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GOD & COUNTRY- 2024. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. ” GOD & COUNTRY looks at the implications of Christian Nationalism and how it distorts not only our constitutional republic, but Christianity itself. Featuring prominent Christian thought leaders, GOD & COUNTRY asks this question: What happens when a faith built on love, sacrifice, and forgiveness grows political tentacles, conflating power, money, and belief into hyper-nationalism?”
3/14/24- Good reviews for this documentary. TRDB.
Tags: drama
March 14th, 2024
THE SHADOWLESS TOWER- 2024. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Gu Wentong, a middle-aged food critic, is drifting through the local eateries of vibrant Beijing with his younger photographer colleague Oyang. A divorcé with a 6-year-old daughter and estranged from his father for decades, he is looking for a new perspective on life while reconsidering his failings as a father, a son, and a lover.”
3/14/24- Fairly good reviews for this movie from China. TRDB.
Tags: drama. foreign
March 14th, 2024
ONE LIFE- 2024. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Based on the book If It’s Not Impossible…: The Life of Sir Nicholas Winton by Barbara Winton, ONE LIFE tells the incredible, emotional true story of Nicholas ‘Nicky’ Winton (Johnny Flynn), a young London broker who visits Prague in December 1938. In a race against time, Winton convinces Trevor Chadwick (Alex Sharp) and Doreen Warriner (Romola Garai) of the British Committee for Refugees in Czechoslovakia to rescue hundreds of predominantly Jewish children before Nazi occupation closes the borders.”
3/14/24- Excellent reviews for this movie. TRDB.
Tags: drama
March 14th, 2024
HIGH & LOW: JOHN GALLIANO. 2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “HIGH & LOW – JOHN GALLIANO is the gripping and thought-provoking new documentary from Academy Award® winner Kevin Macdonald, charting the rise-and-fall story of fashion designer John Galliano.”
3/10/23- Good reviews. TRDB.
Tags: documentary
March 10th, 2024
A REVOLUTION ON CANVAS- 2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “In this hybrid political thriller and verité portrait documentary, Sara Nodjoumi, working with co-director and husband, Till Schauder, makes her directorial debut with this personal film, diving into the mystery surrounding the disappearance of more than 100 “treasonous” paintings by her father, seminal Iranian modern artist Nickzad Nodjoumi.”
3/10/23- Excellent reviews. TRDB.
Tags: documentary
March 10th, 2024
LOVE LIES BLEEDING- 2024. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “From Director Rose Glass comes an electric new love story; reclusive gym manager Lou falls hard for Jackie, an ambitious bodybuilder headed through town to Vegas in pursuit of her dream. But their love ignites violence, pulling them deep into the web of Lou’s criminal family.”
3/10/24- Good reviews. TRDB.
Tags: drama
March 10th, 2024
SPACE: THE LONGEST GOODBYE- 2024. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “In the next decade, NASA will send astronauts to Mars for the first time. Separated from Earth, and unable to communicate with ground in real time, crew members will experience extreme isolation that could gravely affect their three-year journey. This Sundance-premiering documentary follows a savvy NASA psychologist tasked with protecting daring space explorers.”
3/10/24- Mostly good reviews. TRDB.
Tags: docu
March 10th, 2024
CABRINI- 2024. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “From Alejandro Monteverde, award-winning director of “Sound of Freedom”, comes the powerful epic of Francesca Cabrini, an Italian immigrant who arrives in New York City in 1889 and is greeted by disease, crime, and impoverished children. Cabrini sets off on a daring mission to convince the hostile mayor to secure housing and healthcare for society’s most vulnerable. With broken English and poor health, Cabrini uses her entrepreneurial mind to build an empire of hope unlike anything the world had ever seen.”
3/9/24- Excellent reviews from the critics and from audiences as well. TRDB.
Tags: documentary
March 9th, 2024
PROBLEMISTA- 2024. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Alejandro (Julio Torres) is an aspiring toy designer from El Salvador, struggling to bring his unusual ideas to life in New York City. As time on his work visa runs out, a job assisting an erratic art-world outcast (Tilda Swinton) becomes his only hope to stay in the country and realize his dream. From writer/director Julio Torres comes a surreal adventure through the equally treacherous worlds of New York City and the U.S. Immigration system.”
3/3/24- Excellent reviews for this comedy/drama. TRDB.
Tags: documentary
March 3rd, 2024
SHAYDA- 2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “SHAYDA, a brave Iranian mother, finds refuge in an Australian women’s shelter with her six-year-old daughter. Over Persian New Year, they take solace in Nowruz rituals and new beginnings, but when her estranged husband re-enters their lives, Shayda’s path to freedom is jeopardized.”
3/3/24- Excellent reviews by the critics for this Persian language drama. Audiences have not liked it. TRDB.
Tags: drama. foreign
March 3rd, 2024
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