Monday, November 20, 2017

After the Movie Theater, Try...

Now in theaters:


After checking out the latest hits at the movie theater, try something similar listed below.


Lady Bird: "Lady Bird" McPherson, a teenager in Sacramento, tries to make her own way in the world. 
  • The Diary of a Teenage Girl: A 15-year-old aspiring comic book artist comes of age in 1970's San Francisco. Based on the novel. 
  • Frances Ha: Greta Gerwig, director of Lady Bird, stars as the title character in this black-and-white comedy about an aspiring dancer trying to work her life out in New York. 
  • The Edge of Seventeen: Two high school girls are best friends until one dates the other's older brother. 
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri: A mother rents three billboards to send a message to the police after her daughter's murder goes unsolved. 
  • In BrugesDirector Martin McDonagh demonstrated his knack for black humor in this crime caper set in Belgium. 
  • FargoFrances McDormand is determined to catch the criminal in both Three Billboards and Fargo. 
  • PrisonersA darker take on the conflict between parents of victims and the police, from director Denis Villeneuve. 
  • Flannery O'ConnorThree Billboards borrows from O'Connor's Southern Gothic style. 
The Killing of a Sacred Deer: A teenager's attempts to bring a brilliant surgeon into his dysfunctional family take an unexpected turn. 
  • The Lobster: Director Yorgos Lanthimos also directed this surreal science fiction romance, which also stars Colin Farrell. 
  • Blue Velvet: Is Lanthimos the new David Lynch? Both mix the surreal with the everyday, and offer little in the way of explanation. 
  • Funny Games: Two psychotic young men take a family hostage in this sadistic thriller that also plays with reality. 
  • Eyes Wide Shut: Nicole Kidman also stars in this dream-like drama. 

Murder on the Orient Express: A brilliant detective investigates a murder aboard a stalled train in this adaptation of the classic Agatha Christie novel.
  • Murder on the Orient Express (1974): Compare director Branagh's modern take to acclaimed director Sidney Lumet's take from the 70's: both feature star-studded casts! 
  • Henry V: Try another film from Branagh's directing filmography - this acclaimed Shakespeare adaptation shows his attention to lush detail. 
  • Agatha Christie's Poirot: Need more Agatha Christie, or Poirot? David Suchet's performance of the famed detective is iconic. 
  • L.A. Confidential: A twisting mystery unfolds as three detectives unravel the conspiracy behind a killing at a diner. 


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