Monday, April 14, 2025

Movies for May 2025: Bad Lieutenant and Fitzcarraldo

      John Cleary will host our meeting at his home with a Zoom option at noon on May 7. We will discuss:


Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)

      Terence McDonagh is a drug-and gambling-addled detective in post-Katrina New Orleans investigating the killing of five Senegalese immigrants. 

     Director: Werner Herzog
     Writers: William M. Finkelstein
      Stars: Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes and Russell M. Haeuser

Fitzcarraldo (1982)

     The story of Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald, an extremely determined man who intends to build an opera house in the middle of a jungle.

     Director: Werner Herzog
     Writer: Werner Herzog
     Stars: Klaus Kinski, Claudia Cardinale and Jose Lewgoy


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Scores for April 2025 movies:

Anora (2024) 5 (6 votes)

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