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Köln 75

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  • Title: Köln 75
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Writer/director Ido Fluk tackles the life of teenage concert organizer Vera Brandes (Mala Emde) and the Köln Concert, recorded in the West German Opera House which would become both the best-selling Jazz solo album and the best-selling piano album ever recorded. Breaking out of her stifling family dynamic, Brandes started booking clubs and concerts for Jazz musicians at the age of 15 and three years later, despite a number of obstacles, delivered Keith Jarrett (John Magaro) on stage to perform what is regarded as a seminal moment in music history.

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The Smashing Machine

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  • Title: The Smashing Machine
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The Smashing Machine showcases the life and career of former MMA fighter Mark Kerr (Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson) who was one of the biggest names in the sport during the late 1990s. More notable for The Rock’s performance than any details of Kerr’s life, in or out of the ring, the film showcases the fighter overcoming substance abuse, the precipitous fall following his first loss, and the contentious relationship with his girlfriend (Emily Blunt).

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Hamnet

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  • Title: Hamnet
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Based on the historical novel of the same name, Hamnet offers a fictionalized telling of William Shakespeare‘s (Paul Mescal) family and the series of events that could (depending on what scholars you believe) have played into the playwright’s finest tragedy. Whether or not the account is accurate, there is no debate that director Chloé Zhao (who co-wrote the screenplay with the novel’s author Maggie O’Farrell) delivers a heartbreaking, yet ultimately cathartic, emotional tour de force that won’t leave a dry eye in the house.

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Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere

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  • Title: Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
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Biopics usually attempt to cover either the generation of an artist, an attempt at capturing their greatest hits, or a pivotal moment in their career. At the time Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere begins, Bruce Springsteen (Jeremy Allen White) is already riding high fresh off a tour and his first #1 single. Returning home, while from time to time giving us glimpses of his childhood, the film focuses on Springsteen working on the songs which would make up his next two albums while dealing with ghosts from his past and beginning a burgeoning romance he’s not ready for.

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