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16 Sep

Strong Island

Max SchindlerMovie reviews,
In April 1992, on Long Island NY, William Jr., the Ford's eldest child, a black 24 year-old teacher, was killed by Mark Reilly, a white 19 year-old mechanic. Although Ford was unarmed, he became the prime suspect in his own murder. Director Yance Ford chronicles the arc of his family across history, geography and tragedy - from the racial segregation of the Jim Crow South to the promise of New York City; from the presumed safety of middle class suburbs, to the maelstrom of an unexpected, violent death. It is the story of the Ford family: Barbara Dunmore, William Ford…
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16 Sep

The Wilde Wedding

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Retired film star Eve Wilde (Glenn Close) prepares for her wedding to husband number four, renowned English writer Harold Alcott (Patrick Stewart) after a whirlwind courtship. At her upstate New York home -- in the presence of both Wilde's first husband, celebrated stage actor Laurence Darling (John Malkovich), and their families (Minnie Driver, Jack Davenport, Yael Stone, Peter Facinelli, Noah Emmerich, Grace Van Patten) -- the long summer weekend offers the opportunity for everyone to get to know each other a bit more intimately. As sexual sparks begin to fly, there are unforeseen consequences abound.Rated: RRelease Date: Sep 15, 2017…
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16 Sep

Manolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizards

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Manolo is the in-depth portrait of legendary fashion designer Manolo Blahnik and how his extraordinary dedication to his craft led him to become the world?s most famous luxury shoemaker, revered by celebrities, stylists, and industry icons for generations. Growing up on a remote Spanish Canary island, Manolo made shoes out of sweet wrappers for lizards that he caught in his family?s garden. After opening his first store in London in 1973 and coming of age in fashion capitals such as Paris and New York, Manolo now has shops anddepartment store concessions in over 20 countries and retains full control of…
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16 Sep

EX LIBRIS: New York Public Library

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Frederick Wiseman?s film, EX LIBRIS ? The New York Public Library, goes behind the scenes of one of the greatest knowledge institutions of the world. The film reveals the library as a place of welcome, cultural exchange and learning to 18 million patrons and 32 million online visitors annually. There are 92 library branches throughout Manhattan, the Bronx and Staten Island. The NYPL is committed to being a resource for all the inhabitants of this multifaceted and cosmopolitan city. It is accessible, open to everyone and exemplifies the deeply rooted American belief in the individual?s right to know and be…
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25 Aug

Death Note

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A high school student comes across a supernatural notebook, realizing it holds within it a great power; if the owner inscribes someone's name into it while picturing their face, he or she will die. Intoxicated with his new godlike abilities, the young man begins to kill those he deems unworthy of life. [Netflix]Rated: Not RatedRelease Date: Aug 25, 2017 Source: Metacritic
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25 Aug

Clash

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Set entirely within the confines of a police van, Clash dramatizes the ongoing political unrest in Egypt two years after the Arab Spring. It's 2013 and mass protests have led to the ouster of the ruling Muslim Brotherhood by the army. A series of arrests finds rival demonstrators trapped in a paddywagon together under the threat of impossibly stifling heat. From this simple setup, Mohamed Diab weaves a white-knuckled tale of resistance and shared humanity that artfully evokes the political fault lines in the Arab world?s most populous nation. [Kino Lorber]Rated: Not RatedRelease Date: Aug 25, 2017 Source: Metacritic
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25 Aug

England Is Mine

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Set in Thatcher's Britain of the 70's and 80's, a time when working class Manchester was beset by unemployment and riots, the film tells the story of 17 year-old Steven (Jack Lowden), a painfully shy, intellectually precocious loner who lives for, and writes about, the burgeoning local music scene' a surprisingly vibrant subculture in an otherwise drab industrial city. Too intimidated to join that scene, he writes reviews from the sidelines, imagining what he would do if he were on stage. When one of his write-ups is noticed by kindred spirit Linder Sterling (Jessica Brown Findlay), an aspiring painter, the…
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25 Aug

Leap!

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11-year-old orphan, Felicie (Elle Fanning) has one dream - to go to Paris and become a dancer. Her best friend Victor (Nat Wolff), an imaginative but exhausting boy with a passion for creating, has a dream of his own - to become a famous inventor. In a leap of faith, Victor and Felicie leave their orphanage in pursuit of their passions. But - there's a catch, Felicie must pretend to be the child of a wealthy family in order to gain admittance to the prestigious and competitive Opera Ballet School in Paris. And with no professional dance training, she quickly…
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25 Aug

The Villainess

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Honed from childhood into a merciless killing machine by a criminal organization, assassin Sook-hee is recruited as a sleeper agent with the promise of freedom after ten years of service - and she jumps at the chance for a normal life. But soon enough, secrets from her past destroy everything she?s worked for, and now nobody can stand in her way as she embarks on a roaring rampage of revenge.Rated: Not RatedRelease Date: Aug 25, 2017 Source: Metacritic
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20 Aug

Lady Macbeth; Their Finest; Rules Don’t Apply; Risk and more – reviews

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William Oldroyd’s costume drama has a truly killer line in corsets, while Lone Scherfig offers a very different take on DunkirkThere are those who associate the words “costume drama” with genteel comfort viewing, as if no act of brutality or subversion could ever be committed in a hoop skirt. It’s a perception that Lady Macbeth (Altitude, 15) upends with stringent, stinging fixity of purpose. An elegantly appointed chamber piece in which toxic masculinity, destructive sexuality and racial exploitation bounce ever more violently off the walls, William Oldroyd’s ice-spined debut straps the viewer in a corset and pulls the laces to…
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18 Aug

From Noon Till Three

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From Noon Till Three is one of the oddest films I have ever seen. It's definitely the weirdest Western I have ever seen, and somehow barely fits the category. It would be like calling Barbarella the strangest sci-fi flick you've ever come across, when really it's not science fiction at all, it's a fantasy/comedy/acid trip that just happens to be set in space. The same goes for this movie, something I had never heard of, accidentally stumbled across, and watched with no forewarning. It's not entirely a Western, it's more a wacky story set during the same time period but…
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18 Aug

Liza, Liza, Skies Are Grey

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In the turbulent summer of 1966 ? the summer of the Bomb, the Vietnam Draft and the exploding Sexual Revolution ? fifteen year old Liza, and sixteen year old boyfriend Brett, set off on an eventful four day motorcycle trip up the coast of California from Pacific Palisades to Monterey and Big Sur. Brett will soon be going east and Liza, unsure of the future, has decided to be Brett?s ?first girl.? Almost everything gets in the way and goes wrong for the two runaways in this sweet, bittersweet ? very real ? love story. Rated: Not Rated Release Date:…
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11 Aug

The Only Living Boy in New York

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Thomas Webb (Callum Turner), the son of a publisher and his artistic wife, has just graduated from college and is trying to find his place in the world. Moving from his parents? Upper West Side apartment to the Lower East Side, he befriends his neighbor W.F. (Jeff Bridges), a shambling alcoholic writer who dispenses worldly wisdom alongside healthy shots of whiskey. Thomas? world begins to shift when he discovers that his long-married father (Pierce Brosnan) is having an affair with a seductive younger woman (Kate Beckinsale). Determined to break up the relationship, Thomas ends up sleeping with his father?s mistress,…
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11 Aug

In This Corner of the World

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The award-winning story of In This Corner of the World follows a young lady named Suzu Urano, who in 1944 moves to the small town of Kure in Hiroshima to live with her husband?s family. Suzu?s life is thrown into chaos when her town is bombed during World War II. Her perseverance and courage underpin this heart-warming and inspirational tale of the everyday challenges faced by the Japanese in the midst of a violent, war-torn country. This beautiful yet poignant tale shows that even in the face of adversity and loss, people can come together and rebuild their lives. [Funimation…
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11 Aug

Good Time

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After a botched bank robbery lands his younger brother in prison, Constantine Nikas (Robert Pattinson) embarks on a twisted odyssey through the city?s underworld in an increasingly desperate?and dangerous?attempt to get his brother out of jail. Over the course of one adrenalized night, Constantine finds himself on a mad descent into violence and mayhem as he races against the clock to save his brother and himself, knowing their lives hang in the balance.Rated: Not RatedRelease Date: Aug 11, 2017 Source: Metacritic
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11 Aug

Ingrid Goes West

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Ingrid Thorburn (Aubrey Plaza) is an unhinged social media stalker with a history of confusing ?likes? for meaningful relationships. Taylor Sloane (Elizabeth Olsen) is an Instagram-famous ?influencer? whose perfectly curated, boho-chic lifestyle becomes Ingrid?s latest obsession. When Ingrid moves to LA and manages to insinuate herself into the social media star?s life, their relationship quickly goes from #BFF to #WTF.Rated: Not RatedRelease Date: Aug 11, 2017 Source: Metacritic
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26 Jul

Women Who Kill

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Commitment phobic Morgan and her ex-girlfriend Jean, hosts of a female serial killer-centric podcast, still show all the signs of being a couple. But everything changes when Morgan falls hard and fast for the mysterious Simone, who may or may not be a killer.Rated: Not RatedRelease Date: Jul 26, 2017 Source: Metacritic
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