Friday, August 9, 2024

Movies for September, 2024: The Peasants, and The Monk and the Gun

      Don Nugent will be hosting our Sept. 4 meeting at 7 p.m. at his home, and we will be discussing:

The Peasants (2023) 

     Jagna is a young woman determined to forge her own path in a late 19th Century Polish Village -- a hotbed of gossip and on-going feuds, held together, rich and poor, by adherence to colorful traditions and deep-rooted patriarchy.  

Directors: DK Welchman and Hugh Welchman
Writers: Wladyslaw Stanislaw Reymont, DK Welchman and Hugh Welchman
Stars: Kamila Urzedowska, Robert Gulaczyk and Miroslaw Baka
     

The Monk and the Gun (2023)

     An American travels into Bhutan in search of a valuable antique rifle and crosses paths with a young monk who wanders through the serene mountains, instructed by his teacher to make things right again.

Director: Pawo Choyning Dorji
Writer: Pawo Choyning Dorji
Stars: Tandin Wangchuk, Tandin Phubz and Kelsang Choejay


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Monday, July 8, 2024

Movies for August, 2024: The Crime is Mine, and Kinds of Kindness

     Jon Lee will host our Aug. 1 meeting at 7 p.m. outside at his home, and we will be discussing:

The Crime is Mine (2023)

     In Paris, 1935, a young actress has just been acquitted of murdering a famous French producer. This is where the story just begins. Is she really innocent? Or has she gotten away with murder?

Director: Francois Ozon
Writers: Francois Ozon, Philippe Piazzo and Georges Berr
Stars: Nadia Tereszkiewicz, Rebecca Marder and Isabelle Huppert

Kinds of Kindness (2024)

     A man seeks to break free from his predetermined path; a cop questions his wife's demeanor after her return from a supposed drowning; and a woman searches for an extraordinary individual prophesied to become a renowned spiritual guide. 

Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Writers: Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou
Stars: Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons and Willem Dafoe

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Scores for July 2024 Movies

Rear Window (1954) 7.6 (8 votes)

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A Gentleman in Moscow  (2024)

 






    

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Friday, June 14, 2024

Movies for July, 2024: Rear Window and The Taste of Things

      Bill Triest will host our July 3 meeting at 7 p.m. outside at his home, and we will be discussing: 

Rear Window  (1954)

     A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his Greenwich Village courtyard apartment window and, despite the skepticism of his fashion-model girlfriend, becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Writers: John Michael Hayes, Cornell Woolrich
Stars: James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey

The Taste of Things (2023)

    The Story of Eugenie, an esteemed cook, and Dodin--the fine gourmet chef she has been working for over the last 20 years.

Director: Anh Hung Tran
Writers: Anh Hung Tran, Marcel Rouff
Stars: Juliette Binoche, Benoit Magimel, Emmanuel Salinger

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Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Movies for June, 2024: The Day the World Stood Still and Close Encounters of the Third Kind

      John Cleary will host our 7 p.m. June 5 meeting at his home, and we will be discussing: 


The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

    An alien lands in Washington, D.C., and tells the people of Earth that they must live peacefully or be destroyed as a danger to other planets. 

Director: Robert Wise
Writers: Edmund H. North and Harry Bates
Stars: Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal and Hugh Marlowe

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

     Roy Neary, an Indiana electric lineman, finds his quiet and ordinary daily life turned upside down after a close encounter with a UFO, spurring him to an obsessed cross-country quest for answers as a momentous event approaches. 

Director: Steven Spielberg
Writers: Steven Spielberg, Hal Barwood and Jerry Belson
Stars: Richard Dreyfuss, Francois Truffaut and Teri Garr


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Scores for May 2024 Movies


Average rating on a 10-point scale

American Fiction (2024) 8 (9 voting)

Past Lives (2023) 6.7 (9 voting)


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Thursday, April 25, 2024

Movies for May, 2024: American Fiction and Past Lives

     Nic Bentley will host our May 1 meeting at his home with an online Zoom option, and we will be watching: 


American Fiction (2023)

    A novelist who's fed up with the establishment profiting from Black entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of the hypocrisy and madness he claims to disdain.

 Director: Cord Jefferson
 Writers: Cord Jefferson, Percival Everett
 Stars: Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross and John Ortiz


Past Lives (2023)

    Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrested apart after Nora's family emigrates from South Korea. Twenty years later, they are reunited for one fateful week as they confront notions of love and destiny. 

Director: Celine Song
Writer: Celine Song
Stars: Greta Lee, Teo Yoo, and John Magaro



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Monday, March 18, 2024

Movie for April, 2024: The Pillars of the Earth

      Dean Hiser will host our April 10 meeting at his home with an online option, and we will be watching a formerly eight-part movie series reorganized into two long parts: 

The Pillars of the Earth (2010)

      This series, formerly eight parts, is set against a backdrop of medieval war, religious strife and power struggles which tears lives and families apart. The series is available for rent in two 3.5-hour parts on Amazon Prime and Apple Plus. 

Director: Sergio Mimica-Gezzan
Writers: Ken Follet and John Pielmeier
Stars: Ian McShane, Matthew Macfadyen and Eddie Redmayne

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Scores for March 2024 Movies

Average rating on a 10-point scale

Poor Things (2023) 5.25 (8 voting)


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Thursday, February 15, 2024

Movies for March, 2024: Anatomy of a Fall and Poor Things

      Bill Graves is hosting our March 6 meeting at his home with an online option, and the movies to see are: 


Anatomy of a Fall (2023)

     A woman is suspected of murder after her husband's death, and their visually challenged son faces a moral dilemma as the main witness.

Director: Justine Triet
Writers: Justine Triet and Arthur Harari
Stars: Sandra Huller, Swann Ariaud and Milo Machado-Graner


Poor Things (2023)

     The incredible tale about the fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter, a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist, Dr. Godwin Baxter.

Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Writers: Tony McNamara and Alasdair Gray
Stars: Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo and Willem Dafoe


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Scores for February 2024 Movies

Average rating on a 10-point scale

A Compassionate Spy (2022) 4.9 (10 voting)

5 Fingers (1952) 7.l (9 voting)


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