Movies for September 2020: Nights of Cabiria and Amarcord

Steve is hosting in September and the movies to see are:

Nights of Cabiria (1957)

https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/nights-of-cabiria

A waifish prostitute wanders the streets of Rome looking for true love and cigarettes but finds only heartbreak.

Director: Federico Fellini
Writers: Federico Fellini, Ennio Flaiano, Tullio Pinelli, Pier Paolo Pasolini
Stars: Giulietta Masina, François Périer, Franca Marzi

Amarcord (1973)

https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/amarcord

A series of comedic and nostalgic vignettes involving very large puddles set in a 1930s Italian coastal town.

Director: Federico Fellini
Writers: Federico Fellini, Tonino Guerra
Stars: Magali Noël, Bruno Zanin, Pupella Maggio

Scores for August 2020 Films

Close-Up (1990)  5.1 / 10

Adaptation (2002)  6.5 / 10

Films of Merit

• Babylon Berlin (TV series) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4378376/
• Beecham House (TV series) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8451638/
• Crip Camp (2020) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8923484/
• First Cow (2019) https://www.imdb.com/list/ls040522493/
• Grant (TV series) https://www.history.com/shows/grant
• Hamilton (2020) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8503618/
• Just Mercy (2019) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4916630/
• Mrs. Wilson (TV series) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6859806/
• Palm Springs (2020) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9484998/
• Sinatra: All or Nothing at All (2015) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3838978/
• The Hate U Give (2018) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5580266/
• The Naked City (1948) https://www.imdb.com/list/ls040522493/
• Yellowstone (TV series) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4236770/