INFINITE STORM- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. ” As an experienced climber (Naomi Watts) ascends Mt. Washington, she turns back before she reaches the summit as a huge blizzard approaches. But on her way down, she encounters a lone, stranded man, and takes it upon herself to get them both down the mountain before nightfall arrives and they succumb to the storm. Based on a true story.”
3/23/22- Weak reviews. TRDB.
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JOSEP- 2020. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “During the Spanish civil war, Republican fighters fleeing Franco’s dictatorship are imprisoned in concentration camps once they arrive in France. Forced to live in appalling conditions, these refugees barely have access to hygiene, water, and food. Josep tells the story of how Josep Bartoli?, an artist born in Barcelona, and Serge, a sympathetic French camp guard, become friends after Serge slips him some paper to use for his art.”
3/22/22- Good to excellent reviews. TRDB.
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LOVE AFTER LOVE- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Love After Love tells the story of Ge Weilong (Sandra Ma), a young woman from Shanghai who turns up on the doorstep of Madame Liang (Faye Yu), her much richer aunt living the good life in prewar Hong Kong.”
3/21/22- No reviews as yet but it sounds good to me. TRDB.
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AHED”S KNEE- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “A celebrated Israeli filmmaker named Y arrives in a remote desert village to present one of his films at a local library. Struggling to cope with the recent news of his mother’s terminal illness, he is pushed into a spiral of rage when the host of the screening, a government employee, asks him to sign a form placing restrictions on what he can say at the film’s Q&A.”
3/21/22- Fair to good reviews. TRDB.
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COMPARTMENT No 6- 2021. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “A young Finnish woman escapes an enigmatic love affair in Moscow by boarding a train to the arctic port of Murmansk. Forced to share the long ride and a tiny sleeping car with a larger than life Russian miner, the unexpected encounter leads the occupants of Compartment No. 6 to face major truths about human connection.”
3/17/21- Very good reviews especially from the critics. TRDB.
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MASTER- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “At an elite New England university built on the site of a Salem-era gallows hill, three women strive to find their place. Navigating politics and privilege, they encounter increasingly terrifying manifestations of the school’s haunted past… and present.”
3/17/22- Fair reviews for this horror/drama movie. TRDB.
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THE OUTFIT- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “The Outfit, a gripping and masterful thriller in which an expert tailor (Academy Award winner Mark Rylance) must outwit a dangerous group of mobsters in order to survive a fateful night.”
3/16/22- Very good early reviews. TRDB.
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PLAYGROUND- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “In this debut feature by writer-director Laura Wandel, the everyday reality of grade school is seen from a child’s-eye-view as an obstacle course of degradation and abuse.”
3/10/22- Excellent reviews by all for this French drama. TRDB.
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NIGHTRIDE- 2021. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “NIGHTRIDE is a wry, real-time one-shot thriller set on the midnight streets of Belfast. It places us in the driver’s seat with smalltime dealer Budge as he tries to pull one last deal with cash borrowed from a dangerous loan shark.”
3/6/22- Fair to good reviews. TRDB.
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GREAT FREEDOM- 2022. Synopsis by Netflix. “Persecuted for being homosexual, Hans goes right from a concentration camp to jail in postwar Germany. Branded as gay, he encounters hostility from his cellmate, but after repeated incarcerations in the same prison, the two men form an intimate bond.”
3/6/22- Excellent reviews for this German drama. TRDB.
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