891. Russian Ark ( Russkiy kovcheg )
Year of Release: 2002
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Russian
Genre: Drama/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Aleksandr Sokurov
Actors: Sergei Dontsov, Mariya Kuznetsova, Leonid Mozgovoy, Mikhail Piotrovsky, David Giorgobiani, Aleksandr Chaban
Plot: Fantasy following a 19th century French aristocrat - who is quite critical of the Russian way of life - as he travels through the Russian State Hermitage Museum and interacts with historical figures covering over 200 years of Russian history.
892. Cross of Iron
Year of Release: 1977
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Actors: James Coburn, Maximilian Schell, James Mason, David Warner, Klaus Löwitsch, Vadim Glowna
Plot: During WWII, battle-hardened Rolf Steiner leads many successful missions but when a new Prussian commander is assigned, the man wants only one thing - an Iron Cross to maintain his families honor. The two men cannot coexist as honor and arrogance collide.
893. Woman in the Dunes ( Suna no onna )
Year of Release: 1964
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Hiroshi Teshigahara
Actors: Kyôko Kishida, Eiji Okada, Koji Mitsui, Sen Yano, Kinzo Sekiguchi
Plot: A naturalist professor, looking in the desert for insects, becomes imprisoned by a woman living in the valley of sand dunes.
894. Three Colors: White ( Trzy kolory: Bialy )
Year of Release: 1994
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Polish
Genre: Drama/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Actors: Zbigniew Zamachowski, Julie Delpy, Janusz Gajos, Jerzy Stuhr, Aleksander Bardini, Grzegorz Warchol
Plot: A Polish man is coldly abandoned by his French wife. After making a fortune, he sets about getting revenge. Second in Kieslowski's "Three Colors" trilogy, preceded by "Blue" and followed by "Red."
895. Brave
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Mark Andrews
Actors: Emma Thompson, Kelly Macdonald, Kevin McKidd, Robbie Coltrane, Julie Walters, Craig Ferguson
Plot: A young princess makes a reckless choice that has grave consequences for her kingdom unless she can summon the courage to face the curse head on in this mythological Scottish tale.
896. Nomadland
Year of Release: 2020
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Chloé Zhao
Actors: Frances McDormand, Gay DeForest, Patricia Grier, Linda May, Angela Reyes, Carl R. Hughes
Plot: Fern has lived all her life in a company town in rural Nevada. When the recession causes the small-town economy to collapse she packs up her van and takes off, deciding to explore life as a modern-day nomad.
897. Onibaba
Year of Release: 1965
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kaneto Shindô
Actors: Nobuko Otowa, Jitsuko Yoshimura, Kei Sato, Jukichi Uno, Taiji Tonoyama
Plot: As a feudal war ravages Japan, a soldier leaves behind his wife and mother. Together they scrounge by waylaying tired and wounded soldiers and selling their arms to a greedy merchant. An old friend returns and spells out the fate of the missing husband and son - soon the young widow gives into lust and the mother is left lonely, jealous and plotting her revenge.
898. The Jungle Book
Year of Release: 1967
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Adventure
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Wolfgang Reitherman
Actors: Phil Harris, Sebastian Cabot, Louis Prima, George Sanders, Sterling Holloway, Bruce Reitherman
Plot: Based on Rudyard Kipling's tale of a boy raised by wolves, but with the Disney touch, talking animals, and memorable songs.
899. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Year of Release: 2022
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Rian Johnson
Actors: Daniel Craig, Edward Norton, Kate Hudson, Janelle Monáe, Dave Bautista, Kathryn Hahn
Plot: At the height of the lockdown and going sitr-crazy, the world's premier detective Benoit Blanc, finds himself receiving an invitation to an island paradise owned by Miles Bron, tech billionaire - who is putting on a murder mystery for his closest friends. When Blanc is informed he actually wasn't invited, it opens up more questions - and this game takes a decidedly serious tone, especially when it becomes apparent there is more than one murder to be solved.
900. Before Sunset
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Richard Linklater
Actors: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Vernon Dobtcheff, Louise Lemoine Torres, Rodolphe Pauly, Mariane Plasteig
Plot: 9 years have passed since Jesse and Celine first met ("Before Sunrise") as
they meet each other again in France to discuss their past and what could
have been.
