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**Directed by: Roman Polanski**
**Starring: Jon Finch, Francesca Annis, Martin Shaw, Terence Bayler, Nicholas Selby, Stephan Chase**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 2 h 20 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Story, Direction, Cinematography, Production Design**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Pacing**

Macbeth (1971)

July 10, 2019

With the help of his wife, a Scottish lord murders his king and ascends to the throne, only to be driven mad by his guilt.

MV5BMTY0MzUwODc4N15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMjMyMjY0NzM@._V1_.jpg — Rocketman (2019)

**Directed by: Dexter Fletcher**
**Starring: Taron Egerton, Jamie Bell, Richard Madden, Bryce Dallas Howard**
**Rated: R for Language Throughout, Some Drug Use and Sexual Content**
**Running Time: 2 h 1 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Directing, Music, Acting**
**WEAKNESSES: Ending**

Rocketman (2019)

July 9, 2019

A musical that looks at the breakthrough years of Elton John.

MV5BMDNlY2RmMzktZTcwYS00MDRmLWExNWEtZmZiMzFkMDQxY2M2XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNDkzNTM2ODg@._V1_.jpg — Multiple Maniacs (1970)

**Directed by: John Waters**
**Starring: Divine, David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pearce, Mink Stole, Cookie Mueller, Edith Massey, George Figgs**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Strong Sexual and Violent Content, Comic Disturbing Behavior and Language)**
**Running Time: 1 h 37 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Some Acting, Themes**
**WEAKNESSES: Overall Technical Aspects**

Multiple Maniacs (1970)

July 9, 2019

The Lady Divine becomes enraged after her boyfriend cheats on her, and descends into a life of murder and deviousness.

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**Directed by: Robert Altman**
**Starring: Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Rene Auberjonois, Hugh Millais, Shelley Duvall, Corey Fischer**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 2 h**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Story, Acting, Pacing, Production Design**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)

July 8, 2019

A gambler and a prostitute form a partnership and make a fortune in a remote Old West mining town, until a large corporation makes an offer to buy them out.

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**Directed by: Barry Jenkins**
**Starring: Mahershala Ali, Naomie Harris, Trevante Rhodes, Alex Hibbert, Janelle Monae, Ashton Sanders**
**Rated: R for Some Sexuality, Drug Use, Brief Violence, and Language Throughout**
**Running Time: 1 h 51 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Directing, Writing, Cinematography, Acting, Themes and Message**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

Moonlight (2016)

July 5, 2019

A closeted gay black man in a rough neighborhood in Miami struggles to define who he is and what that means over the course of his life.

MV5BMzQxNzQzOTQwM15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMDQ2NTcwODM@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,674,1000_AL_.jpg — Midsommar (2019)

**Directed by: Ari Aster**
**Starring: Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, William Jackson Harper, Will Poulter, Anders Back, Ellora Torchia**
**Rated: R for Disturbing Ritualistic Violence and Grisly Images, Strong Sexual Content, Graphic Nudity, Drug Use and Language**
**Running Time: 2 h 27 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Directing, World Building, Themes, Cinematography, Acting**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Pacing**

Midsommar (2019)

July 4, 2019

A couple whose relationship is on the fritz travels to Sweden for a midsummer festival which, they soon learn, finds its roots in pagan ritual.

bs 1.jpg — If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)

**Directed By: Barry Jenkins**
**Starring: Kiki Layne, Stephan James, Regina King, Tayonna Parris, Coleman Domingo, Diego Luna, Dave Franco**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 1h 59m**
**TMM Score: 5**
**Strengths: Story, Acting, Cinematography**
**Weakness: None**

If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)

July 3, 2019

In 1970’s Harlem, Tish and Fonny, a young couple, bind their souls to each other with love, though the world seems hell-bent on breaking that bond.

Annie Hall (1977)

July 1, 2019

A neurotic New York comedian falls in love with a ditzy girl.

The Lives of Others.jpg — The Lives of Others (2006)

**Directed by: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck**
**Starring: Ulrich Muhe, Sebastian Koch, Martina Gedeck, Ulrich Tukur**
**Rated: R for Some Sexuality/Nudity**
**Running Time: 2 h 17 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Acting, Message**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

The Lives of Others (2006)

June 28, 2019

In 1984 East Berlin, an agent of the secret police conducting surveillance on a writer and his lover finds himself becoming absorbed into their lives.

81d+sHqXu8L._SL1500_.jpg — The Cable Guy (1996)

**Directed by: Ben Stiller**
**Starring: Jim Carrey, Matthew Broderick, Leslie Mann, Jack Black, Eric Roberts, David Cross, Owen Wilson, Andy Dick, Ben Stiller**
**Rated: PG-13 for Dark Thematic Elements and Crude Humor**
**Running Time: 1 h 36 m**
**TMM Score: 2.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Unique Story, Some Humor**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Humor**

The Cable Guy (1996)

June 28, 2019

A lonely cable guy desperately seeks a new friend.

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: Paul Verhoeven**
**Starring: Casper Van Dien, Denise Richards, Dina Meyer, Jake Busey, Neil Patrick Harris, Clancy Brown, Patrick Muldoon, Michael Ironside**
**Rated: R for Graphic Sci-Fi Violence and Gore, and For Some Language and Nudity**
**Running Time: 2 h 9 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, World Building, Directing, Satire, Fun**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing During First Half**

Starship Troopers (1997)

June 21, 2019

A satire on fascism where humans wage war against giant alien bugs.

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.

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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.

MV5BMTY2MDgwODIyMV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwODc1NDQ0NA@@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,675,1000_AL_.jpg — Your Highness (2011)

**Directed by: David Gordon Green**
**Starring: Danny McBride, James Franco, Rasmus Hardiker, Natalie Portman, Toby Jones, Justin Theroux, Zooey Deschanel, Charles Dance, Damian Lewis**
**Rated: R for Strong Crude and Sexual Content, Pervasive Language, Nudity, Violence and Some Drug Use**
**Running Time: 1 h 42 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Some Humor, Some Writing, Production Design**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Humor, Some Writing, Narrow Target Audience**

Your Highness (2011)

June 7, 2019

After Prince Fabious’s Bride is kidnapped, he goes on a quest to rescue her, accompanied by his lazy useless brother Thadeous.

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.

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: David Robert Mitchell**
**Starring: Andrew Garfield, Riley Keough, Topher Grace, Riki Lindhome, Callie Hernandez**
**Rated: R for Strong Sexual Content, Graphic Nudity, Violence, Language Throughout and Some Drug Use**
**Running Time: 2 h 19 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Themes, Cinematography**
**WEAKNESSES: A Few Chintzy Sets and Effects**

Under the Silver Lake (2018)

May 27, 2019

A directionless young man living in LA meets a girl whom then mysteriously vanishes overnight, prompting him to embark on a quest to find her. As he quests, he finds himself wrapped up in a bizarre conspiracy.

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