Movies for January 2021: Uncle Frank and Rudderless

 Joe is hosting in January and the movies to see are:

Rudderless (2014)

Where to watch it: https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/rudderless

 

A grieving father in a downward spiral stumbles across a box of his recently deceased son's demo tapes and lyrics. Shocked by the discovery of this unknown talent, he forms a band in the hope of finding some catharsis.

Director: William H. Macy

Writers: Casey Twenter, Jeff Robison, William H. Macy 

Stars: Billy Crudup, Anton Yelchin, Felicity Huffman

Uncle Frank (2020)

Where to watch it: https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/uncle-frank

In 1973, when Frank Bledsoe and his 18-year-old niece Beth take a road trip from Manhattan to Creekville, South Carolina, for the family patriarch's funeral, they're unexpectedly joined by Frank's lover, Walid.

Director: Alan Ball

Writer: Alan Ball

Stars: Paul Bettany, Sophia Lillis, Peter Macdissi

Scores for December 2020 Movies

Stranger Than Fiction (2006)  7.10 / 10

About Time (2013)  5.90 / 10

Films of Merit

• Barry (TV series)
• Cernobyl (TV series)
• Fantastic Fungi (2019)
• Fatman (2020)
• Fisherman's Friends (2019)
• Gather (2020)
• My Octopus Teacher (2020)
• The 12th Man (2017)
• The Morning Show (TV series)
• The Only Living Boy in New York (2017)
• The Undoing (TV series)
• The Queen's Gambit (TV series)
• The Worricker Trilogy (Masterpiece Theater)
• Youth in Oregon (2016)