MV5BMTEzNDk1MzM4MDleQTJeQWpwZ15BbWU4MDM2NTI4ODEy._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,675,1000_AL_.jpg — A Dark Song (2016)

**Directed by: Liam Gavin**
**Starring: Catherine Walker, Steve Oram, Mark Huberman**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Thematic Material and Some Disturbing Imagery)**
**Running Time: 1 h 40 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Pacing, Message**
**WEAKNESSES: Ending Won’t Work For Everyone, Not Scary for Genre Hardened Fans**

A Dark Song (2016)

October 8, 2018

A young woman teams up with an occultist to attempt a dangerous but powerful ritual; in doing so they risk their lives and souls.

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**Directed by: Masaki Kobayashi**
**Starring: Rentaro Mikuni, Michiyo Aratama, Miskako Wantanabe, Tatsuya Nakadai, Keiko Kishi**
**Rated: NR (Suggested PG-13 for Some Frightening Moments)**
**Running Time: 3 h 3 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Cinematography, Stories, Culture, Mis-en-scene**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

Kwaidan (1964)

October 7, 2018

An anthology film of four Japanese folk tales with supernatural themes.

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**Directed by: E Elias Merhige**
**Starring: John Malkovich, Willem Dafoe, Cary Elwes**
**Rated: R for Some Sexuality, Drug Content, Violence and Language**
**Running Time: 1 h 32 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Acting, Production Design, Atmosphere, Writing**
**WEAKNESSES: Cinematography, Small Target Audience (?)**

Shadow of the Vampire (2000)

October 6, 2018

The filming of Nosferatu (1922) is complicated by the demands and habits of lead actor Max Schreck.

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**Directed by: Peter Strickland**
**Starring: Toby Jones, Antonio Mancino, Guido Adorni**
**Rated: NR (Suggested PG-13 for Some Disturbing Thematic Material)**
**Running Time: 1 h 32 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Cinematography, Sound Design, Directing**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Artistic Nature Will Deter Normal Genre Fans**

Berberian Sound Studio (2012)

October 6, 2018

A British sound engineer travels to Italy to help finish a horror film, only to find working on the film is a literal nightmare.

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**Directed by: Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead**
**Starring: Peter Cilella, Vinny Curran, Emily Montague**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Strong Language, Some Violence, and Drug Use)**
**Running Time: 1 h 33 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Pacing, World-Building**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Acting**

Resolution (2012)

October 5, 2018

A man travels to an isolated cabin to help his estranged best friend overcome meth addiction, only to find the cabin might hold dark secrets.

MV5BMjMwNzM2OTk3OF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNjExOTU0NDE@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,675,1000_AL_.jpg — Spring (2014)

**Directed by: Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead**
**Starring: Lou Taylor Pucci, Nadia Hilker, Francesco Carnelutti**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Disturbing Images, Some Sexuality/Nudity and Language)**
**Running Time: 1 h 49 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Cinematography, Story, Some Effects**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Acting, Some Effects**

Spring (2014)

October 5, 2018

After Evan looses his Mom and his job in the same week, he heads to Italy, where he meets Louise, a seemingly perfect girl. But underneath her skin, Louise hides a secret.

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**Directed by: Wojciech Has**
**Starring: Jan Nowicki, Tadeusz Kondrat, Irena Orska, Halina Kowalska**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Some Nudity and Sexual Situations, and Foreboding Images and Themes)**
**Running Time: 2 h 4 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Production Design, Writing, Directing, Acting, Editing, Ingenuity**
**WEAKNESSES: May Be Difficult to Follow First Time Through**

The Hourglass Sanatorium (1973)

October 4, 2018

A man named Jozef visits a sanatorium where his father is staying, only to find that within its walls, time doesn’t behave the way it should.

eXistenZ (1999)

October 2, 2018

Allegra Geller, a world famous game designer and Ted Pikul, a marketing trainee, go on the run after reality-enthusiast assassins try to kill Allegra.

Inferno (1980)

October 1, 2018

An American student living in Rome and his sister in New York try to figure out why a slew of killings have started near them.

ordet 1.jpg — Ordet (1955)

**Directed by: Carl Theodor Dreyer**
**Starring: Henrik Malberg, Emil Hass Christensen, Preben Lerdorff Rye**
**Rated: NR**
**Running Time: 2h 6m**
**TMM Score: 5 Stars**
**STRENGTHS: Cinematography, Story**
**WEAKNESSES: None**

Ordet (1955)

September 27, 2018

Morten Borgen has three sons. One is an atheist, another is insane, thinking himself to be Jesus, and the youngest wishes to marry the daughter of a fundamentalist. When The eldest sons wife, falls ill and her pregnancy turns dangerous, family ties and faith will be tested.

holy mountain 1.jpg — The Holy Mountain (1973)

**Directed by: Alejandro Jodorowsky**
**Starring: Alejandro Jodorowsky, Horacio Salinas, Zamira Saunders**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1h 54m**
**TMM Score: 5 Stars**
**STRENGTHS: Production, Cinematic Technique, Theme**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Disturbing Imagery**

The Holy Mountain (1973)

September 25, 2018

Dissatisfied with an average life an thief, along with seven other seekers, consult an alchemist and pilgrimage to the Holy Mountain in order to gain enlightenment.

Eyes Wide Shut (1999)

September 21, 2018

A wealthy Doctor living in New York City reevaluates his life and marriage while wandering through the city after his wife admits she fantasized about cheating on him.

MV5BMTQ1MDA5NjUxN15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNjAwMDg5MzE@._V1_.jpg — Buzzard (2014)

**Directed by: Joel Portykus**
**Starring: Joshua Burge, Joel Potrykus, Joe Anderson**
**Rated: NR (Suggest R for Some Language and a Scene of Mild Violence)**
**Running Time: 1 h 37 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Acting, Writing, Originality**
**WEAKNESSES: Last Scene (?), Some Makeup**

Buzzard (2014)

September 21, 2018

A slacker goes to extreme lengths to avoid doing any kind of work whatsoever.

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**Directed by: Stanley Kubrick**
**Starring: Ryan O'Neal, Marisa Berenson, Patrick Magee**
**Rated: PG**
**Running Time: 3 h 5 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Mise-En-Scene, Cinematography, Writing, Acting, Directing**
**WEAKNESSES: Length, Pacing During Second Act**

Barry Lyndon (1975)

September 19, 2018

An Irish scrapper slowly rises through the ranks of English aristocracy.

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**Directed by:Jamie M Dagg**
**Starring: Jon Bernthal, Christopher Abbott, Imogen Poots**
**Rated: R for Violence, Some Strong Sexuality, Language, and Drug Use**
**Running Time: 1 h 33 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Some Acting, Directing**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Acting, Predictability**

Sweet Virginia (2017)

September 18, 2018

A former rodeo champ turned hotel clerk unwittingly befriends a young man with a hidden violent side.

MV5BMTY3MjM1Mzc4N15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwODM0NzAxMDE@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,675,1000_AL_.jpg — A Clockwork Orange (1971)

**Directed by: Stanley Kubrick**
**Starring: Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Michael Bates**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 2 h 16 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Direction, Story, Irony, Writing, Production Design**
**WEAKNESSES: Content, Some Acting (?)**

A Clockwork Orange (1971)

September 18, 2018

After a couple nights of ‘ultra-violence’ Alex DeLarge is sent to prison, where he undergoes an experimental surgery that will curb his more devious impulses.

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**Directed by: Panos Cosmatos**
**Starring: Nicolas Cage, Andrea Riseborough, Linus Roache, Richard Brake**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Strong Bloody Violence, Disturbing Images, Drug and Sexual Content, Graphic Nudity and Some Language)**
**Running Time: 2 h 1 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Aesthetic, Cinematography, Uniqueness, Acting, Inventiveness**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Pacing, Some Themes**

Mandy (2018)

September 17, 2018

Set in alternative world in 1983. Red Miller hunts a religious cult after they murder the love of his life, Mandy.

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

September 17, 2018

From the age of prehistoric man to the future space age, man and technology have coexisted, but when an incredibly powerful supercomputer on a manned mission to Jupiter goes haywire, man must evolve beyond.

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**Directed by: Stanley Kubrick**
**Starring: James Mason, Shelley Winters, Sue Lyon**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Strong Thematic Material)**
**Running Time: 2 h 33 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Acting**
**WEAKNESSES: Content**

Lolita (1962)

September 14, 2018

A middle-aged man marries a widow to be closer to her young daughter.

stalker 5.jpg — Stalker (1979)

**Directed by: Andrei Tarkovsky**
**Starring: Alisa Freyndlikh, Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy, Anatoliy Solonitsyn**
**Rated: NR**
**Running Time: 2h 42m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Cinematography, Acting, Directorial Vision**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing if you don't have an patience**

Stalker (1979)

September 5, 2018

The Zone. Dangerous. Alien. Restricted. So why would a Writer and Professor follow a guide called a Stalker to take them into the heart of the Zone? The Room found at the Zone’s center grants ones deepest desires.

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