EVERYTHING WENT FINE- 2023. “When André (André Dussollier) contacts his adult daughter, Emmanuèle, (Sophie Marceau) with a devastating final wish, she is forced to reconcile her past with him, in François Ozon’s powerful family drama.”
4/17/23- Excellent reviews from the critics and fair ones from audiences. TRDB.
5/29/23- Wonderful acting and a very important topic as well. I liked it very much. TRDB.
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HUMAN FLOWERS OF FLESH- 2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Ida lives on a ship with her crew of five men. In Marseille her attention is caught by the secretive male world of the French Foreign Legion and she decides to follow its traces across the Mediterranean. As Ida and her crew sail via Corsica to the historical headquarters of the Legion in Algeria, boundaries and certainties blur while life at sea produces a special kind of mutual understanding.”
4/16/23- Fair to good reviews. TRDB.
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HONORABLE MEN- 2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Honorable Men tells the story of former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s unexpected rise to power and his dramatic fall from grace, from the highest office in the land to Ward 10 at Maasiyahu Prison. Set as a political thriller, it follows the incredible events that elevated him to power and set the stage for his epic fall, creating a portrait of a multifaceted man and providing a behind-the-scenes look at the mechanisms and machinations that control politics, justice, war and peace.”
4/16/23- Just a few reviews so far and they are mixed. TRDB.
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WILD LIFE- 2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “WILD LIFE follows conservationist Kris Tompkins on an epic, decades-spanning love story as wild as the landscapes she dedicated her life to protecting. After falling in love in mid-life, Kris and the outdoorsman and entrepreneur Doug Tompkins left behind the world of the massively successful outdoor brands they’d helped pioneer — Patagonia, The North Face, and Esprit — and turned their attention to a visionary effort to create National Parks throughout Chile and Argentina.”
4/16/23- Very good reviews for this documentary. TRDB.
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HILMA- 2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “The revolutionary Swedish artist and feminist pioneer Hilma af Klint.”
4/16/23- Fair reviews mostly- including several very good ones and several really poor ones. TRDB.
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PERSONALITY CRISIS: ONE NIGHT ONLY- 2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Continuing his vibrant and invaluable documentaries about iconic American artists and musicians such as George Harrison: Living in the Material World, No Direction Home: Bob Dylan, and the Fran Lebowitz portrait Public Speaking, Martin Scorsese turns his camera on another beloved New York institution: the singular David Johansen.”
4/16/23- Excellent reviews for this documentary. TRDB.
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THE LOST WEEKEND: A LOVE STORY- 2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “”The Lost Weekend: A Love Story” explores the 18-month relationship (1973-1975) that John Lennon spent with May Pang, his Chinese American assistant turned lover (on Yoko Ono’s insistence). With May’s help, Lennon reunited with his son Julian and had his most artistically and commercially productive period post-Beatles.”
4/15/23- This documentary received good reviews and I enjoyed it very much. TRDB.
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THE FORGER- 2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Berlin, 1940. Cioma Schönhaus (Louis Hofmann, star of the hit Neflix series Dark) is a young Jewish man who won’t let anyone take away his zest for life, especially not the Nazis. Since the best hiding spots are in plain sight, Cioma audaciously adopts the identity of a marine officer to escape being deported like his family before him. Drawing on his art school background, he joins a network of underground rescuers and becomes infamous for his masterfully forged IDs — created with just a brush, some ink, and a steady hand — that save the lives of hundreds of Jews by allowing them to escape the country.
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TORI AND LOKITA- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “A friendship develops between two young people after they are exiled in Belgium.”
4/12/23- Very good reviews by the critics and fair ones from audiences. TRDB.
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HOW TO BLOW UP A PIPELINE- 2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “A crew of young environmental activists execute a daring mission to sabotage an oil pipeline, in Daniel Goldhaber’s taut and timely thriller that is part high-stakes heist, part radical exploration of the climate crisis. Based on the controversial book by Andreas Malm.”
4/8/23- Excellent reviews by the critics and weak ones from audiences. TRDB.
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