Breathless (1960)

December 5, 2018

A French ne'er-do-well steps up from boosting cars and penny ante crimes when he kills a police officer. As the French police close in he attempts to convince a young American student to skip town with him to Italy.

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**Directed by: Jean-Pierre Melville**
**Starring: Alain Delon, Francois Perier, Nathalie Delon**
**Rated: NR**
**Running Time: 1 h 41 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Style, Acting, Directing, Soundtrack**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

Le Samourai (1967)

December 4, 2018

A professional hitman lives a life of solitude in order to keep things simple, but when there is a witness to his latest contract, things get complicated.

L'argent (1983)

December 4, 2018

When a couple of kids pass off a counterfeit bill in a photography shop they inadvertently set off a chain of events which will have dire consequences, not for them, but for innocent standers by.

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**Directed by: Billy Wilder**
**Starring: Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon**
**Rated: Nr (Suggested PG-13 for Risque Humor)**
**Running Time: 2 h 1 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Acting, Soundtrack**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

Some Like It Hot (1959)

November 30, 2018

Two down on their luck male musicians must fleet Chicago after witnessing a mob hit, disguising themselves as two females for an all girls band playing in Florida.

71TJJ1zpKFL._RI_.jpg — Hour of the Wolf (1968)

**Directed by: Ingmar Bergman**
**Starring: Max Von Sydow, Liv Ullman, Ingrid Thulin**
**Rated: NR (Suggested PG-13 for Some Disturbing Themes and Brief Violence)**
**Running Time: 1 h 30 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Story, Acting, Directing, Cinematography**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing (Maybe? I mean, it’s Bergman, what do you expect?)**

Hour of the Wolf (1968)

November 29, 2018

An artist and his younger pregnant wife retreat to an island, where the husband can paint. While there, the artist confronts secrets from his past that slowly drive him mad.

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**Directed by: Michael Crichton**
**Starring: Richard Benjamin, James Brolin, Yul Brynner**
**Rated: PG**
**Running Time: 1 h 28 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Story, Influence, Meta-Aesthetic**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Drawn Out Moments**

Westworld (1973)

November 28, 2018

Two wealthy friends take a vacation at Westworld, an adult theme park where visitors can live out their fantasies by interacting with robots. Once there, the machines begin to malfunction, and the friends struggle to stay alive.

MV5BODM3MjA3NDM3M15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMDc1NjUwMjI@._V1_.jpg — Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)

**Directed by: Kevin Reynolds**
**Starring: Kevin Costner, Morgan Freeman, Alan Rickman, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Christian Slater, Brian Blessed, Nick Brimble, Sean Connery**
**Rated: PG-13**
**Running Time: 2 h 35 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Fun, Story, Cinematography, Alan Rickman**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Acting, Some Cheesy/ Farfetched Moments**

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)

November 26, 2018

A retelling of the legend of Robin Hood.

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**Directed by: Rob Reiner**
**Starring: Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin, Cary Elwes, Andre The Giant, Wallace Shawn, Christopher Guest, Chris Sarandon, Fred Savage, Peter Falk, Billy Crystal**
**Rated: PG**
**Running Time: 1 h 38 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Pretty Much Everything**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

The Princess Bride (1988)

November 23, 2018

While home sick from school, a young boy’s grandfather reads him a book titled, The Princess Bride.

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)

November 21, 2018

A dying thief reveals where he hid a stolen fortune to a group of passing travelers only to set off a chain of crazy events as everyone races towards the riches.

kin 1.jpg — Kin(2018)

**Directed by: Jonathan Baker, Josh Baker**
**Starring: Myles Truit, Jack Reynor, Zoe Kravitz, Dennis Quaid**
**Rated: PG13**
**Running Time: 1h 42m**
**TMM Score: 3 Stars**
**STRENGTHS: Acting, Style, and Themes**
**WEAKNESSES: A Terrible Ending**

Kin (2018)

November 20, 2018

When his older brother gets out of jail with a heavy debt on his head, Eli hits the road with him, not knowing that Jimmy has some huge secrets he’s keeping. Eli has his own secret though; a devastating high tech weapon of mysterious origin.

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**Directed by: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen**
**Starring: Tim Blake Nelson, Clancy Brown, James Franco, Liam Neeson, Zoe Kazan, Brendan Gleeson, Tom Waits**
**Rated: R for Some Strong Violence**
**Running Time: 2 h 12 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Coen Bros Flair, Irreverence and Poignancy, Clever Writing**
**WEAKNESSES: Some CGI and Sets Look A Little Cheap**

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)

November 20, 2018

Six stories set in the Coen Brothers’ Wild West.

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**Directed by: David Yates**
**Starring: Eddie Redmayne, Colin Ferrell, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Samantha Morton, Ezra Miller**
**Rated: PG-13 for Some Fantasy Action**
**Running Time: 2 h 13 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: World-Building, Characters, Production Design, Effects**
**WEAKNESSES: Scatterbrained Story, Pacing**

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)

November 16, 2018

A wizard named Newt Scamander journeys to New York in the 1926, only to accidentally become involved with a group of Wizards. Meanwhile, the evil Grindelwald wrecks havoc around the wizarding and muggle worlds alike.

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**Directed by: Mike Leigh**
**Starring: David Thewlis, Lesley Sharp, Katrin Cartlidge, Greg Cruttwell, Ewen Bremner, Peter Wight**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Strong Sexual Content Including Rape and Pervasive Language)**
**Running Time: 2 h 12 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Acting**
**WEAKNESSES: Content, Themes (?)**

Naked (1993)

November 9, 2018

After committing a crime, a nihilistic man flees Manchester to go stay in London with his ex-girlfriend while he revaluates his life and philosophies.

A Passage to India (1984)

November 7, 2018

A commentary on cultural mistrust and British colonialism. A high-class English woman travels to India for adventure (and possibly love), but things go awry when she takes an expedition to the Marabar caves with a local named Aziz.

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**Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock**
**Starring: Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, Judith Anderson, George Sanders**
**Rated: Nr (Suggested PG for some Thematic Material)**
**Running Time: 2 h 10 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Story, Cinematography, Production Design, Some Acting, Old Hollywood Charm**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Pacing, Some Melodramatic Moments**

Rebecca (1940)

November 6, 2018

A young woman marries a rich troubled widower and is constantly reminded of her husband’s deceased wife.

tcat 1.jpg — To Catch A Thief (1955)

**Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock**
**Starring: Cary Grant, Grace Kelly, Jessie Royce Landis**
**Rated: PG**
**Running Time: 1h 46m**
**TMM Score: 2 Stars (didn’t like it)**
**STRENGTHS: Production**
**WEAKNESSES: Lack of Suspense**

To Catch A Thief (1955)

November 6, 2018

A retired jewel thief is suspected by the authorities, and everyone else, of committing a new string of burglaries. The only solution to his problem seems to be using his expertise to catch the real thief.