Movies I Watched (July 2020)

An in-depth look at Hollywood's depiction of transgender people and the impact of those stories on transgender lives and American culture.

Along with her black cat Jiji, Kiki settles in a seaside town and starts a high-flying delivery service. Here begins her magical encounter with independence and responsibility, making lifelong friends and finding her place in the world.

A documentary about militant student political activity in the University of California-Berkely in the 1960's.

Between scenes from an excruciating date, Jim Jefferies digs into generational differences, his own bad habits and the shifting boundaries in comedy.

The Silence of Others reveals the epic struggle of victims of Spain's 40-year dictatorship under General Franco, who continue to seek justice to this day. Filmed over six years, the film follows the survivors as they organize the groundbreaking 'Argentine Lawsuit' and fight a state-imposed amnesia of crimes against humanity, and explores a country still divided four decades into democracy. Seven years in the making, The Silence of Others is the second documentary feature by Emmy-winning filmmakers Almudena Carracedo and Robert Bahar (Made in L.A.). It is being Executive Produced by Pedro Almodóvar, Agustín Almodóvar, and Esther García.

Three elite climbers struggle to find their way through obsession and loss as they attempt to climb Mount Meru, one of the most coveted prizes in the high stakes game of Himalayan big wall climbing.

A documentary of the notorious racial terrorist 1963 bombing by the Ku Klux Klan of the African American 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham during the Civil Rights Movement, which killed four young girls.

Dave talks about not actually growing up in the projects, the hate he received from the transgender community, and from fake news.

A twenty-seven-year-old office worker travels to the countryside while reminiscing about her childhood in Tokyo.

Fashionable sorority queen Elle Woods follows her ex-boyfriend to law school, where she discovers that there is more to her than just looks.

Dave jokes about the sexual assaults dominating the 2017 entertainment news and how and why people allow themselves to be abused.

A group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated by the threat of Geronimo and learn something about each other in the process.

Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska becomes Senator John McCain's running mate in the 2008 Presidential election.

A young businessman wakes up in a hotel room locked from the inside with the dead body of his lover next to him. He hires a prestigious lawyer, and over one night they work together to clarify what happened in a frenetic race against time.

A young man with artistic talent lives in a close-knit coal-mining town and finds himself inhibited by his emotionally manipulative mother.

Dave Chappelle gives his usual skewed insight into the topics of race, technology, OJ Simpson, and more in a stand up special filmed in Hollywood.

A chronicle of the rise and fall of O.J. Simpson, whose high-profile murder trial exposed the extent of American racial tensions, revealing a fractured and divided nation.

Dave Chappelle gives his stand about racially charged run-ins, celebrity scandals and fatherly dilemmas in his stand-up set at Austin's Moody Theater.

A man confronts the trauma of past sexual abuse as a boy by a Catholic priest only to find his decision shatters his relationships with his family, community and faith.

Dave Chappelle takes on gun culture, the opioid crisis, and the tidal wave of celebrity scandals in a defiant stand-up special filmed in Atlanta.

An estranged family gathers together in New York City for an event celebrating the artistic work of their father.

Jack Skellington, king of Halloween Town, discovers Christmas Town, but his attempts to bring Christmas to his home causes confusion.

The story of Jack Johnson, the first African-American Heavyweight boxing champion.

Lost Boys of Sudan is a feature-length documentary that follows two Sudanese refugees on an extraordinary journey from Africa to America. Orphaned as young boys in one of Africa's cruelest civil wars, Peter Dut and Santino Chuor survived lion attacks and militia gunfire to reach a refugee camp in Kenya along with thousands of other children. From there, remarkably, they were chosen to come to America. Safe at last from physical danger and hunger, a world away from home, they find themselves confronted with the abundance and alienation of contemporary American suburbia.

When you meet Réjean, (Rémy Girard) it is impossible to separate the real world from his imaginary one. A biographer by trade, his role is to embellish the lives of his clients. Very soon, Réjean will face the same problem on the dating site Réseau Contact. He has to send a video that talks about him, about his life. In short, to be a salesman. Hesitantly, he starts telling his life story to the camera. As best he can, he desperately tries to rebuild his life as he remembers it. Unfortunately, his profession is rubbing off on his own story. Caught up in the game, he will choose the easy way out, hiding behind his technique, to make his life an incredible adventure worthy of a successful author. A story that is both funny and poignant, full of intrigue where the spectator will try to discern the true from the false. There won't be any easy ones.