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LEISURE

Movies of the Month

-Tarini D’souza

[Please note: Sharada Mandir / The Lotus does not endorse any of the content depicted

in these films. For parental information regarding the themes and content featured in the

movies, please refer to commonsensemedia.org]

Charade (1963) Lady Bird (2017) Spider-Man: Into the
The Hundred-Foot
Spiderverse (2018)
Journey (2014) Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Cary Cast: Saoirse Ronan,
Grant. Directed by Stanley Timothée Chalamet, Beanie Cast: Shameik Moore, Jake
Cast: Om Puri, Helen
Donen Feldstein. Directed by Greta Johnson, Mahershala Ali.
Mirren, Manish Dayal.
Gerwig Directed by Rodney
Directed by Lasse Hallström Crime, Comedy, Romance
Drama, Comedy Rothman, Peter Ramsey,

Drama When a rich heiress’ husband is Bob Persichetti
mysteriously killed, she finds out This critically acclaimed coming-
Adapted from a best-selling book
that he was, in fact, a wanted of-age movie tells the story of a Sci-fi, Animation
of the same name, The Hundred- man. What’s more, the French
Foot Journey is a film high-school senior and her A fresh take on an oft-told story,
police, the American strained relationship with her
about transcending prejudices, this ode to comic books and
government, and a group of mother as she struggles to find
following your dreams, and most animation as an art form follows
criminals all insist she knows her place in a changing world.
importantly, mouth-watering food. teenager Miles Morales as he
It tells the story of an Indian family where he hid his loot. This fast- [Contains strong language, shoulders the title of Spider-

that moves to France and opens a talking caper has been Man and joins other Spider-
restaurant across the street from a described as ‘the best Hitchcock mature content]
People from across the
Michelin-starred French movie Hitchcock never made.’
multiverse to save New York
restaurant.
City.

Period. End of Sentence. Knives Out (2019) Guava Island (2019) Ratatouille (2007)

(2018) Cast: Daniel Craig, Chris Cast: Donald Glover, Cast: Patton Oswalt, Peter

Evans, Ana de Armas, Jamie Rihanna, Letitia Wright. O’Toole, Lou Romano.
Directed by Rayka
Lee Curtis. Directed by Rian Directed by Brad Bird
Zehtabchi Directed by Hiro Murai
Johnson
Family, Animation
Documentary Thriller, Musical
Crime, Comedy
In this beloved family film, a rat
This Oscar-winning A musician and dockworker is
In this modern-day whodunit, a who dreams of becoming a chef
documentary short shines a light determined to pull off a music
detective is mysteriously enlisted forms an unusual alliance with
on a group of women working to festival for the oppressed people
to investigate the death of a a young kitchen worker at a
end the stigma associated with of his island against the wishes
renowned crime novelist with a famous Parisian restaurant.
menstruation in a North-Indian of the local factory owner.
delightfully zany family, each of
village, while also achieving
whom has a strong motive for the
financial independence.
crime.