SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD- 2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “In the darkness of smoke sauna, women share their innermost secrets and intimate experiences. Through a sense of communion, women wash off the shame trapped in their bodies and regain their strength.
11/28/23- Excellent reviews from the critics and fair ones from audiences for this documentary from Estonia. TRDB.
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AGAINST THE TIDE- 2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Two Indigenous fishermen are driven to desperation by a dying sea. Their friendship begins to fracture as they take different paths to provide for their struggling families.”
11/28/23- Great reviews for this documentary from India in Hindi. TRDB.
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NAPOLEON- 2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “”Napoleon” is a spectacle-filled action epic that details the checkered rise and fall of the iconic French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, played by Oscar winner Joaquin Phoenix.”
11/23/23- Weak reviews for this film. TRDB
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THE BOY AND THE HERON- 2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “A young boy named Mahito yearning for his mother ventures into a world shared by the living and the dead. There, death comes to an end, and life finds a new beginning. A semi-autobiographical fantasy about life, death, and creation, in tribute to friendship, from the mind of Hayao Miyazaki.”
11/22/23- Excellent reviews for this animated film from Japan. TRDB.
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MAESTRO- 2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Maestro is a towering and fearless love story chronicling the lifelong relationship between Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein.”
11/22/23- Fair reviews for this drama. TRDB.
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THE DISAPPEANCE OF SHERE HTE- 2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Shere Hite’s 1976 bestselling book,?The Hite Report, liberated the female orgasm by revealing the most private experiences of thousands of anonymous survey respondents. Her findings rocked the American establishment and presaged current conversations about gender, sexuality, and bodily autonomy. So how did Shere Hite disappear?”
11/17/23- Excellent reviews for this documentary. TRDB.
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JFK: WHAT THE DOCTORS SAW- 2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Directed by Barbara Shearer (Loving Elvis), the film reveals startling medical observations about JFK’s wounds when seven doctors who were in the Parkland Hospital ER reunite to discuss a day none of them can forget. In never-before-seen footage from this reunion, the doctors share in vivid detail their indelible memories of what they did and saw in Trauma Room 1. Several of those doctors there that day remain certain that what they saw looked like an entry wound — a bullet hole in JFK’s throat — an observation that contradicts what Americans have been told by numerous official investigations.”
11/17/23- No reviews as yet but sounds interesting. TRDB.
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FALLEN LEAVES- 2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “In modern-day Helsinki, two lonely souls in search of love meet by chance in a local karaoke bar. However, the pair’s path to happiness is beset by numerous obstacles — from lost numbers to mistaken addresses, alcoholism, and a charming stray dog.”
11/17/23- Reviews are excellent for this Finnish comedy/drama. TRDB.
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THIS MUCH WE KNOW- 2023. Synopsis by Rotten tomatoes. “Grieving the suicide of a friend, L. Frances Henderson heads to Las Vegas, the suicide capitol of the nation, to seek answers. There she learns about the shocking death of a local teenager who leaped from the roof of the city’s tallest casino.”
11/16/23- Weak reviews for this documentary. TRDB.
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