A Brighter Summer Day (1991)

August 22, 2018

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

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.

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**Directed by: Terrence Malick**
**Starring: Richard Gere, Brooke Adams, Sam Shepard**
**Rated: PG**
**Running Time: 1 h 34 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Cinematography, Symbolism, Writing**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

Days of Heaven (1978)

August 2, 2018

A farm hand convinces the woman he loves to marry their dying boss so they can claim his fortune.

45 Years (2015)

August 1, 2018

A couple preparing for their forty-fifth wedding anniversary receives news that may change their lives forever.

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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.

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**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.

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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.

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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.

Amarcord (1973)

July 17, 2018

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

The Great Beauty (2013)

July 12, 2018

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

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**Directed by: Ingmar Bergman**
**Starring: Victor Sjostrom, Bibi Andersson, Ingrid Thulin**
**Rated: NR (Suggested: PG-13 for Thematic Material)**
**Running Time: 1 h 31 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Dream Sequences**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

Wild Strawberries (1957)

July 11, 2018

An elderly professor takes a road trip from Stockholm to Lund to receive an honorary degree.

The Seagull (2018)

June 28, 2018

In this adaptation of the Anton Chekov an aging actress and her son, a rising writer, butt heads over their art, societal place, and choice of romantic interests. As a holiday by the lake unfolds so do their dysfunctions and fears.

On Chesil Beach (2017)

June 12, 2018

Flo and Ed, newly married, arrive at their seaside hotel to celebrate their Honeymoon, but as their relationship’s history is unfolded and the moment of consumption draws near, the things left unsaid during their courtship cause them to question their marriage.

Adrift (2018)

June 5, 2018

When a tropical storm tears her ship apart, inexperienced sailor, Tami, must limp the boat back to shore while caring for Richard, her brutally wounded finance’.

Disobedience

May 29, 2018

A woman returns home to a tight-knit religious community that once shunned her for her attraction to a childhood friend. Once they’re reunited, the two friends begin to explore the romantic feelings that arise.

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**Directed by: Danny Boyle**
**Starring: Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Madhur Mittal**
**Rated: R for Some Violence, Disturbing Images and Language**
**Running Time: 2 h**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Editing, Directing, Cinematography, Message**
**WEAKNESSES: Melodramatic Moments**

Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

May 21, 2018

When he is accused of cheating, an orphan from Mumbai recounts moments from his life that helped him answer questions on the Indian version of “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?”

Overboard (2018)

May 8, 2018

A playboy billionaire is afflicted amnesia and duped into playing the blue-collar-hardworking-husband to a disgruntled ex-employee, who convinces him that she is his wife.

Red Sparrow

**Directed by: Francis Lawrence**
**Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton, Jeremy Irons**
**Rated: R for Strong Violence, Torture, Sexual Content, Language and Some Graphic Nudity**
**Running Time: 2 h 19 m**
**TMM Score: 2 Stars Out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Extravagant Sets and Locations**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Writing, Acting**

Red Sparrow (2018)

March 5, 2018

After a career ending accident, former ballerina Dominika Egorova is recruited into “sparrow school,” a specialized spy branch in Russia, where the agents are taught to use their powers of seduction as a tool.

Charly (1968)

February 22, 2018

Charlie Gordon, a man with an IQ of 59, undergoes a surgery that transforms him into a genius, but as he becomes smarter, he realizes the operation may not have been everything he hoped.

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