Nic is hosting for February and the movies to see are:
The Life Ahead (2020)
Where to watch: https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/the-life-ahead
In seaside Italy, a Holocaust survivor with a daycare business takes in a 12-year-old street kid who recently robbed her.
Director: Edoardo Ponti
Writers: Ugo Chiti, Romain Gary, Fabio Natale, Edoardo Ponti
Stars: Sophia Loren, Ibrahima Gueye, Renato Carpentieri
Beanpole (2019)
Where to watch: https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/beanpole
1945, Leningrad. WWII has devastated the city, demolishing its buildings and leaving its citizens in tatters, physically and mentally. Two young women search for meaning and hope in the struggle to rebuild their lives amongst the ruins.
Director: Kantemir Balagov
Writers: Kantemir Balagov, Aleksandr Terekhov
Stars: Viktoria Miroshnichenko, Vasilisa Perelygina, Andrey Bykov
Scores for January 2021 Films
Uncle Frank (2020) 7.33 / 10
Rudderless (2014) 6.90 / 10
Films of Merit
- Almost Famous (2000) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0181875/
- First Cow (2019) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9231040/
- For All Mankind (TV series) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7772588/
- I Am Not Okay with This (TV Series) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9446688/
- Jack Whitehall: Travels with My Father https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7453996/
- Long Way Up (TV series) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12824922/
- Moon (2009) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1182345/
- News of the World (2020) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6878306/
- Nomadland (2020) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9770150/
- The Bodyguard (TV series) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7493974/
- The Damned United (2009) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1226271/
- The English Game (TV series) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8403664/
- The Professor and the Madman (2019) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5932728/
- The Stand (TV series) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1831804/
- The Vow (TV series) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10222764/
- Woman At War (2018) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7279188/
