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Jul 4 – no film Jul 11 – Green Border (2024) – This riveting thriller explores the intractable conflict from multiple perspectives: a Syrian family fleeing ISIS caught between cruel border guards in both countries; young guards instructed to brutally reject the migrants; and activists who, at great risk, aid the refugees. 2h:32m (https://youtu.be/axdsUDupYlk) Jul 18 – Top Gun Maverick (2022) – After more than 30 years of service as one of the Navy's top aviators, Pete "Maverick" Mitchell is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him. Training a detachment of graduates for a special assignment, Maverick must confront the ghosts of his past and his deepest fears, culminating in a mission that demands the ultimate sacrifice from those who choose to fly it. 2h:10m (https://youtu.be/g4U4BQW9OEk) Jul 26 – Poor Things (2023) – Brought back to life by an unorthodox scientist, a young woman runs off with a lawyer on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices of her times, she grows steadfast in her purpose to stand for equality and liberation. 2h:22m (https://youtu.be/RlbR5N6veqw) Aug 1 – All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (2022) – This film is an epic, emotional and interconnected story about internationally renowned artist and activist Nan Goldin told through her slideshows, intimate interviews, ground-breaking photography, and rare footage of her personal fight to hold the Sackler family accountable for the overdose crisis. 1h:57m (https://youtu.be/kTKL5P_69e8) Aug 8 – Black Bag (2025) – Black Bag is a spy drama about legendary intelligence agents George Woodhouse (Michael Fassbender) and his beloved wife Kathryn (Cate Blanchett). When she is suspected of betraying the nation, George faces the ultimate test – loyalty to his marriage or his country. 1h:34m (https://youtu.be/Du0Xp8WX_7I) Aug 15 – Coda (2020) – A famous pianist (Patrick Stewart) struggling with stage fright late in his career finds inspiration with a free-spirited music critic (Katie Holmes). 1h:37m (https://youtu.be/wU-6fTcDr-w) Aug 22 – no film Aug 29 – Parallel Mothers (2022) – Two women, Janis and Ana, coincide in a hospital room where they are going to give birth. Both are single and became pregnant by accident. Janis (Penélope Cruz), middle-aged, doesn't regret it and she is exultant. The other, Ana, an adolescent, is scared, repentant and traumatized. The few words they exchange in these hours will create a very close link between the two, which by chance develops and complicates, and changes their lives in a decisive way. 2h:3m (https://youtu.be/cL6JDYkRa2g)

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AR at Iowa City/Johnson County Senior Center