD and his thirteen-year-old daughter live in a nature preserve near Portland, Oregon until they are discovered. When they are forced to return to society, one adapts more easily than the other.

Badlands (1973)

July 30, 2018

In the 1950s, a teenage girl becomes romantically involved with an older greaser. When her father finds out and forbids them to see each other again, they kill her father, and then flee across the country, leaving a trail of bodies in their wake.

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**Directed by: Scott Cooper**
**Starring: Christian Bale, Rosamund Pike, Wes Studi, Jesse Plemons**
**Rated: R for Strong Violence, and Language**
**Running Time: 2 h 14 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Acting, Directing, Cinematography**
**WEAKNESSES: Well Worn Themes**

Hostiles (2017)

July 27, 2018

An army captain with a history of violence towards Native Americans is forced to escort a dying Cheyenne chief across miles of violence-ridden territory.

Yi Yi (2000)

July 27, 2018

The members of the Taipei family experience life in all its various stages, reconciling old relationship, starting new romances, and shaping their view or the world.

MV5BMTczMTc1MzI5OV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNTg0OTk3MTE@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,685,1000_AL_.jpg — Dragon Inn (1967)

**Directed by: King Hu**
**Starring: Lingfeng Shangguan, Chun Shih, Ying Bai**
**Rated: NR (Suggested: PG-13 for Martial Arts Action Violence)**
**Running Time: 1 h 51 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Action, Cinematography, Story, Acting, Pacing**
**WEAKNESSES: Melodramatic Moments**

Dragon Inn (1967)

July 26, 2018

Traveling swordsmen discover a plot to assassinate the two remaining members of a defeated general’s family and decide to intervene.

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