A Touch of Sin (2013) Starring: Wu Jiang, Lanshan Luo, Baoqiang Wang, Jia-yi Zhang, Tao Zhao, Li Meng Director: Zhang Ke Jia Synopsis: Four powerful, unflinching vignettes that each, in their own way, showing a human being pushed past their point of endurance. Exploitation and corruption are a continuing thread that run through each. Excellent…
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Movies, Movies, Movies! #12 – November 19, 2019
Domestic Violence (2002) documentary Starring: real-life individuals, mostly battering victims, shelter workers, and police officers Director: Frederick Wiseman Synopsis: blurb from netflix: “By shadowing residents of The Spring, Florida’s largest shelter for battered women and their children, documentarian Frederick Wiseman sheds light on domestic violence and reveals the complications that make it such a difficult…
Movies, Movies, Movies! #11 – November 12, 2019
Hyde Park on the Hudson (2012) Starring: Bill Murray, Laura Linney, Olivia Colman, Samuel West, Elizabeth Marvel, Elizabeth Wilson, Eleanor Bron, Olivia Williams Director: Roger Michell Synopsis: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, when not in the White House, is at his mother’s country home on the Hudson River. This movie is two-pronged. One focuses on the King…
Movies, Movies, Movies! #10 – November 5, 2019
Dogman (2019) Starring: Marcello Fonte, Edoardo Pesce, Nunzia Schiano, Adamo Dionisi, Francesco Acquaroli, Alida Baldari Calabria, Laura Pizzirani, Gianluca Gobbi Director: Matteo Garrone Synopsis: Marcello (actor/character) operates “Dogman” a small one-stop pet service in a working class seaside town. He is a dog whisperer in some ways. It is unfortunate he’s not so charmed with…
Movies, Movies, Movies! #9 – October 29, 2019
Only 3 today and none from netflix. Dreamland (2006) Starring: Agnes Bruckner, Kelli Garner, Justin Long, John Corbett, Gina Gershon, Brian Klugman, Chris Mulkey, Luce Rains Director: Jason Matzner Synopsis: Independent film that takes place almost entirely in a small collection of mobile homes (and one geodesic dome) set out in the desert of New…
Movies, Movies, Movies! #8 – October 22, 2019
Green Book (2018) Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali, Linda Cardellini, Don Stark, Sebastian Maniscalco, P.J. Byrne, Brian Stepanek, Iqbal Theba, Tom Virtue, Paul Sloan, Anthony Mangano, Joe Cortese, Johnny Williams, Dimiter Marinov, David Kallaway, Nick Vallelonga, Mike Hatton, Craig DiFrancia, Quinn Duffy Director: Peter Farrelly Synopsis: The polarity of reviews is what kept me away…
Movies, Movies, Movies! #7 – October 15, 2019
Ma (2019) Starring: Octavia Spencer, Diana Silvers, Juliette Lewis Director: Tate Taylor Synopsis: Ma (Octavia) is a woman living a quiet life in a small town where everybody knows everybody. Without giving away too much of the plot, it is a story of revenge, where the children pay for the sins of their parents. I’m…
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