DISTANT CONSTELLATION- 2018. Synopsis by Netflix. “As the world outside an Istanbul retirement home undergoes rapid change, the residents within — including artists, pranksters and historians — live out their last years with an eye on the past while they recount their colorful stories.”
11/3/18- Very good reviews for this documentary. TRDB.
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DAUGHTERS OF THE SEXUAL REVOLUTION: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE DALLAS COWBOYS CHEERLEADERS- 2018. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “The behind-the-scenes story of how the original Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders became a controversial pop culture phenomenon at the height of the Sexual Revolution. With unprecedented access to Director Suzanne Mitchell, the fiercely-loyal “Godmother of modern cheerleading,” this documentary complicates the legend of the most iconic squad of cheerleaders in the world.”
11/3/18- Very good reviews from audiences and good ones from the critics. TRDB.
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BOY ERASED- 2018. Synopsis by Netflix. “Nineteen-year-old Jared is far from ready to tell his parents that he’s gay, but they find out anyway, forcing him to make a choice: attend a “conversion therapy” program or be shunned by his family and Baptist community.”
11/2/18- Very good reviews by the critics and fairly good ones from audiences. TRDB.
11/28/18- Another good movie about what it’s like being gay and the folly of “conversion therapy.” TRDB. At the Theater.
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BODIED- 2018. Synopsis by Netflix. “At first, graduate student Adam Merkin is only interested in the brutal art of battle rap as a thesis topic — until he discovers by chance that he has a talent for the art form. But his gift for public putdowns soon has unexpected consequences.”
11/2/18- Excellent reviews from critics and audiences alike. TRDB.
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SEARCHING FOR INGMAR BERGMAN- 2018. Synopsis by Netflix. “To mark the centennial of legendary director Ingmar Bergman’s birth, noted German filmmaker Margarethe von Trotta revisits the settings, scenes, people and themes key to the auteur’s creative cinematic legacy.”
11/2/18- Excellent reviews for this documentary. TRDB.
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KAILASH- THE PRICE OF FREE- 2018. Synopsis by Netflix. “The story of how Kailash Satyarthi launched a built a global movement to rescue children from slavery.”
11/2/18- Mixed early reviews. TRDB.
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THE GRIEF OF OTHERS- 2018. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. ” The Ryries have suffered a loss: the death of a baby just fifty-seven hours after his birth. Without words to express their grief, the parents, John and Ricky, try to return to their previous lives.”
11/2/18- Excellent reviews. TRDB.
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9 FINGERS- 2018. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “9 FINGERS begins in the manner of a film noir: at night, in a station, a man named Magloire fled. Without baggage and without future. As he falls on a pack of money, trouble begins. ”
11/2/18- Just 4 reviews– 3 up and 1 down. TRDB.
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THE NUTCRACKER AND THE FOUR REALMS- 2018. Synopsis by Netflix. “For Clara, the only thing left of her mother is a locked box containing a priceless gift. Following a golden thread to find the key, Clara enters a parallel universe inhabited by gingerbread soldiers, an army of mice and the tyrant Mother Ginger.”
11/2/18- Really poor reviews. TRDB.
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ANTONIO LOPEZ 1970: SEX FASHION & DISCO- 2018. A feature documentary-based time capsule concerning Paris and New York between 1969 and 1973 and viewed through the eyes of Antonio Lopez (1943-1987), the dominant fashion illustrator of the time, and told through the lives of his colorful and sometimes outrageous milieu.”
10/30/18- Excellent reviews for this documentary. TRDB.
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