THE BLACKCOAT’S DAUGHTER- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “Stranded and snowbound at their isolated boarding school when their parents fail to fetch them for winter break, Rose and Kat encounter an unseen sinister presence as a haunted young woman on a mission heads in their direction.”
5/9/17- Fair reviews for this horror movie and I don’t do horror. Forget it! TRDB.
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SACRED- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “Recruiting the labors of filmmakers the world over, director Thomas Lennon creates a stunning montage of the spiritual practices and beliefs — some solemn, some celebratory and some mysterious — followed by dozens of cultures.”
5/5/17- Only a few reviews but they are all good. TRDB.
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TAKE ME- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “Despite his gift for staging simulated kidnappings, Ray’s business is flagging. So, when a stranger offers generous pay for a weekend abduction, Ray leaps at the opportunity — only to find that all is not what it seems.”
5/5/17- Poor reviews. TRDB.
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TA’ANG- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “For the Ta’ang people of Myanmar’s Kokang region, civil war has been a constant for decades. Joining a group of displaced Ta’ang refugees who’ve escaped over the border to China, filmmaker Bing Wang documents their nomadic lives.”
5/5/17- Just a few early reviews but they are all good. TRDB.
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JULIAN SCHNABEL: A PRIVATE PORTRAIT- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “Celebrating the imaginative and eclectic achievements of artist and filmmaker Julian Schnabel, this absorbing documentary recounts the high and low points of his life and career through interviews with his family, friends and fellow artists”
5/5/17- Mostly poor reviews. TRDB.
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BURDEN- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “In the 1970s, Chris Burden stunned the art world by staging performance events in which he was variously shot, electrocuted and crucified. This biographical documentary recounts the artist’s fascinating career and his recollections of the events.”
5/5/17- Great reviews by all with the notable exception of the NY Times. TRDB.
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ANGKOR AWAKENS: A PORTRAIT OF CAMBODIA- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “Cambodia’s horrific ordeal of genocide during the 1970s — carried out by the Khmer Rouge — still casts a shadow over the nation. This incisive documentary looks at the country’s recovery from holocaust and its lingering psychological wounds.”
5/5/17-Just a few reviews so far but they are all good. TRDB.
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A WOMAN’S LIFE- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “A moving and beautiful, but fragmented, account of the life of Jeanne as she sets out on the path of adult life and gradually experiences the harsh realities of a woman’s life in the 19th-century.”
5/5/17- Fairly good reviews. TRDB.
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RISK- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “In this insightful documentary that unspools in the vein of a thriller, filmmaker Laura Poitras trains her lens on WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, whose whistle-blowing operation has reveled in a decade of exposing government surveillance programs.”
5/5/17- Very good reviews for this documentary. TRDB.
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HAROLD AND LILLIAN: A HOLLYWOOD LOVE STORY- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “Rarely credited on-screen for their work, storyboard artist Harold Michelson and his wife, film researcher Lillian, nonetheless had a profound impact on 60 years of filmmaking. This documentary spotlights their professional and romantic partnership.”
4/28/17- Excellent reviews by the critics and very good ones from audiences. TRDB.
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