wd 1.jpg — Wings of Desire (1987)

**Directed By: Wim Wenders**
**Starring: Bruno Ganz, Solveig Dommartin, Otto Sander, Peter Falk**
**Rated: PG-13**
**Run Time: 2h 8m**
**TMM Score: 5 Stars**
**Strengths: Cinematography, Dialogue, Direction**
**Weakness: Maybe a Bit Slow**

Wings of Desire (1987)

June 25, 2019

An angel, eternal spirit of observation, grows envious of humanity’s finite existence and corporal nature.

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**Directed by: Jean-Jacques Annaud**
**Starring: Jude Law, Ed Harris, Rachel Weisz, Joseph Fiennes, Ron Pearlman**
**Rated: R for Strong Graphic War Violence and Some Sexuality**
**Running Time: 2 h 11 m**
**TMM Score: 2.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Production Design, Some Action, Some Acting**
**WEAKNESSES: Writing, Some Acting, Emotionally Distant, Pacing**

Enemy at the Gates (2001)

June 24, 2019

A Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat and mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad. Inspired by the true story of Vasily Zaitsev.

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**Directed by: Rainer Werner Fassbinder**
**Starring: Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Peter Chatel, Karlheinz Bohm, Adrian Hoven, Christiane Maybach**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Some Graphic Nudity, Sexual Dialogue and Language)**
**Running Time: 2 h 3 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Most Characters, Writing, Directing, Acting, Cinematography**
**WEAKNESSES: A Few Melodramatic Moments, One or Two Characters**

Fox and His Friends (1975)

June 24, 2019

An ex-carnival worker of middling intelligence wins the lottery and engages in a personal and business relationship with a man born in a higher class than him.

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**Directed by: Michael Winner**
**Starring: Charles Bronson, Jeff Goldblum, Hope Lang, Kathleen Tolan, Vincent Gardenia, Steven Keats**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 23 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Story, Some Writing**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Execution**

Death Wish (1974)

June 17, 2019

After his wife and daughter are brutally assaulted, a bleeding-heart liberal becomes a gun-totting vigilante.

Hotel Mumbai (2018)

June 17, 2019

The true story of the Taj Hotel terrorist attack in Mumbai.

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**Directed by: Claire Denis**
**Starring: Robert Pattinson, Juliette Binoche, Mia Goth**
**Rated: R for Disturbing Sexual and Violent Content Including Sexual Assault, Graphic Nudity, and For Language**
**Running Time: 1 h 53 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Directing, Story Structure, Acting, Cinematography, Unique Story, Themes**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Some Production Design**

High Life (2018)

June 17, 2019

A father and daughter struggle to survive in deep space.

Ω.jpg — The Disaster Artist (2017)

**Directed by: James Franco**
**Starring: James Franco, Dave Franco, Alison Brie, Jacki Weaver, Paul Scheer, Seth Rogen, Zac Efron, Josh Hutcherson, Ari Graynor, Megan Mullally, Jason Mantzoukas**
**Rated: R for Language Throughout and Some Sexuality/Nudity**
**Running Time: 1 h 44 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Acting, Writing, Story**
**WEAKNESSES: Weak Ending, Narrow Audience for Some Jokes**

The Disaster Artist (2017)

June 14, 2019

The true story of Tommy Wiseau and Greg Sestero, the team behind the infamously bad movie The Room.

T 1.jpg — Tideland (2005)

**Directed By: Terry Gilliam**
**Starring: Jodelle Ferland, Brendan Fletcher, Jeff Bridges, Jennifer Tilly**
**Rated: R Rated**
**Run Time: 2h**
**TMM Score: 3 Stars**
**Strengths: Acting, Concept**
**Weakness: Gross, Meandering**

Tideland (2005)

June 13, 2019

Jeliza-Rose’s parents are a couple of dead beat drug addicts. The only thing keeping her from going insane is a vivid imagination and the imaginary friends she invents as she lives on an old abandoned country estate.

Knife in the Water (1962)

June 13, 2019

A couple picks up a hitchhiker on their way to a sailing trip and decides to bring him along.

12 M 1.jpg — 12 Monkeys (1999)

**Directed By: Terry Gilliam**
**Starring: Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe, Brad Pitt**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 2h 9m**
**TMM Score: 4 Stars**
**Strengths: Story, Directorial Vision**
**Weakness: Some Acting**

12 Monkeys (1995)

June 12, 2019

A man, possibly insane, is experiencing schizophrenic visions or possibly time travel. It’s hard for him to tell or know which version of reality is true as he attempts to track down the perpetrators of a world wide terrorist strike.

91pGkNSGySL._RI_.jpg — Fallen (1998)

**Directed by: Gregory Hoblit**
**Starring: Denzel Washington, John Goodman, Donald Sutherland**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 2h 4m**
**TMM Score: 3 Stars**
**STRENGTHS: Great Ideas, Good Atmosphere**
**WEAKNESSES: Weak Direction/Writing**

Fallen (1998)

June 11, 2019

A detective and his partner track down a supernatural killer.

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**Directed by: Roman Polanski**
**Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Ian Hendry, John Fraser, Yvonne Furneaux**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Violence, and Disturbing/Sexual Content)**
**Running Time: 1 h 45 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Directing, Writing, Production Design, Acting**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

Repulsion (1965)

June 11, 2019

A sex-repulsed young woman slowly sinks into madness.

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**Directed by: Rob Marshall**
**Starring: Ziyi Zhang, Michelle Yeoh, Ken Wantanabe, Koji YakushoSuzuka Ohgo, Samantha Futerman, Li Gong, Tsai Chin, Kaori Momoi**
**Rated: PG-13 for Mature Subject Matter and Some Sexual Content**
**Running Time: 2 h 25 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Production and Costume Design, Pacing, Story, Cinematography, Music**
**WEAKNESSES: Themes, Mischaracterization of Characters, It’s in English (?)**

Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)

June 10, 2019

In 1920-50s Japan, a young girl is sold into slavery at a geisha house and must work hard to find her place in the world.

The New World (2005)

June 6, 2019

When the British arrive in Virginia, they expect to find a new land teeming with gold and people who are outclassed in weaponry, religion, and culture. What they find instead is a young woman who discovers that not all new worlds are physical places.

s 1.jpg — Scanners (1981)

**Directed By: David Cronenberg**
**Starring: Stephen Lack, Jeniffer O’Neill, Patrick McGoohan, Michael Ironside**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 1h 43m**
**TMM Score: 5 Stars**
**Strengths: Special Effects, Surreal Atmosphere**
**Weakness: Confusing Plot Thread**

Scanners (1981)

June 5, 2019

A man discovers he possesses psychic powers and soon finds he might be the only one who can stop a rogue psychic who keeps killing people with his powers.

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**Directed by: Jim Sheridan**
**Starring: Daniel Day Lewis, Pete Postlethwaite, Emma Thompson**
**Rated: R for Language and Politically-Generated Violence**
**Running Time: 2 h 13 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Acting, Story**
**WEAKNESSES: Uneven Pacing, A Bit Dramatic**

In The Name of the Father (1993)

June 3, 2019

The true story of Gerry Conlon, whom was falsely imprisoned after he was coerced into signing an untrue confession admitting guilt to an IRA bombing.

The Painted Veil (2006)

May 31, 2019

A British doctor helps fight a cholera epidemic in China whilst dealing with increasing threats to westerners by Nationalists. His unfaithful wife begrudgingly joins him.

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**Directed by: Hayao Miyazaki, Kirk Wise**
**Starring: Rumi Hiiragi, Miyu Irino, Mari Natsuki**
**Rated: PG for Some Scary Moments**
**Running Time: 2 h 5 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Animation, Story, Characters, Fun, Worldbuilding**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

Spirited Away (2001)

May 30, 2019

A young girl wanders into the realm of the spirits and begins working at the magical bathhouse that resides there.

91r6ErURNeL._SL1500_.jpg — Howl’s Moving Castle (2004)

Directed by: Hayao Miyazaki
Starring: Christian Bale, Emily Mortimer, Billy Crystal
Rated: PG for Frightening Images, And Brief Mild Language
Running Time: 1h 59m
TMM Score: 4.5 Stars
STRENGTHS: Animation, Themes, Characters, Lots of Fun
WEAKNESSES: Ending

Howl's Moving Castle (2004)

May 29, 2019

A woman must break a curse with the help of demigod, Howl.

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**Directed by: Isao Takahata**
**Starring: Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Yoshiko Shinohara, Akemi Yamaguchi**
**Rated:NR (Suggested PG-13 for Disturbing Content and Images)**
**Running Time: 1 h 29 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Story, Perspective, Animation, Themes**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing**

Grave of the Fireflies (1988)

May 29, 2019

A young boy and his little sister struggle to survive in Japan during World War II.

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