SORRY ANGEL- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “In 1990s Paris, HIV-positive writer Jacques — knowing that his time is dwindling — steers clear of any desire for a new romance. But he finds his resistance tested when he meets young student Arthur, who’s just starting to explore his sexuality.”
2/15/19- Good reviews from the critics and fair ones from audiences. TRDB.
Add comment February 16th, 2019
BIRDS OF PASSAGE- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “This well-crafted crime drama charts the roots of the Colombian drug trade as a tight-knit indigenous family discovers a golden opportunity to sell large quantities of marijuana to America’s hippie generation in the 1970s.”
2/13/19- Excellent reviews for this foreign drama. TRDB.
5/17/19- As far as I’m concerned this movie was like warring Mafia families and I found it boring. TRDB. Netflix Disc.
Add comment February 13th, 2019
EVERYBODY KNOWS- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “With her kids in tow, Laura travels from her adopted Argentinean home to her native Spain to attend her sister’s nuptials, anticipating a joyful reunion. But things turn sour when Laura’s teen daughter vanishes and long-kept secrets begin to surface.”
2/8/19- Fair reviews from critics and poor ones from audiences. I’d see this just to look at Penelope Cruz. TRDB.
5/9/19- Despite a predictable and poor ending I still enjoyed this movie. TRDB. Netflix Disc.
Add comment February 8th, 2019
TO DUST- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “Struggling to accept his wife’s sudden death, Hasidic cantor Shmuel believes he must understand how her body will decompose. Enlisting the aid of a biology professor, Shmuel begins the blasphemous act of scientific investigation.”
2/8/19- Excellent reviews for this strange sounding drama. TRDB.
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DAUGHTER OF MINE-2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “Ten-year-old Vittoria is already chafing at the rules her doting mom imposes on her when she meets free-spirited Angelica, who mesmerizes Vittoria. But she finds her world upended after learning that Angelica is her birth mother.”
2/1/19- Excellent reviews from the critics and really poor ones from audiences. TRDB.
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JIHADISTS- 2019. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Banned in France (released as ‘Salfistes’), JIHADISTS goes deep into the heart of the Salafi movement, to reveal the inner workings of extremist Islam. A pair of Western filmmakers were granted unparalleled access to fundamentalist clerics of Sunni Islam who proselytize for a “purer” form of Islam–including jihad of the sword–in Mali, Tunisia, Iraq and Afghanistan.”
1/25/19- Fair reviews. TRDB.
Add comment January 26th, 2019
THE INVISIBLES- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “This riveting docudrama follows four resourceful Jewish youths living under Nazi rule in 1943 Berlin, where they elude the roundup of Jews by taking cover in safe houses and freely walking the streets, virtually hiding in plain sight.”
1/25/19- Fairly good reviews. TRDB.
4/24/19- I enjoyed this movie and at the same time learned lots of facts about these brave people and what they endured. TRDB. At the Theater.
Add comment January 26th, 2019
NEVER LOOK AWAY- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “In this absorbing drama based loosely on the life of visual artist Gerhard Richter, an art student trying to get past the trauma of growing up in Nazi Germany falls for a fellow student. But her father — an ex-Nazi — is bent on keeping them apart.”
1/25/19- OK reviews for this very long drama. TRDB.
7/20/19- I enjoyed this movie- both the characters and the story. Some reviewers said it reminded them of a mini-series. TRDB. Netflix Disc.
Add comment January 26th, 2019
THE IMAGE BOOK- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “Unspooling through the prism of French cinematic giant Jean-Luc Godard, this video essay — a stream-of-consciousness collage of images and sound — is a dark meditation on the power of imagery and the state of the world.”
1/25/19- Good reviews from the critics and absolutely terrible ones from audiences. TRDB.
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ADULT LIFE SKILLS- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “Pushing 30 and determined to avoid adulthood, Anna lives in her mom’s garden shed and makes videos using her thumbs as characters. In time, however, she forms an unlikely bond with a reticent 8-year-old boy from her neighborhood.”
1/18/19- Fair reviews at best including some very good and some fairly poor. TRDB.
Add comment January 18th, 2019