Finding the Humor in Every Movie
Synopsis: Two cowboys in the early 1900’s meet again after years apart. Romance might reignite, but their missions take them in opposite directions. (Short film, 30 minutes) “Strange Way of Life” is … Continue Reading Strange Way of Life
Synopsis: The Nazi commandant of Auschwitz and his family live next door to the concentration camp. Picture a family situated in sylvan countryside. A prosperous 20th Century family hikes to … Continue Reading The Zone of Interest
Synopsis: In 1889 France, a food-lover and his chef perfect cuisine. And maybe they love each other. (Streaming on Amazon) How did the French get to haute cuisine? I mean … Continue Reading The Taste of Things
Synopsis: A prequel to The Hunger Games, featuring a teen future tyrant and the woman he champions. (Streaming on Amazon) So many Young Adult books center on learning life lessons in spite … Continue Reading The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
Synopsis: Newborn woman explores the world and discovers herself. (Available on Amazon as of February 2024) Brace yourself. Filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos and collaborator Emma Stone, as Bella Baxter, present a gruesome … Continue Reading Poor Things
Synopsis: A man is found dead below a house’s attic window. His wife says she was asleep at the time of the incident. Was it suicide, an accident or murder? … Continue Reading Anatomy of a Fall
Synopsis: A poor outsider gets taken in by a popular student at Oxford. A strange and dangerous summer ensues. (Streaming on Amazon as of January 2024) We don’t really need another … Continue Reading Saltburn
Synopsis: An examination of composer-conductor Leonard Bernstein’s work and marriage to Felicia Montealegre. (In theaters and streaming on Netflix as of December 2023) Maestro, featuring Bradley Cooper as 20th Century … Continue Reading Maestro
Synopsis: An actor meets with a woman she’ll be portraying in a film. The woman is married to a man she began a relationship with when he was a young … Continue Reading May December
Synopsis: Priscilla’s account of her life with former husband, 1950’s superstar singer Elvis Presley. (In theaters as of November 2023) Imagine having a fourteen-year-old daughter who wants to date Harry … Continue Reading Priscilla
Synopsis: Native Americans in 1920’s Oklahoma are being murdered for their oil rights. (In theaters as of October 2023.) Killers of the Flower Moon is a tour de force, albeit slightly … Continue Reading Killers of the Flower Moon
Synopsis: A couple who work together find their relationship cratering after she gets a promotion that he expected to get. (Streaming on Netflix as of October 2023) *** Trigger Warning— a scene … Continue Reading Fair Play
Synopsis: A woman contemplates what direction, if any, fate is sending her when she (possibly) loves two men. (Streaming on Amazon Prime) In Past Lives the fates of three interconnected people hang in … Continue Reading Past Lives
Synopsis: Perilous life on a reservation for a boy and young man. (Streaming on Amazon Prime) War Pony is set in South Dakota at the Pine Ridge Reservation*, where nearly 20,000 … Continue Reading War Pony
Synopsis: Scientist begins the age of nuclear war. Behold the Anthropocene. Mid-20th Century, humans had enough of Nature calling the shots. Homo Sapiens would harness their brain power to create … Continue Reading Oppenheimer
Synopsis: Single mother struggles to keep her job and care for her kids during a transportation strike in Paris. (Streaming on Amazon as of July 2023) French movie title: À plein … Continue Reading Full Time
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