Movies for September 2019: Once Upon A Time In Hollywood and The Farewell

Steve is hosting in September. We are moving the meeting back one week to Wednesday, September 11th.

We will have a special guest: Location Manager Doug Hobart

The movies to see are:

The Farewell (2019)

A Chinese family discovers their grandmother has only a short while left to live and decide to keep her in the dark, scheduling a wedding to gather before she dies.

Director: Lulu Wang

Writer: Lulu Wang

Stars: Awkwafina, Tzi Ma, Diana Lin 

Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood (2019)

A faded television actor and his stunt double strive to achieve fame and success in the film industry during the final years of Hollywood's Golden Age in 1969 Los Angeles.

Director: Quentin Tarantino

Writer: Quentin Tarantino

Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie

Scores for August 2019 Films

Laura (1944) 6.28 / 10
Inherit the Wind (1960) 8.00 / 10

Films of Merit

• All About Eve
• Grantchester (TV series) 
• Herrens Beje (TV series) 
• Kind Hearts and Coronets
• The 2001 Ending Explained
• The Biggest Little Farm
• The Farewell
• The Great Hack
• The Last of the Czars (TV series) 
• The Public

Movies for August 2019: Inherit The Wind and Laura

Don is hosting in August and the movies to see are:

Inherit the Wind (1960)

Based on a real-life case in 1925, two great lawyers argue the case for and against a science teacher accused of the crime of teaching evolution.

Director: Stanley Kramer
Writers: Nedrick Young, Harold Jacob Smith, Jerome Lawrence, Robert E. Lee
Stars: Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Gene Kelly

Laura (1944)

A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he is investigating.

Director: Otto Preminger
Writers: Vera Caspary, Jay Dratler, Samuel Hoffenstein, Elizabeth Reinhardt, Ring Lardner Jr.
Stars: Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Vincent Price

Scores for July 2019 Films

Eighth Grade (2018)  5.78 / 10
Cyrus (2010)  6.22 / 10

Films of Merit

• Casablanca
• Celia
• Chernobyl
• Murder of Crows
• Ozark
• Pavarotti
• The Last Czars
• Yesterday