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**Directed by: Wojciech Has**
**Starring: Jan Nowicki, Tadeusz Kondrat, Irena Orska, Halina Kowalska**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Some Nudity and Sexual Situations, and Foreboding Images and Themes)**
**Running Time: 2 h 4 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Production Design, Writing, Directing, Acting, Editing, Ingenuity**
**WEAKNESSES: May Be Difficult to Follow First Time Through**

The Hourglass Sanatorium (1973)

October 4, 2018

A man named Jozef visits a sanatorium where his father is staying, only to find that within its walls, time doesn’t behave the way it should.

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**Directed by: Adrian Lyne**
**Starring: Tim Robbins, Elizabeth Pena, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Jason Alexander**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 53 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Acting, Atmosphere, Effects**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

Jacob's Ladder (1990)

October 4, 2018

A Vietnam veteran struggles to maintain his sanity as he’s bombarded with delusions that might be the result of something that happened while he fought in the war.

Seduced and Abandoned (1964)

October 3, 2018

When Agnese, the youngest daughter of a Sicilian family, falls for her older sister’s fiance’, Peppino, she ends up pregnant a with a family desperate to see justice served and their daughter married, whether anyone involved actually wants that or not.

MV5BMjEzNDQ0MzM0N15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMzA1NDM1Nw@@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,640,1000_AL_.jpg — The Loved Ones (2009)

**Directed by: Sean Byrne**
**Starring: Xavier Samuel, Robin McLeavy, John Brumpton**
**Rated: R for Strong Bloody Violence and Torture, Sexuality, Some Language, Teen Drug and Alcohol Use.**
**Running Time: 1 h 24 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Acting By Leads, Continually Ups Stakes**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Acting By Secondary Characters**

The Loved Ones (2009)

October 3, 2018

After Brent turns down Lola’s invitation to prom, she and her father kidnap Brent and force him to come to dinner.

Firemen's Ball Czech poster.jpg — The Firemen’s Ball (1967)

**Directed by: Milos Forman**
**Starring: Jan Vostrcil, Josef Sebanek, Josef Valnoha**
**Rated: NR (Suggested PG-13 for Some Suggestive Content)**
**Running Time: 1 h 13 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Satire, Humor, Writing**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Gags Go On Too Long**

The Firemen's Ball (1967)

October 3, 2018

A satire on communism. A Fire Department in a small village in Chechoslovakia throws a party for their former boss, inviting the whole town, but nothing goes according to plan.

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**Directed by: Brian De Palma**
**Starring: John Lithgow, Lolita Davidovich, Steven Bauer**
**Rated: R for Sexuality, Language and Terror Violence**
**Running Time: 1 h 31 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Acting, Directing, Editing**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Familiar Story Elements**

Raising Cain (1992)

October 3, 2018

After a man’s wife cheats on him, he becomes increasingly unstable.

Dazed and Confused (1993)

October 3, 2018

The first day of summer. The jocks, cheerleaders, geeks, stoners and all the rest are turning out to show the incoming freshman what high school is all about. Hazing, partying, making friends, and discovering who you are.

eXistenZ (1999)

October 2, 2018

Allegra Geller, a world famous game designer and Ted Pikul, a marketing trainee, go on the run after reality-enthusiast assassins try to kill Allegra.

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**Directed by: David Cronenberg**
**Starring: Marilyn Chambers, Frank Moore, Joe Silver**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 31 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Practical Effects, Pacing, Directing**
**WEAKNESSES: Overreaches, Plot Holes**

Rabid (1977)

October 2, 2018

After a motorcycle accident and then subsequent experimental plastic surgery, a woman develops a strange disease, which makes her thirst for blood.

Rabid Grannies (1988)

October 2, 2018

The greedy members of the Remington family gather together to celebrate the birthdays of their two elderly aunts that have an enormous fortune. But after opening a gift from their estranged nephew, things get a little out of control.

Phenomena (1985)

October 1, 2018

A young girl who is both a psychic with a strong connection to insects and the daughter of a famous actor is sent to a boarding school in Switzerland, where her unusual abilities may help her to solve a string of gruesome murders.

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**Directed by: Dario Argento**
**Starring: Anthony Franciosa, Daria Nicolodi, Giuliano Gemma**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 40 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Soundtrack, Giallo Goodness, Meta Commentary**
**WEAKNESSES: It’s Not for Everyone**

Tenebre (1982)

October 1, 2018

A writer arrives in Rome to promote his book, only to be stalked by a serial killer obsessed with the writers work.

Two Evil Eyes (1990)

October 1, 2018

Two horror stories from Edgar Allan Poe, directed by horror auteurs George A Romero and Dario Argento.

Inferno (1980)

October 1, 2018

An American student living in Rome and his sister in New York try to figure out why a slew of killings have started near them.

Suspiria (1977)

October 1, 2018

An American ballerina attends a prestigious ballet academy, only to realize that something sinister is happening within its walls.

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**Directed by: Dario Argento**
**Starring: Tony Musante, Suzy Kendall, Enrico Maria Salerno, Eva Renzi, Umberto Raho**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Several Depictions of Murder)**
**Running Time: 1 h 36 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Characters, Story, Cinematography, Writing, Directing**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Expositional Ending**

The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970)

October 1, 2018

A writer is witness to an attempted murder and is then stalked by a serial killer.

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**Directed by: Dario Argento**
**Starring: Cristina Marsillach, Ian Charlson, Urbano Barberini**
**Rated: R for Strong Terror and Violence, and a Scene of Sexuality**
**Running Time: 1 h 47 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Directing, Atmosphere, Pacing**
**WEAKNESSES: Dialogue, Plot Holes (?)**

Opera (1985)

October 1, 2018

A young opera singer is stalked by a fan intent on killing the people around her.

relaxer 1.jpg — Relaxer (2018)

**Directed by: Joel Potrykus**
**Starring: Joshua Burge, David Dastmalchian, Andre Hyland**
**Rated: NR**
**Running Time: 1h 31m**
**TMM Score: 4 Stars**
**STRENGTHS: Storytelling Style, Compelling Performances, Bold Camera Work**
**WEAKNESSES: A Slight Pacing Drag in the Middle.**

Relaxer (2018)

September 28, 2018

Abbie is a quitter. He has quit every challenge his brother, Cam, has ever posed to him, but NO MORE. For once he’s going to complete the challenge, even if it means not moving from his seat on the couch till he beats level 256 of Pac Man. After all, with Y2K looming he only has 6 months to do it.

ordet 1.jpg — Ordet (1955)

**Directed by: Carl Theodor Dreyer**
**Starring: Henrik Malberg, Emil Hass Christensen, Preben Lerdorff Rye**
**Rated: NR**
**Running Time: 2h 6m**
**TMM Score: 5 Stars**
**STRENGTHS: Cinematography, Story**
**WEAKNESSES: None**

Ordet (1955)

September 27, 2018

Morten Borgen has three sons. One is an atheist, another is insane, thinking himself to be Jesus, and the youngest wishes to marry the daughter of a fundamentalist. When The eldest sons wife, falls ill and her pregnancy turns dangerous, family ties and faith will be tested.

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**Directed by: Pietro Germi**
**Starring: Marcello Mastroianni, Daniela Rocca, Stefania Sandrelli**
**Rated: NR (Suggested PG-13 for Suggestive Content)**
**Running Time: 1 h 45 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Acting, Directing, Cinematography**
**WEAKNESSES: Content (?)**

Divorce Italian Style (1961)

September 26, 2018

A married Sicilian man, unhappy in his marriage, falls in love with his younger cousin and vows to wed her. But, since divorce is illegal in Italy, he must devise a way to convince his wife to have an affair so he can commit a crime of passion.

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