/r/MovieOfTheDay

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Welcome to Movie Of The Day. This subreddit is dedicated to bringing you a different movie every day.

The current schedule is something like this:

  • Monday - award winning films
  • Terror Tuesday / Terrible Tuesday - Either a horror movie or a cult hit
  • Wildcard Wednesday
  • Thursday - Movies about music or the arts, including musicals
  • Friday / Saturday / Sunday - 3 thematically connected films - great directors, notable actors or writers or something

Welcome to Movie Of The Day. This subreddit is dedicated to bring you a different movie every day.

If you have any suggestions on what movie should be featured next, message the mods and we will add them to the list.

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Here are some cool movie-related subs:

Subs for movies Theme Weeks
/r/MovieSuggestions /r/JamesBond
/r/underratedmovies /r/Sharks
/r/100movies365days /r/Sharknado
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/r/movieclub /r/anime
/r/TrueFilm /r/Animesuggest
/r/Filmmakers /r/Documentaries
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/r/TheArtifice /r/Heavymind
/r/movies /r/harrypotter
/r/comicbookmovies /r/asylum
/r/historyoffilm /r/Robocop
/r/PlanetOfTheApes
/r/BacktotheFuture

For everything not listed above please go to /r/MovieDirectory to find your reddit movie home!


r/MovieOfTheDay's Library: All of our movie of the day's sorted alphabetically.


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SUNDAY /u/949paintball

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September 15, 2023 - Blazing Saddles (1974)

#####Blazing Saddles ####Directed by: Mel Brooks ###Starring: Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Slim Pickens, Harvey Korman, Madeline Kahn, Mel Brooks

In order to ruin a western town, a corrupt politician appoints a black Sheriff, who promptly becomes his most formidable adversary.


##Info:

  • Rated: R
  • Running Time: 93 Minutes
  • Genre: Comedy | Western
  • Release Date: February 7, 1974
  • Country(s): USA
  • Language(s): English
  • IMDb user rating: 7.7/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 88%
  • Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 91%
  • Metacritic Critic: 73/100
  • Metacritic Audience: 7.2/10

##Awards: 3 wins and 6 nominations


##Links:

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Discussion topic(s):

  • This weekend will feature three films directed by Mel Brooks!

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2023/10/02
00:01 UTC

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September 14, 2023 - David Byrne's American Utopia (2020)

#####David Byrne's American Utopia ####Directed by: Spike Lee ###Starring: David Byrne, Jacqueline Acevedo, Gustavo Di Dalva

Spike Lee documents the former Talking Heads frontman's brilliant, timely 2019 Broadway show, based on his recent album and tour of the same name.


##Info:

  • Rated: TV-14
  • Running Time: 105 Minutes
  • Genre: Documentary | Music
  • Release Date: October 17, 2020
  • Country(s): USA
  • Language(s): English
  • IMDb user rating: 8.2/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 97%
  • Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 85%
  • Metacritic Critic: 93/100
  • Metacritic Audience: 7.4/10

##Awards: 4 wins and 19 nominations


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2023/09/30
01:15 UTC

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September 13, 2023 - Simone (2002)

#####Simone / S1m0ne ####Directed by: Andrew Niccol ###Starring: Al Pacino, Rachel Roberts, Catherine Keener, Evan Rachel Wood, Jay Mohr, Winona Ryder

A producer's film is endangered when his star walks off, so he decides to digitally create an actress to substitute for the star, becoming an overnight sensation that everyone thinks is a real person.


##Info:

  • Rated: PG-13
  • Running Time: 117 Minutes
  • Genre: Comedy | Drama | Science Fiction
  • Release Date: August 23, 2002
  • Country(s): USA
  • Language(s): English
  • IMDb user rating: 6.1/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 51%
  • Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 36%
  • Metacritic Critic: 49/100
  • Metacritic Audience: 8.5/10

##Awards: 1 nomination


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2023/09/26
05:16 UTC

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September 12, 2023 - The Ruins (2008)

#####The Ruins ####Directed by: Carter Smith ###Starring: Jonathan Tucker, Jena Malone, Shawn Ashmore, Laura Ramsey, Joe Anderson

A leisurely Mexican holiday takes a turn for the worse when a group of friends and a fellow tourist embark on a remote archaeological dig in the jungle, where something evil lives among the ruins.


##Info:

  • Rated: R
  • Running Time: 90 Minutes
  • Genre: Adventure | Horror | Thriller
  • Release Date: April 4, 2008
  • Country(s): USA
  • Language(s): English
  • IMDb user rating: 5.9/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 50%
  • Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 30%
  • Metacritic Critic: 44/100
  • Metacritic Audience: 7.7/10

##Awards: 7 nominations


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2023/09/25
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September 11, 2023 - Mank (2020)

#####Mank ####Directed by: David Fincher ###Starring: Gary Oldman, Amanda Seyfried, Lily Collins, Arliss Howard, Tom Pelphrey

1930s Hollywood is re-evaluated through the eyes of scathing social critic and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish the screenplay of Citizen Kane (1941).


##Info:

  • Rated: R
  • Running Time: 131 Minutes
  • Genre: Biography | Comedy | Drama
  • Release Date: December 4, 2020
  • Country(s): USA
  • Language(s): English
  • IMDb user rating: 6.8/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 83%
  • Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 63%
  • Metacritic Critic: 79/100
  • Metacritic Audience: 6.3/10

##Awards: 58 wins and 268 nominations

  • Won 2 Oscars - Best Cinematography, Best Production Design
  • 8 additional Oscar nominations

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  • This was very popular with the critics.

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2023/09/24
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September 10, 2023 - The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001)

#####The Curse of the Jade Scorpion ####Directed by: Woody Allen ###Starring: Dan Aykroyd, Helen Hunt, Woody Allen, Charlize Theron, David Ogden Stiers, Brian Markinson

An insurance investigator and an efficency expert who hate each other are both hypnotized by a crooked hypnotist with a jade scorpion into stealing jewels.


##Info:

  • Rated: PG-13
  • Running Time: 103 Minutes
  • Genre: Comedy | Crime | Mystery
  • Release Date: August 24, 2001
  • Country(s): USA
  • Language(s): English
  • IMDb user rating: 6.7/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 45%
  • Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 53%
  • Metacritic Critic: 52/100
  • Metacritic Audience: 6.4/10

##Awards: 1 win and 1 nomination


##Links:

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Discussion topic(s):

  • Third and final Woody Allen film.

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2023/09/24
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September 9, 2023 - Deconstructing Harry (1997)

#####Deconstructing Harry ####Directed by: Woody Allen ###Starring: Woody Allen, Judy Davis, Stephanie Roth Haberle, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Lynn Cohen, Richard Benjamin

Suffering from writer's block and eagerly awaiting his writing award, Harry Block remembers events from his past and scenes from his best-selling books as characters, real and fictional, come back to haunt him.


##Info:

  • Rated: R
  • Running Time: 96 Minutes
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release Date - limited (Oscar season): December 12, 1997
  • Release Date: January 2, 1998
  • Country(s): USA
  • Language(s): English
  • IMDb user rating: 7.3/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 73%
  • Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 82%
  • Metacritic Critic: 61/100
  • Metacritic Audience: 7.2/10

##Awards: 4 wins and 6 nominations


##Links:

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Discussion topic(s):

  • Woody Allen for the weekend. At least what we can find streaming, which is very sparse considering he has made a film every year for many decades.

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2023/09/18
03:54 UTC

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September 8, 2023 - Manhattan (1979)

#####Manhattan ####Directed by: Woody Allen ###Starring: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Michael Murphy, Mariel Hemingway, Meryl Streep

The life of a divorced television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.


##Info:

  • Rated: R
  • Running Time: 96 Minutes
  • Genre: Comedy | Romance | Drama
  • Release Date: April 25, 1979
  • Country(s): USA
  • Language(s): English
  • IMDb user rating: 7.8/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 94%
  • Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 92%
  • Metacritic Critic: 83/100
  • Metacritic Audience: 8.2/10

##Awards: 16 wins and 24 nominations


##Links:

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  • Woody Allen is being featured this weekend.

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2023/09/17
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September 7, 2023 - Hoop Dreams (1994)

#####Hoop Dreams ####Directed by: Steve James ###Starring: William Gates, Arthur Agee, Gene Pingatore, Steve James, Dick Vitale, Bob Knight, Spike Lee

A documentary film following the lives of two inner-city Chicago boys who struggle to become college basketball players on the road to going professional.


##Info:

  • Rated: PG-13
  • Running Time: 170 Minutes
  • Genre: Documentary | Drama | Sport
  • Release Date: October 14, 1994
  • Country(s): USA
  • Language(s): English
  • IMDb user rating: 8.3/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 98%
  • Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 93%
  • Metacritic Critic: 98/100
  • Metacritic Audience: 8.0/10

##Awards: 23 wins and 9 nominations


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2023/09/12
22:40 UTC

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September 6, 2023 - Adama: The World of Wind (2015)

#####Adama: The World of Wind ####Directed by: Simon Rouby ###Starring: Azize Diabate Abdoulaye, Pascal N'Zonzi, Oxmo Puccino, jack mba

When his brother runs away to join the army during WWI, a young African boy stows away on a ship and travels to Europe in an effort to locate him.


##Info:

  • Rated: G
  • Running Time: 82 Minutes
  • Genre: Animation | Adventure | Drama
  • Release Date: October 21, 2015
  • Country(s): France
  • Language(s): French
  • IMDb user rating: 6.7/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes Critic: --%
  • Rotten Tomatoes Audience: --%

##Awards: 5 wins and 4 nominations


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  • You have to watch this movie! It is fanstastic!

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2023/09/09
21:58 UTC

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September 5, 2023 - Idle Hands (1999)

#####Idle Hands ####Directed by: Rodman Flender ###Starring: Devon Sawa, Seth Green, Elden Henson, Jessica Alba, Christopher Hart, Vivica A. Fox

A teenage slacker's right hand becomes possessed with murderous intent.


##Info:

  • Rated: R
  • Running Time: 92 Minutes
  • Genre: Comedy | Fantasy | Horror
  • Release Date: April 30, 1999
  • Country(s): USA
  • Language(s): English
  • IMDb user rating: 6.2/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 15%
  • Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 58%
  • Metacritic Critic: 31/100
  • Metacritic Audience: 8.2/10

##Awards: 4 nominations


##Links:

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Discussion topic(s):

  • Featuring music by The Offspring!

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2023/09/08
22:16 UTC

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September 4, 2023 - A Place in the Sun (1951)

#####A Place in the Sun ####Directed by: George Stevens ###Starring: Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Shelley Winters, Anne Revere, Keefe Brasselle, Fred Clark

A poor boy gets a job working for his rich uncle and ends up falling in love with two women.


##Info:

  • Rated: Passed
  • Running Time: 122 Minutes
  • Genre: Drama | Romance
  • Release Date: August 14, 1951
  • Country(s): USA
  • Language(s): English
  • IMDb user rating: 7.7/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 81%
  • Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 84%
  • Metacritic Critic: 76/100
  • Metacritic Audience: 8.0/10

##Awards: 15 wins and 10 nominations

  • Won 6 Oscars

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2023/09/08
05:17 UTC

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September 3, 2023 - Fay Grim (2007)

#####Fay Grim ####Directed by: Hal Hartley ###Starring: Parker Posey, Liam Aiken, James Urbaniak, Jeff Goldblum, D.J. Mendel, Megan Gay

Ten years after the events of Henry Fool, Fay Grim is coerced by a CIA agent to try and locate notebooks that belonged to her fugitive ex-husband.


##Info:

  • Rated: R
  • Running Time: 118 Minutes
  • Genre: Action | Comedy | Thriller
  • Release Date: May 18, 2007
  • Country(s): USA
  • Language(s): English
  • IMDb user rating: 6.1/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 47%
  • Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 57%
  • Metacritic Critic: 52/100
  • Metacritic Audience: 6.7/10

##Awards: 1 win and 2 nominations


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Discussion topic(s):

  • The third Hal Hartley film for the weekend. Turns out this is part 2 of a trilogy, but we'll save that for another day...

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2023/09/07
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September 2, 2023 - Henry Fool (1997)

#####Henry Fool ####Directed by: Hal Hartley ###Starring: Thomas Jay Ryan, James Urbaniak, Parker Posey, Maria Porter, James Saito, Kevin Corrigan

An egocentric bum transforms the lives of a shy New Jersey garbageman and his sister.


##Info:

  • Rated: R
  • Running Time: 137 Minutes
  • Genre: Comedy | Drama
  • Release Date: September 7, 1997 - Toronto International Film Festival
  • Release Date - general: June 19, 1998
  • Country(s): USA
  • Language(s): English
  • IMDb user rating: 7.1/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 89%
  • Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 82%
  • Metacritic Critic: 68/100
  • Metacritic Audience: 6.2/10

##Awards: 1 win and 1 nomination


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Discussion topic(s):

  • Second selection from director Hal Hartley.

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September 1, 2023 - Trust (1990)

#####Trust ####Directed by: Hal Hartley ###Starring: Adrienne Shelly, Martin Donovan, Rebecca Nelson, John MacKay, Edie Falco, Gary Sauer

IMDb: After being thrown out of her house, Maria encounters a married woman who complains of not having children. Maria ends up in an abandoned house, where she meets Matthew. When a baby is kidnapped Maria sets out to find the woman.

JustWatch: After being thrown away from home, pregnant high school dropout Maria meets Matthew, a highly educated and extremely moody electronics repairman. The two begin an unusual romance built on their sense of mutual admiration and trust.


##Info:

  • Rated: R
  • Running Time: 107 Minutes
  • Genre: Comedy | Crime | Drama
  • Release Date: September 9, 1990 - Toronto International Film Festival
  • Country(s): USA
  • Language(s): English
  • IMDb user rating: 7.4/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 80%
  • Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 93%
  • Metacritic Critic: 67/100
  • Metacritic Audience: 6.8/10

##Awards: 4 wins and 2 nominations


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  • Hal Hartley for the weekend! His debut film that you are sure to love...

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2023/09/05
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August 31, 2023 - My Dinner with Andre (1981)

#####My Dinner with Andre ####Directed by: Louis Malle ###Starring: Wallace Shawn, Andre Gregory, Jean Lenauer, Roy Butler

Two old friends meet for dinner; as one tells anecdotes detailing his experiences, the other notices their differing worldviews.


##Info:

  • Rated: PG
  • Running Time: 110 Minutes
  • Genre: Comedy | Drama | Avant-garde
  • Release Date: October 11, 1981 (United States)
  • Country(s): USA
  • Language(s): English
  • IMDb user rating: 7.7/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 92%
  • Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 85%
  • Metacritic Critic: 83/100
  • Metacritic Audience: 7.4/10

##Awards: 2 wins


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2023/09/03
04:24 UTC

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August 30, 2023 - Catwoman (2004)

#####Catwoman ####Directed by: Pitof ###Starring: Halle Berry, Benjamin Bratt, Sharon Stone, Lambert Wilson, Frances Conroy, Alex Borstein

A shy woman, endowed with the speed, reflexes, and senses of a cat, walks a thin line between criminal and hero, even as a detective doggedly pursues her, fascinated by both of her personas.


##Info:

  • Rated: PG-13
  • Running Time: 104 Minutes
  • Genre: Action | Crime | Fantasy
  • Release Date: July 23, 2004
  • Country(s): USA
  • Language(s): English
  • IMDb user rating: 3.4/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 8%
  • Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 18%
  • Metacritic Critic: 27/100
  • Metacritic Audience: 2.8/10

##Awards: 13 wins and 8 nominations

  • Razzie Winner - Worst Picture
  • Razzie Winner - Worst Actress - Halle Berry

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2023/09/02
20:06 UTC

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August 29, 2023 - Suicide Forest Village (2021)

#####Suicide Forest Village / Jukai Mura ####Directed by: Takashi Shimizu ###Starring: Anna Yamada, Mayu Yamaguchi, Fuju Kamio, Yuki Kura, Haruka Kudo, Rinka Otani

One day a mysterious box arrived and a curse began to spread all over. The source of the box is 'Jukai Village'. The village is hidden in Jukai Forest, a suicide spot that once you enter it, you can never come out.


##Info:

  • Rated: Not rated
  • Running Time: 117 Minutes
  • Genre: Drama | Horror | Mystery
  • Release Date: February 5, 2021
  • Country(s): Japan
  • Language(s): Japanese
  • IMDb user rating: 5.2/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes Critic: --%
  • Rotten Tomatoes Audience: --%

##Awards: 1 win


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2023/09/01
22:24 UTC

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August 28, 2023 - Winter's Bone (2010)

#####Winter's Bone ####Directed by: Debra Granik ###Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, John Hawkes, Kevin Breznahan, Dale Dickey, Garret Dillahunt, Sheryl Lee

An unflinching Ozark Mountain girl hacks through dangerous social terrain as she hunts down her drug-dealing father while trying to keep her family intact.


##Info:

  • Rated: R
  • Running Time: 100 Minutes
  • Genre: Drama | Mystery
  • Release Date: July 16, 2010
  • Country(s): USA
  • Language(s): English
  • IMDb user rating: 7.1/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 94%
  • Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 76%
  • Metacritic Critic: 90/100
  • Metacritic Audience: 7.3/10

##Awards: 63 wins and 131 nominations

  • 4 Oscar nominations - Best Picture,; Best Actress; Best Supporting Actor; Best Screenplay, Adapted

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2023/08/31
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August 27, 2023 - The Falcon and the Snowman (1985)

#####The Falcon and the Snowman ####Directed by: John Schlesinger ###Starring: Timothy Hutton, Sean Penn, Pat Hingle, Joyce Van Patten, Art Camacho, Richard Dysart

The true story of a disillusioned military contractor employee and his drug pusher childhood friend who became walk-in spies for the Soviet Union.


##Info:

  • Rated: R
  • Running Time: 131 Minutes
  • Genre: Biography | Crime | Drama
  • Release Date: February 8, 1985
  • Country(s): USA
  • Language(s): English
  • IMDb user rating: 6.8/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 83%
  • Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 69%
  • Metacritic Critic: 68/100
  • Metacritic Audience: 8.3/10

##Awards: 1 nomination


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  • John Schlesinger film #3

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August 26, 2023 - The Day of the Locust (1975)

#####The Day of the Locust ####Directed by: John Schlesinger ###Based on the novel by: Nathanael West ###Starring: Donald Sutherland, Karen Black, Burgess Meredith, William Atherton, Geraldine Page, Richard Dysart

An art director in the 1930s falls in love and attempts to make a young woman an actress despite Hollywood who wants nothing to do with her because of her problems with an estranged man and her alcoholic father.


##Info:

  • Rated: R
  • Running Time: 144 Minutes
  • Genre: Drama | Thriller
  • Release Date: June 12, 1975
  • Country(s): USA
  • Language(s): English
  • IMDb user rating: 6.9/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 63%
  • Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 76%
  • Metacritic Critic: 61/100
  • Metacritic Audience: tbd/10

##Awards: 2 wins and 6 nominations


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  • Our second John Schlesinger selection.

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2023/08/29
22:36 UTC

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August 25, 2023 - Midnight Cowboy (1969)

#####Midnight Cowboy ####Directed by: John Schlesinger ###Starring: Jon Voight, Dustin Hoffman, Sylvia Miles, John McGiver, Brenda Vaccaro, Barnard Hughes

Joe Buck is a wide-eyed hustler from Texas hoping to score big with wealthy New York City women; he finds a companion in Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo, an ailing swindler with a bum leg and a quixotic fantasy of escaping to Florida.


##Info:

  • Rated: X
  • Running Time: 113 Minutes
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: May 25, 1969
  • Country(s): USA
  • Language(s): English
  • IMDb user rating: 7.8/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 89%
  • Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 88%
  • Metacritic Critic: 79/100
  • Metacritic Audience: 8.2/10

##Awards: 28 wins and 16 nominations

  • Oscar winner - Best Picture - Jerome Hellman
  • Oscar winner - Best Director - John Schlesinger
  • Oscar winner - Best Writing - Adapted - Waldo Salt
  • Oscar nominations for 2 x Best Actor, Best Supporting Acress, Best Editing

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2023/08/26
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August 24, 2023 - Walk the Line (2005)

#####Walk the Line ####Directed by: James Mangold ###Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Ginnifer Goodwin, Robert Patrick, Dallas Roberts, Dan John Miller

A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins.


##Info:

  • Rated: PG-13
  • Running Time: 136 Minutes
  • Genre: Biograph | Drama | Music
  • Release Date: November 18, 2005
  • Country(s): USA
  • Language(s): English
  • IMDb user rating: 7.8/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 82%
  • Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 90%
  • Metacritic Critic: 72/100
  • Metacritic Audience: 8.3/10

##Awards: 45 wins and 48 nominations


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  • Wrong kid died.

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2023/08/25
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August 23, 2023 - Young Einstein (1989)

#####Young Einstein ####Directed by: Yahoo Serious ###Starring: Yahoo Serious, Odile Le Clezio, Peewee Wilson, Su Cruickshank, John Howard, Christian Manon

Albert Einstein turns the science community upside down with his discoveries including a formula to put bubbles back in beer and rock n' roll.


##Info:

  • Rated: PG
  • Running Time: 91 Minutes
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release Date: August 4, 1989
  • Country(s): USA
  • Language(s): English
  • IMDb user rating: 5.2/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 36%
  • Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 50%

##Awards: 1 win and 3 nominations


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August 22, 2023 - Zombieland (2009)

#####Zombieland ####Directed by: Ruben Fleischer ###Starring: Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin, Amber Heard, Bill Murray

A shy student trying to reach his family in Ohio, a gun-toting bruiser in search of the last Twinkie and a pair of sisters striving to get to an amusement park join forces in a trek across a zombie-filled America.


##Info:

  • Rated: R
  • Running Time: 88 Minutes
  • Genre: Action | Comedy | Horror
  • Release Date: October 2, 2009
  • Country(s): USA
  • Language(s): English
  • IMDb user rating: 7.6/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 89%
  • Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 86%
  • Metacritic Critic: 73/100
  • Metacritic Audience: 8.5/10

##Awards: 10 wins and 29 nominations


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2023/08/23
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August 21, 2023 - Chicago (2002)

#####Chicago ####Directed by: Rob Marshall ###Starring: Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere, Queen Latifah, John C. Reilly, Lucy Liu

Two death-row murderesses develop a fierce rivalry while competing for publicity, celebrity, and a sleazy lawyer's attention.


##Info:

  • Rated: PG-13
  • Running Time: 113 Minutes
  • Genre: Comedy | Crime | Musical
  • Release Date: December 27, 2002
  • Country(s): USA
  • Language(s): English
  • IMDb user rating: 7.2/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 86%
  • Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 83%
  • Metacritic Critic: 81/100
  • Metacritic Audience: 7.9/10

##Awards: 58 wins and 129 nominations

Oscars: Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress, Best Art Direction, Best Costumes, Best Editing, Best Sound

Oscar Nominations: Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Director, Best Writing - Adapted, Best Cinematography, Best Music - Original Song


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2023/08/22
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August 20, 2023 - Gone with the Pope (2010)

#####Gone with the Pope ####Directed by: Duke Mitchell ####Written by: Duke Mitchell ###Starring: Duke Mitchell ###Also starring: Jim LoBianco, Peter Milo, John Murgia, Lorenzo Dardado, Nola Hand, Jeanne Hibbard

Famed nightclub performer Duke Mitchell is Paul, a paroled gangster with an unholy scheme: to kidnap the Pope and 'charge a dollar from every Catholic in the world' as the ransom.

Shot in 1975, GONE WITH THE POPE was unfinished at the time of Duke Mitchell's death in 1981, and finally completed in 2009 from a rediscovered, unfinished print.


##Info:

  • Rated: Unrated
  • Running Time: 83 Minutes
  • Genre: Crime | Drama
  • Release Date: March 12, 2010
  • Country(s): USA
  • Language(s): English
  • IMDb user rating: 6.3/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 67%
  • Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 48%
  • Metacritic Critic: tbd/100
  • Metacritic Audience: tbd/10

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August 19, 2023 - Trees Lounge (1996)

#####Trees Lounge ####Directed by: Steve Buscemi ####Written by: Steve Buscemi ###Starring: Steve Buscemi ###Also starring: Chloë Sevigny, Carol Kane, Mark Boone Junior, Bronson Dudley, Anthony LaPaglia, Michael Buscemi

Tommy has lost his job, his love and his life. He lives in a small apartment above the Trees Lounge, a bar which he frequents along with a few other regulars without lives. He gets a job driving an ice cream truck and ends up getting involved with the seventeen-year-old niece of his ex-girlfriend.


##Info:

  • Rated: R
  • Running Time: 95 Minutes
  • Genre: Comedy | Drama
  • Release Date: October 11, 1996
  • Country(s): USA
  • Language(s): English
  • IMDb user rating: 7.1/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 81%
  • Rotten Tomatoes Audience: 79%
  • Metacritic Critic: 76/100
  • Metacritic Audience: 6.9/10

##Awards: 4 nominations


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2023/08/20
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August 18, 2023 - To Die is Hard (2010)

#####To Die is Hard ####Directed by: Glenn Berggoetz ####Written by: Glenn Berggoetz ###Starring: Glenn Berggoetz ###Also starring: Will Beckingham, Haidyn Janae Harvey, Stephanie Van Gels, Ashley Henkle, Lauren Yormack

When a gang of terrorists invade a campus building, it's up to English professor Joe McCann to save the day.


##Info:

  • Rated: Not Rated
  • Running Time: 87 Minutes
  • Genre: Action | Comedy | Written, Directred, and Starring...
  • Release Date: 2010
  • Country(s): USA
  • Language(s): English
  • IMDb user rating: 7.5/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes Critic: --%
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August 17, 2023 - Friedkin Uncut (2018)

#####Friedkin Uncut ####Directed by: Francesco Zippel ###Starring: William Friedkin, Quentin Tarantino, Juno Temple, Matthew McConaughey, Gina Gershon, Wes Anderson, many more

In this documentary, the hotshot director of The Exorcist (1973) and The French Connection (1971), now 83 years old, is interviewed about his career, and a number of his colleagues and admirers weigh in with reminiscences and tributes.


##Info:

  • Rated: Not Rated
  • Running Time: 107 Minutes
  • Genre: Documentary | Biography
  • Release Date: August 23, 2019
  • Country(s): Italy
  • Language(s): English
  • IMDb user rating: 7.1/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 86%
  • Rotten Tomatoes Audience: --%
  • Metacritic Critic: 68/100
  • Metacritic Audience: tbd/10

##Awards: 1 win and 3 nominations


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