Artsies:
Microbe and Gasoline (R) 1 Hr. 45 Min. – 3 stars
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtmsmPt01jQ&w=560&h=315]
Two young friends embark on a road trip across France in a vehicle they built themselves.
Director: Michel Gondry
Starring: Ange Dargent, Théophile Baquet, Diane Besnier
Indignation (R) 1 Hr. 50 Min. – 3 1/2 stars
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELKsrUssyQE&w=560&h=315]
In 1955, Marcus, a working-class Jewish student from New Jersey, attends a small Ohio college, where he struggles with sexual repression and cultural disaffection, amid the ongoing Korean War.
Director: James Schamus
Starring: Logan Lerman, Sarah Gadon, Tracy Letts
Gleason (R) 1 Hr. 50 Min. – 3 1/2 stars
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgkQU32XSFQ&w=560&h=315]
At the age of 34, Steve Gleason was diagnosed with ALS. Doctors gave the former NFL defensive back and New Orleans hero two to five years to live. So that is what Steve chose to do.
Director: Clay Tweel
Starring: Steve Gleason, Mike Gleason, Scott Fujita
Fartsies:
Sausage Party (R) 1 Hr. 29 Min. – 2 stars
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKaPjWOZJjM&w=560&h=315]
A misplaced sausage and his savory friends embark on an existential adventure through the aisles of a massive supermarket in this raunchy animated comedy from Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg.
Director: Conrad Vernon, Greg Tiernan
Starring: Seth Rogen, Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader, Jonah Hill
Blood Father (R) 1 Hr. 28 Min. – Not screened
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGvTRG-iud8&w=560&h=315]
An ex-con reunites with his estranged wayward 16-year old daughter to protect her from drug dealers who are trying to kill her.
Director: Jean-François Richet
Starring: Mel Gibson, Erin Moriarty, Diego Luna
Anthropoid (R) 2 Hr. – 3 stars
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blAKCJcXC5c&w=560&h=315]
Based on the extraordinary true story of Operation Anthropoid, the WWII mission to assassinate SS General Reinhard Heydrich, the main architect behind the Final Solution and the Reich’s third in command after Hitler and Himmler.
Director: Sean Ellis
Starring: Jamie Dornan, Cillian Murphy, Brian Caspe
Florence Foster Jenkins (PG-13) 1 Hr. 50 Min. 3 stars
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HszfdNS0JSc&w=560&h=315]
The story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible singing voice.
Director: Stephen Frears
Starring: Meryl Streep, Hugh Grant, Simon Helberg
Pete’s Dragon (PG) – 1 Hr. 42 Min. – 3 1/2 stars
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPOamb6d_20&w=560&h=315]
The adventures of an orphaned boy named Pete and his best friend Elliot, who just so happens to be a dragon.
Director: David Lowery
Starring: Bryce Dallas Howard, Robert Redford, Oakes Fegley
Next week:
– Ben-Hur
– Don’t Think Twice
– Hell or High Water
– Kubo and the Two Strings
– Lo & Behold: Reveries of the Connected World
– Our Little Sister
– War Dogs
