MV5BMjExMDQ1NjMzOV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMjkxMzMyNzM@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,674,1000_AL_.jpg — Velevet Buzzsaw (2019)

**Directed by: Dan Gilroy**
**Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Zawe Ashton, Toni Collette, Natalia Dyer, Daveed Diggs, John Malkovich**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 53 m**
**TMM Score: 2.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Acting, Theme**
**WEAKNESSES: Unlikeable Characters, Finding a Tone**

Velvet Buzzsaw (2019)

February 8, 2019

After a series of paintings by a recently deceased unknown artist are discovered, a group of artists try to get rich off the artist’s work, only to find the artwork fighting back.

sb 2.jpg — The Sisters Brothers (2018)

**Directed by: Jaques Audiard**
**Starring: John C. Reilly, Joaquin Phoenix, Jake Gyllenhaal, Riz Ahmed**
**Rated: R Rated**
**Running Time: 2h 1m**
**TMM Score: 3 Stars**
**STRENGTHS: Acting**
**WEAKNESSES: Unfocused Story and Tone**

The Sisters Brothers (2018)

February 6, 2019

The Gold Rush is one but for famous bounty hunter brothers, Charlie and Eli Sisters, that means less prospecting and more tracking down a chemist with a gold revealing formula.

There Will Be Blood (2007)

February 5, 2019

A game of power between a millionaire oil man and a small town priest.

MV5BMjQzMzEzNDU2NV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMzQ4NTUwNTM@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,670,1000_AL_.jpg — Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018)

**Directed by: Marielle Heller**
**Starring: Melissa McCarthy, Richard E Grant, Ben Falcone**
**Rated: R for Language Including Some Sexual References, and Brief Drug Use**
**Running Time: 1 h 46 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Acting, Story**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018)

February 4, 2019

Based on the true story of Lee Israel, a best selling author that became a literary forger when her work fell out of style.

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**Directed by: Chang-dong Lee**
**Starring: Ah-in Yoo, Steven Yeun, Jong-seo Jun**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Some Sexuality and Nudity, and Brief Drug Use and Violence)**
**Running Time: 2 h 28 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Themes, Atmosphere**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

Burning (2018)

February 1, 2019

A man runs into a woman that he used to know by chance and they form a tenuous friendship. After the woman returns from a trip, she introduces him to her new mysterious friend.

Take Shelter (2011)

January 30, 2019

Plagued by visions which foretell of an apocalyptic storm, Curtis struggles to convince his family and the community around them, that he isn’t going insane as he sinks everything into building a storm shelter.

Suspiria (2018)

January 28, 2019

An American dancer travels to Berlin to join a mysterious dance troupe.

Roma (2018)

January 25, 2019

A year in the life of a maid living in Mexico City during the 1970s.

koasd 1.jpeg — The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)

**Directed by: Yorgos Lanthimos**
**Starring: Colin Farrell, Barry Keoghan, Nicole Kidman, Sunny Suljic**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 2h 1m**
**TMM Score: 5 Stars**
**STRENGTHS: Acting, Concept, Themes**
**WEAKNESSES: Story, Slow**

The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)

January 23, 2019

When a confident and in-control surgeon, Steven’s young mentee, Martin, informs him that Steven’s son’s mysterious illness can only be stopped by a horrifying act, he must make the hardest choice he has ever had to make.

MV5BNzA2NmYxMWUtNzBlMC00MWM2LTkwNmQtYTFlZjQwODNhOWE0XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNTIzOTk5ODM@._V1_.jpg — The Great Escape (1963)

**Directed by: John Sturges**
**Starring: Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasence**
**Rated: NR (Suggested PG-13 for Some War Violence)**
**Running Time: 2 h 52 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Characters, Writing, Directing, Story, Acting**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

The Great Escape (1963)

January 21, 2019

Allied prisoners of war plan an escape from a German camp during World War II.

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**Directed by: Ted Kotcheff**
**Starring: Gary Bond, Donald Pleasence, Sylvia Kay**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 49 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Setting, Writing, Directing**
**WEAKNESSES: Extended Sequence of Animal Cruelty**

Wake in Fright (1971)

January 18, 2019

A schoolteacher in the remote reaches of the Australian Outback tries to escape the wilderness during his holiday, but the outback has other plans for him.

91aPxJCgZzL._RI_.jpg — Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954)

Directed by: Hiroshi Inagaki
Starring: Toshirô Mifune, Mariko Okada, Rentarô Mikuni
Rated: NR
Running Time: 1h 33m
TMM Score: 3.5 out of 5
STRENGTHS: Characters, Story, Themes, Color, Japan
WEAKNESSES: Action, Blocking

Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954)

January 17, 2019

An aspiring warrior joins the losing side of a feudal war, sending him on a downward spiral as he finds himself a wanted fugitive in the land he once called home.

The Lobster (2015)

January 16, 2019

In an alternate and twisted modern/future society, single men and women have 45 days in a singles hotel to find a mate whilst attending mixers, dances, and hunts. If they fail, they are transformed into an animal of their choosing.

MV5BNzk4OTI2MTUtZmM1NS00NWFiLWJjYWUtNzYxODIyMWRmMDQ4XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyODY3Nzc0OTk@._V1_.jpg — The House that Jack Built (2018)

**Directed by: Lars von Trier**
**Starring: Matt Dillon, Bruno Ganz, Uma Thurman, Riley Keough**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 2 h 32 m**
**TMM Score: 2 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Matt Dillon, Some Writing**
**WEAKNESSES: Direction, A Majority of the Writing**

The House that Jack Built (2018)

January 14, 2019

Serial killer Jack recounts twelve years of of his life.

MV5BMTg5MDA4MDk4MV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNTE4ODg3MQ@@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,675,1000_AL_.jpg — Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (2008)

**Directed by: Marina Zenovich**
**Starring: Roman Polanski, Samantha Geimer, Mia Farrow**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Thematic Elements and Sexual Dialogue)**
**Running Time: 1 h 39 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Story, Presentation**
**WEAKNESSES:**

Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (2008)

January 11, 2019

An examination of the life of Roman Polanski; his work, and the scandal that caused him to flee the United States and remain a fugitive for forty years.

ALphaville Poster.jpg — Alphaville (1965)

**Directed by: Jean-Luc Godard**
**Starring: Eddie Constantine, Anna Karina, Akim Tamiroff, Howard Vernon**
**Rated: NR**
**Running Time: 1h 39m**
**TMM Score: 2 out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Theme**
**WEAKNESSES: Direction, Editing, Budget**

Alphaville (1965)

January 10, 2019

A secret agent from The Outlands ventures into Alphaville on a three part mission that concludes in the destruction of Alphaville’s creator.

mid 1.jpg — mid90s (2018)

**Directed by: Jonah Hill**
**Starring: Sunny Suljic, Katherine Waterston, Lucas Hedges**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1h 25m**
**TMM Score: 4 Stars**
**STRENGTHS: Acting, Authenticity**
**WEAKNESSES: An Unmotivated Sequence Toward the End**

mid90s (2018)

January 9, 2019

Stevie is 13 and ready to grow up. When he starts hanging out with a group of older skateboarders he finds a new family full of its own dis-functions and love.

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**Directed by: Felix van Groeningen**
**Starring: Steve Carell, Timothee Chalamet, Maura Tierney, Amy Ryan, Kaitlin Dever**
**Rated: R for Drug Content Throughout, Language, and Brief Sexual Material**
**Running Time: 2 h**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Acting, Story**
**WEAKNESSES: Directing, Some Cheesy Writing, Soundtrack**

Beautiful Boy (2018)

January 7, 2019

Based on a pair of best-selling memoirs from father and son David and Nic Sheff. Nic struggled for years with methamphetamine addiction.

Tess (1979)

January 3, 2019

Tess Durbeyfield, a young and innocent farm girl, attempts to rise above her meager station by becoming a servant to a distant relation, when she arrives, circumstances much beyond her control drastically change her life.

MV5BMTg1NzQwMDQxNV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNDg2NDYyNjM@._V1_.jpg — The Favourite (2018)

**Directed by: Yorgos Lanthimos**
**Starring: Olivia Colman, Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz, Nicolas Hoult**
**Rated: R for Strong Sexual Content, Nudity, and Language**
**Running Time: 1 h 59 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Characters, Unique Cinematography, Production Design, Acting, Pacing**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

The Favourite (2018)

December 24, 2018

The frail Queen Anne takes advice from her confidant and secret lover Lady Sarah, whom effectively runs the kingdom, until an outsider named Abigail challenges the relationship of the Queen and Lady Sarah, testing it’s strength for her own benefit.

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