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TRANGLE OF SADNESS- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “In Ruben Östlund’s wickedly funny Palme d’Or winner, social hierarchy is turned upside down, revealing the tawdry relationship between power and beauty. Celebrity model couple, Carl (Harris Dickinson) and Yaya (Charlbi Dean), are invited on a luxury cruise for the uber-rich, helmed by an unhinged boat captain (Woody Harrelson). What first appeared instagrammable ends catastrophically, leaving the survivors stranded on a desert island and fighting for survival.
10/8/22- Fair reviews from the critics and very good ones from audiences. TRDB.
Tags: drama
October 8th, 2022
TAR- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “From writer-producer-director Todd Field comes TÁR, starring Cate Blanchett as Lydia Tár, the groundbreaking conductor of a major German Orchestra. We meet Tár at the height of her career, as she’s preparing both a book launch and much-anticipated live performance of Mahler’s Fifth Symphony. Over the ensuing weeks her life begins to unravel in a singularly modern way.”
10/8/22- Excellent reviews for this drama. TRDB.
Tags: drama, music
October 8th, 2022
FROM THE HOOD TO THE HOLLER- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Filmmakers capture a young man finding his voice as a leader and his incredible journey against the odds. Igniting a movement known as FROM THE HOOD TO THE HOLLER, political activist Charles Booker works to unite people of all socioeconomic backgrounds while fighting against big money in politics, voter suppression, and systemic corruption.”
10/3/22- Excellent reviews from all. TRDB.
Tags: documentary
October 3rd, 2022
SIRENS- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “SIRENS intimately chronicles the lives and music of Slave to Sirens, a band made up of five young metalheads whose burgeoning fame is set against the backdrop of the Lebanese revolution. Its members wrestle with friendship, sexuality, and destruction as their music serves as a refuge to Beirut’s youth culture.”
10/2/22- Excellent reviews for this documentary. TRDB.
Tags: documentary
October 2nd, 2022
InHOSPITABLE- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “InHospitable follows patients and activists as they band together in an effort to stop UPMC, a multi-billion-dollar nonprofit hospital system, from making vital care unaffordable for hundreds of thousands of vulnerable patients in western Pennsylvania.”
10/2/22- Just 1 review so far and it sounds OK. TRDB.
Tags: documentary
October 2nd, 2022
ARGENTINA, 1985. 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Argentina, 1985 is a feature inspired by the true story of Julio Strassera, Luis Moreno Ocampo and their young legal team of unlikely heroes in their David-vs-Goliath battle in which, under constant threat, they dared to prosecute Argentina’s bloodiest military dictatorship against all odds and in a race against time to bring justice to the victims of the junta.”
10/2/22- Excellent reviews for this Spanish drama. TRDB.
Tags: drama/foreign
October 2nd, 2022
GOD’S CREATURES- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “In a windswept fishing village, a mother is torn between protecting her beloved son and her own sense of right and wrong.”
10/2/22- Excellent reviews by the critics and poor ones by audiences. TRDB.
Tags: drama
October 2nd, 2022
WHAT WE LEAVE BEHIND- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “At the age of 89, Julián takes one last bus ride to El Paso, Texas, to visit his daughters and their children — a lengthy trip he has made without fail every month for decades. After returning to rural Mexico, he quietly starts building a house in the empty lot next to his home. In the absence of his physical visits, can this new house bridge the distance between his loved ones?”
10/2/22- Excellent reviews for this foreign documentary (Spanish). TRDB.
Tags: documentary/foreign
October 2nd, 2022
CATHERINE CALLED BIRDY- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “The year? 1290. In the Medieval English village of Stonebridge, Lady Catherine (known as Birdy) is the youngest child of Lord Rollo and the Lady Aislinn. Her playground is Stonebridge Manor, a house that, like the family, has seen better days. Financially destitute and utterly greedy, Rollo sees his daughter as his path out of financial ruin by marrying her off to a wealthy man for money and land.”
9/29/22- Good reviews. TRDB.
Tags: drama
September 29th, 2022
THE GOOD HOUSE- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “The Good House follows Hildy Good (Sigourney Weaver), a wry New England realtor and descendant of the Salem witches, who loves her wine and her secrets. Her compartmentalized life begins to unravel as she rekindles a romance with her old high-school flame.”
9/29/22- Fair reviews. TRDB.
10/24/22- I liked the movie very much. Weaver was great in the role. TRDB.
Tags: drama
September 29th, 2022
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