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Saturday Matinee: Hotel Artemis
As rioting rocks Los Angeles in the year 2028, disgruntled thieves make their way to Hotel Artemis — a 13-story, members-only hospital for criminals. It’s operated by the Nurse, a no-nonsense, high-tech healer who already has her hands full with a French assassin, an arms dealer and an injured cop. As the violence of the night continues, the Nurse must decide whether to break her own rules and confront what she’s worked so hard to avoid.
Directed by Drew Pearce and featuring Jodie Foster, Sterling K. Brown, Sofia Boutella, Jeff Goldblum, Charlie Day, Brian Tyree Henry, Jenny Slate, Dave Bautista, and Zachary Quinto.
Watch on Hoopla here: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12229224
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Saturday Matinee: Julian Assange, a Modern Day Hero? Inside the World of WikiLeaks
A 3 hour version of the unbiased and informative 2011 documentary about persecuted journalist and activist Julian Assange. Also features Daniel Ellsberg.
Watch the full film here.
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Saturday Matinee: Mediastan
A small group of Wikileaks journalists make their way through Central Asia interviewing newspaper editors. Their real goal: to find local media outlets to publish secret US diplomatic cables. This intelligent, guerrilla-style doc follows their fascinating journey from Afghanistan to Manhattan, through the boundaries of free speech and the minds of those who shape our understanding of the world.
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Saturday Matinee: Billy Budd
“Billy Budd” (1962) is a British drama produced, directed, and co-written by Peter Ustinov. In this film adaptation of the stage play of Herman Melville’s short novel of the same name, young Billy Budd (Terence Stamp) is conscripted by the British navy during wartime where his charisma and integrity quickly makes him a trusted crew member. However, master-at-arms Claggart (Robert Ryan), secretly jealous of Billy’s natural leadership skills, conspires to frame him for mutiny.
Watch the full film here: https://christiebooks.co.uk/anarchist_films/billy-budd-1962-peter-ustinov/
