Conan the Barbarian (1982)

August 10, 2018

A barbarian seeks vengeance on the sorcerer that slew his parents when he was a child.

MV5BMjA0ODU0OTQ5N15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMzYzMzIxMDE@._V1_.jpg — Anatomy of a Murder (1959)

**Directed by: Otto Preminger**
**Starring: James Stewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara, Arthur O'Connell, George C. Scott**
**Rated: NR (Suggested PG-13 for Thematic Material Including Rape Related Dialogue)**
**Running Time: 2 h 40 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Acting, Writing**
**WEAKNESSES: Length**

Anatomy of a Murder (1959)

August 9, 2018

A lawyer from a small Michigan town defends a man who killed another man who raped his wife.

Eraserhead Poster.jpg — Eraserhead (1977)

**Directed by: David Lynch**
**Starring: Jack Nance, Charlotte Stewart, Allen Joseph**
**Rated: NR (Best Guess PG-13)**
**Running Time: 1h 29m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Overall Directorial Vision**
**WEAKNESSES: It's Weird Dude.**

Eraserhead (1977)

August 9, 2018

A strange man in a strange world is forced to marry a strange woman when he gets her pregnant. She has a strange baby which she cannot console so she leaves the man and he kills the baby. The baby might be an alien. Strange.

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**Directed by: Terrence Malick**
**Starring: Jim Caviezel, Sean Penn, Nick Nolte, Woody Harrelson**
**Rated: R for Realistic War Violence and Language**
**Running Time: 2 h 50 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Cinematography, Directing, Acting, Writing**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing (?)**

The Thin Red Line (1998)

August 8, 2018

A depiction of the conflict at Guadalcanal during WW2.

taxi driver 8.jpg — Taxi Driver (1976)

**Directed by: Martin Scorsese**
**Starring: Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1h 54m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Acting, Snapshot of 70s New York**
**WEAKNESSES: Slow Paced**

Taxi Driver (1976)

August 8, 2018

Travis Bickle is an army vet just trying to rejoin society. He gets a job as a Taxi Driver so he can avoid the day time noise and crowd of the city but the nighttime sleaze and filth pushes him further to the edges of his sanity.

Election (1999)

August 7, 2018

A high school teacher’s life begins to unravel as student council elections draw near.

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**Directed by:Carlos Lopez Estrada**
**Starring: Daveed Diggs, Rafael Casal, Janina Gavankar**
**Rated: R for Language Throughout, Some Brutal Violence, Sexual References and Drug Use**
**Running Time: 1 h 35 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Acting, Humor, Gritty Feel**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

Blindspotting (2018)

August 6, 2018

A social commentary comedy about two best friends- one black, one white- navigate the streets of Oakland, trying to stay out of trouble for three more days, until the black man gets off probation.

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.

popeye 1.jpg — Popeye (1980)

**Directed by: Robert Altman**
**Starring: Robin Williams, Shelley Duvall**
**Rated: PG**
**Running Time: 1h 54m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS:When the movie is a cartoon.**
**WEAKNESSES: When the movie is a movie**

Popeye (1980)

August 3, 2018

A strange sailor, in search of his father, drifts into a ramshackle town. He’ll find more family than he bargains for as the town of Sweet Haven finds a hero.

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**Directed by: Louis Malle**
**Starring: Jeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, Georges Poujouly, Yori Bertin**
**Rated: NR (Suggested PG-13 for Some Violence and Thematic Material)**
**Running Time: 1 h 31 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Soundtrack, Always Raising Stakes**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Pacing/ Drawn Out Scenes**

Elevator to the Gallows (1958)

August 3, 2018

A businessman murders his employer, which sets off a series of crimes.

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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.

spring breakers 4.jpg — Spring Breakers (2012)

**Directed by: Harmony Korine**
**Starring: Vanessa Hudgens, Selena Gomez, James Franco, Ashley Benson, Rachel Korine**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1h 34m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Editing, Lighting, Energy**
**WEAKNESSES: Extreme Content**

Spring Breakers (2012)

August 1, 2018

When four high schoolers run away from their conservative homes to live it up over spring break, the idea of returning to their him drum lives pushes them to party harder and harder, rather than go home.

Repo Man (1984)

July 31, 2018

In an alternate version of LA, a young punk named Otto gets wrapped up in the world of repo men. When there’s a large reward put out for a certain Chevy Malibu his world gets even crazier.

MV5BMjE3OTI1MTU0OV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNTg1MzkzNTM@._V1_.jpg — Leave No Trace (2018)

**Directed by: Debra Granik**
**Starring: Thomasin McKenzie, Ben Foster**
**Rated: PG for Thematic Material Throughout**
**Running Time: 1 h 49 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Acting From Leads, Writing, Cinematography, Directing, Sound Design**
**WEAKNESSES: Acting From Secondary Characters, Mild Pacing Problems**

Leave No Trace (2018)

July 30, 2018

A veteran with severe PTSD and his thirteen-year-old daughter live in a nature preserve near Portland, Oregon until they are discovered. When they are forced to return to society, one adapts more easily than the other.

Badlands (1973)

July 30, 2018

In the 1950s, a teenage girl becomes romantically involved with an older greaser. When her father finds out and forbids them to see each other again, they kill her father, and then flee across the country, leaving a trail of bodies in their wake.

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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.

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**Directed by: Christopher McQuarrie**
**Starring: Tom Cruise, Henry Cavil, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Sean Harris, Angela Bassett, Michelle Monaghan, Wes Bently, Alec Baldwin**
**Rated: PG-13 for Violence and Intense Sequences of Action, and For Brief Strong Language**
**Running Time: 2 h 27 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Action, Writing, Memorable Villain, Higher Stakes**
**WEAKNESSES: Expositional Dialogue, Suspension of Disbelief Required**

Mission: Impossible Fallout (2018)

July 27, 2018

After a mission goes wrong and three cores of plutonium go missing, and Ethan and his team scramble to try and recover them.

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.

Mission: Impossible: Rogue Nation (2015)

July 26, 2018

After the IMF is shut down, Ethan Hunt goes rogue to find the Syndicate, a deadly crime organization.

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