Inspired by true events, The Woman King examines the life of the general (Viola Davis) of an all-female army of the African kingdom of Dahomey during a period where a crop of new recruits, including the opinionated young Nawi (Thuso Mbedu), and rivalries with their neighbors, will reawaken ghosts from her past.
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As writer/director Todd Field‘s film opens, we meet the formidable Lydia Tár (Cate Blanchett) at the height of her power. One of the greatest living composers, and the first female chief conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic, Tár seems to have it all. However, as Field’s character study delves deeper in the conductor’s life we begin to see cracks in the veneer which will eventually lead to her downfall.
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Offering a very natural feel of a father/daughter dynamic, writer/director Charlotte Wells‘ Aftersun offers a moment of time between Calum (Paul Mescal) and Sophie (Frankie Corio) on a vacation in Turkey which occurred on her 11th birthday. Intercutting between filmed scenes and those from the father’s camcorder, a large amount of the movie feels like life playing out naturally making me curious as to how much of smaller moments were scripted.
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Based on the shorts of the same name, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On is a weird, and heartwarming, little film about a talking shell named Marcel (Jenny Slate) who has been separated from the rest of his family other than his grandmother (Isabella Rossellini). A recently separated documentarian (Dean Fleischer-Camp), who moves into the Airbnb where Marcel lives, begins filming Marcel and his inventiveness around the house which will eventually garner attention from YouTube viewers and even 60 Minutes.
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More than 2,000 years ago Aesop warned us: “Be careful what you wish for, lest it come true!” That idea is central to Pleasure, the stark look at the porn industry through a wide-eyed 19 year-old Swedish teen (Sofia Kappel) who moves to Los Angeles with dreams of becoming a star. While she initially sets boundaries, it doesn’t take long for Bella Cherry to begin making compromises while desperately chasing fame hoping to earn a treasured spot on the most exclusive agency in town.
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