RAMEN SHOP- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “Japanese ramen chef Masato Yamamoto lost his mother at age 10, so when he comes across an old notebook of hers after his father dies, he travels to Singapore — where he was born — to piece together his family’s history.”
3/22/19- Fair reviews at best. TRDB.
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SUNSET- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “In 1913, young Irisz Leiter returns to Budapest hoping to find work as a milliner at the elegant hat store that her late parents once owned. Initially denied a job by the new proprietor, Irisz decides to begin a quest for answers about her lost past.”
3/22/19- Weak reviews by both critics and audiences. TRDB.
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YARDIE- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “Things are looking up for Jamaican “D” when he heads to London to deliver some cocaine and reunites with a former sweetheart and their child. But after learning his brother’s killer lives in England, D’s thoughts of going straight shift to revenge.”
3/15/19- Poor reviews from all sources. TRDB.
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KNIFE+HEART- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “Paris, Summer 1979. Anne (French pop star Vanessa Paradis) produces third-rate gay porn. After her editor and lover Lois leaves her, she tries to win her back by shooting her most ambitious film yet with her trusted, flaming sidekick Archibald. But one of her actors is brutally murdered and Anne gets caught up in a strange investigation that turns her life upside-down.”
3/15/19- Fair reviews from the critics and poor ones from audiences. TRDB.
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ICEMAN- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “Using the discovery of a Neolithic man’s mummified remains as a jumping-off point, this inventive drama imagines that prehistoric man’s long and perilous quest to exact revenge for the murders that wiped out his tribe.”
3/16/19- Good reviews by the critics and poor ones by audiences. TRDB.
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ASH IS PUREST WHITE- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “When a young gang attacks her mobster boyfriend, Bin, loyal Qiao uses his illegal gun to save him — landing her in prison for five years. But after she’s released, Qiao finds that Bin has moved on without her, and she sets off to track him down.”
3/15/19- Excellent reviews. TRDB.
7/26/19- Some interesting scenes that I enjoyed but I can’t really recommend this way-too-long Chinese movie. TRDB. Netflix Disc.
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3 FACES- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “From Iranian director Jafar Panahi — who’s banned from making films in his country — comes this incisive parable that follows a rural girl bent on attending a Tehran drama conservatory despite her hidebound parents’ strong opposition.”
3/8/19- Excellent reviews by the critics and weak ones from audiences. TRDB.
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AN ELEPHANT SITTING STILL- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “Four intertwining narratives propel this moving drama about a quartet of tortured souls trapped by circumstances and obsessed with reaching the city of Manzhouli, where a mythical elephant sits in indifference to the world’s cruelty.”
3/8/19- Excellent reviews by the critics and fair at best reviews from audiences. TRDB.
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CLIMAX- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “On the outskirts of Paris, 20 young dancers gather at a closed boarding school for three days of intensive rehearsals. But at the after-party, things descend into chaos when the punch bowl is spiked with LSD.”
3/1/19- Fair reviews from critics and audiences. TRDB.
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WOMAN AT WAR- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “Believing that the aluminum industry is destroying the Icelandic environment, middle-aged Halla begins waging a secret eco-war to protect the landscape. But her crusade is interrupted when she gets a chance to fulfill her dream of adopting a child.”
3/1/19- Excellent reviews from all sources. TRDB.
3/15/19- Very different to say the least but interesting and very well acted. I recommend it. TRDB. At the Theater.
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