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"**January**Steve Gordon- Arthur **February**Graham Greene and Alexander Korda- The Third Man **March**Lawrence Kasdan- Body Heat **April**Mike Mills- 20th Century Women **May**Macon Blair & E.L. Katz- Small Crimes **June**Julian Barratt & Simon Farnaby- Mindhorn **July**Bong Joon-ho and Jon Ronson- Okja **August**Nacho Vigalondo- Colossal **September**Mike White- Beatriz at Dinner **October**David Lowery- A Ghost Story **November**Alex Ross Perry- Queen of Earth **December**David Bra"
" DVD- 1hr. 58min. First Viewing A tender and bittersweet coming-of-age story told with genuine feeling and insight; 20the Century Women is a wonderful film filled with great writing, acting, directing. The script, in particular, is so intelligent and humane that it ranks as one of the best written in recent memory. The ensemble, too, is exceptional, with each performer inhabiting their characters with graceful earnestness that doesn't feel artificial. The beginning is a bit slow, but the film fl"
"First viewing - Nov. 27th Since I won't spend any time with Prime in December I figured I'd choose from their options for anything I watched the last week of November. This film caught my attention partly because Greta Gerwig is in it and partly because when it screened here earlier this year there was a respectable offer to have all ticket sales for one weekend benefit Planned Parenthood. I think I was even at a theatre that weekend, but for a film that was a bigger priority for me. Anyway, "
"Feels anti-climactic to focus on certain relationships and then have the movie end with them suddenly in others with no development."
"2016 Film Director Writing Actress - Benning Ensemble Soundtrack Editing"
“As with his prior film, Beginners, Mike Mills excels at telling stories in which the major drama is just the pains, sorrows, and growths of everyday life. There’s no overpowering personal crisis to overcome and grow out of, just the normal frustrations and aggressions of being a teenager and flailing about for your identity. 20th Century Women could play as the spiritual cousin or response to Beginners’ story of a father and son repairing their relationship and finding romantic partners. We meet five specific characters, each of them fully realized and complete, each of them an absolute joy to spend two hours with. There’s Dorothea Fields (Annette Bening, never better), the chain-smoking single mother with the piercing gaze and yearning to connect with a teenage son, Jamie (Luca” read more
"23/2/17 A superb rites-of-passage tale as single mother Annette Bening copes with the pressures of her dysfunctional household and her teenage son during 1979. Brimming with interesting, well-rounded characters, smart dialogue and a first-rate punk soundtrack, this is a delight from start to finish and well worth checking out."