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.

MV5BMjAwMTg3MDE0NF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNjQ1ODQyNTE@._V1_SY1000_SX675_AL_.jpg — Clouds of Sils Maria (2014)

**Directed by: Oliver Assayas**
**Starring: Juliette Binoche, Kristen Stewart, Chloe Grace Moretz**
**Rated: R for Language and Brief Graphic Nudity**
**Running Time: 2 h 4 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Acting, Cinematography**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Pacing (?)**

Clouds of Sils Maria (2014)

July 25, 2018

Twenty years after starring in a play that launched her career, a film star returns to the play to act in a different role, which forces her to face certain truths about herself.

Good Morning (1959)

July 24, 2018

In a small village in Japan, two boys start a silence strike to convince their parents to buy them a television.

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**Directed by: John Cameron Mitchell**
**Starring: John Cameron Mitchell, Miriam Shor, Michael Pitt**
**Rated: R for Sexual Content and Language**
**Running Time: 1 h 35 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Soundtrack, Writing, Acting**
**WEAKNESSES: Subject Matter Will Turn Away Some Viewers**

Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)

July 23, 2018

The story of Hedwig, a transgender punk/glam rock girl, as she goes on tour.

MV5BMWU4N2FjNzYtNTVkNC00NzQ0LTg0MjAtYTJlMjFhNGUxZDFmXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNjc1NTYyMjg@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,649,1000_AL_.jpg — 12 Angry Men (1957)

**Directed by: Sidney Lumet**
**Starring: Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Martin Balsam**
**Rated: Approved**
**Running Time: 1 h 36 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Cinematography, Acting**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

12 Angry Men (1957)

July 23, 2018

Twelve jurors must decide the fate of a young Puerto Rican boy charged with the murder of his father.

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**Directed by: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris**
**Starring: Emma Stone, Steve Carell, Andrea Riseborough**
**Rated: PG-13 for Some Sexual Content and Partial Nudity**
**Running Time: 2 h 1 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Acting, Writing, Directing**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Heavy-Handed Themes**

The Battle of the Sexes (2017)

July 20, 2018

Based on the true story of the 1973 tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs. While King comes to terms with her sexuality, Riggs comes to terms with the changing times and truths about himself.

the equalizer 1.jpg — The Equalizer (2014)

**Directed by: Antoine Fuqua**
**Starring: Denzel Washington, Martin Csokas, Chloe Grace Moretz**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 2h 12m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: All around Competence**
**WEAKNESSES: Nothing Makes The Film Stand Out, Length**

The Equalizer (2014)

July 20, 2018

Bob lives like a monk, working hard, helping others, simple meals at the same diner overnight before returning to his sparse apartment. When a young call girl, who frequents the same diner as he, runs afoul of the Russian mob, this simple man turns out to be a force for vengeance to her abusers.

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**Directed by: David Lean**
**Starring: William Holden, Alec Guinnes, JAck Hawkins**
**Rated: PG for Mild War Violence**
**Running Time: 2 h 41 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Acting, Cinematography, Writing, Directing**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Pacing**

The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

July 19, 2018

A British Colonel in a Japanese POW camp works to complete a bridge, while, unbeknownst to him, a small team of Allies is moving to destroy it.

Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)

July 18, 2018

During a Picnic on St. Valentine’s Day, 1900, a few students and a teacher disappear without a trace.

The Village (2004)

July 18, 2018

Weird things happen to the villagers of an isolated hamlet.

Split (2016)

July 17, 2018

A man with 23 different personalities kidnaps three girls and locks them in a basement, where he plans to hold them until his 24th personality arrives.

Amarcord (1973)

July 17, 2018

A series of vignettes about the people living in a small town in Italy during the 1930s.

stby 2.jpg — Sorry To Bother You (2018)

**Directed by: Boots Riley**
**Starring: Lakeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson, Jermaine Fowler, Omarie Hardwick, Terry Crews, Danny Glover, Steven Yeun, Armie Hammer, David Cross, Patton Oswalt, Forest Whitaker**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1h 45m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Directorial Vision, Acting, Production Design**
**WEAKNESSES: None**

Sorry To Bother You (2018)

July 17, 2018

When Cassius Green adopts an unusual sales technique his employer at RegalView telemarketing puts him on the Power Caller roll, landing him a raise and swanky benefits, but how will his old friends and girlfriend/artist/activist Detroit, take it when he abandons their fledgling efforts to unionize and how will Cash live with himself as he discovers what Power Callers are really selling?

La Dolce Vita (1960)

July 16, 2018

La Dolce Vita follows Marcello Rubini, a journalist living in Rome, through a week of his life.

After Earth (2013)

July 16, 2018

A millennium after humans have abandoned earth, a spacecraft crashes back onto the surface, leaving Kitai Raige and his father Cypher stranded.

Personal Shopper (2016)

July 13, 2018

A personal shopper for a celebrity living in Paris refuses to leave the city until she makes contact with her twin brother who died there. When a stranger starts sending her texts, things get even more complicated.

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**Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan**
**Starring: Olivia DeJonge, Ed Oxenbould, Deanna Dunagan, Peter McRobbie**
**Rated: PG-13 for Disturbing Thematic Material Including Terror, Violence and Some Nudity, and Brief Language**
**Running Time: 1 h 34 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Meta-Humor, Creepy Imagery**
**WEAKNESSES: Annoying Protagonists**

The Visit (2015)

July 13, 2018

While their mother goes on a cruise, two children go to stay with their Grandparents, whom they’ve never met, only to find their Grandparents have strange habits.

LA Confidential 1.jpg — L.A. Confidential (1997)

**Directed by: Curtis Hanson**
**Starring: Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, Kim Basinger, James Cromwell, Danny DeVito**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 2h 18m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Cinematography, Acting, Story**
**WEAKNESSES: None**

L.A. Confidential (1997)

July 13, 2018

In 1950s Hollywood, the Glitz and Glam draws all like a moth to a flame and 3 cops; a boyscout, a bruiser, and a schmoozer, are out to find out who murdered everyone in a coffee shop late one night.

The Great Beauty (2013)

July 12, 2018

Sixty-five-year-old Jep Gambardella takes stock of his party lifestyle after his recent birthday.

The Happening (2008)

July 12, 2018

While strange event causes people to inexplicably kill themselves, a high school science teacher runs around.

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