Movies for Saturday, March 25, 2017

The selections for today, Saturday, March 25, 2017, include a Greek movie and movies that celebrate the continuing Christian Lenten season and March Madness, also known as the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship.  Tomorrow's selections also include a Lenten season movie and a basketball movie.



Greece Independence Day is March 25 (1821).  In
recognition, one of today's selections is Never on
Sunday (1960), a Greek film in which an intellectual
who travels to Greece meets and tries to culture a
prostitute.  Never on Sunday was later on Broadway.
The song "Never on Sunday" won an Oscar.




Never on Sunday






Brother John (1971) is the story of
a modern African American
Messiah.  Its selection continues my
weekend movies honoring the
Christian Lenten season.




Brother John






O (2000) is both a story of prep school
basketball and an updating of Shakespeare's
Othello.




O