| Theme: PROPAGANDA |
| Jan 2018 The Wonderful Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl (1993) A documentary about Leni Riefenstahl, German film director made infamous for her brilliant work in creating propaganda films for the Nazis. |
Feb 2018 Their Finest (2016) Danish director Lone Scherfig directs a British cast in a moving, yet light-hearted drama about filmmakers charged with making an inspirational film to boost morale during the Blitz of London in WWII. |
Mar 2018 Charlie Wilson’s War (2007) A Texas duo – US congressman Charlie Wilson and Houston socialite Joanne Herring — give aid to Afghanistan in their war with the Soviets, which later brings unintended consequences. |
| Apr 2018 Gasland (2010) A controversial documentary that condemns stimulating production in oil and gas wells by hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”). Shows flaming water taps as evidence of tainted drinking water. |
May 2018 FrackNation (2013) A documentary reveals hardships met by a journalist who questions activists about their efforts to discredit hydraulic fracturing in oil and gas wells, and who interviews small farmers consequently deprived of income. |
| Theme: CHANGING TIMES |
| Sep 2018 Peyton Place (1957) Set in the years surrounding WWII in a New England mill town, where homicide, suicide, incest, moral hypocrisy and scandal belie its tranquil façade. —Wikipedia |
Oct 2018 Charade (1963) In Paris several men pursue a woman whose husband had stolen a fortune, then was murdered. Suspense, chills — and romance, of course — go along with it. |
Nov 2018 Mr. and Mrs. Bridge (1990) Set during the 1940s, a privileged American family’s dysfunction is created by parents living under society’s dictates, against their children’s progressive values. |
| Dec 2018 Book Club (2018) Four friends meet monthly as a “book club” to discuss their reading. They happily rekindle romance while reading 50 Shades of Grey. |
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