Consider this review a ‘cleanse the palate course’ after the Oscars (which I thoroughly enjoyed and was pleased about) and the new movie season. Two films I saw last week were McCabe and Mrs. Miller at my very close confidant’s big screen and then Vertigo on an even bigger screen at the hip Sarasota Cinmeatechue… Continue reading Still Hot After All These Years: McCabe and Mrs. Miller, Vertigo
Month: February 2019
Shoplifters (a Foreign Film up for Best Oscar) Will Steal Your Heart
If Shoplifters directed by Hirokazu Koreeda does not bring you to tears, can you call me? Because I’ll bet if you’re not moved, the next time you check the box “I’m Not a Robot”, you’ll be discovered for your cold internal wires. I’m not saying Shoplifters is perfect (editing definitely was an issue), HOWEVER, seeing… Continue reading Shoplifters (a Foreign Film up for Best Oscar) Will Steal Your Heart
Cold War(s), Worm Heart
Shakespeare’s noted for the Hamlet proverb, ‘brevity is the soul of wit,” and Cold War, written and directed by Pawel Pawlikowski is certainly a film of which The Bard would be proud. Briskly paced at 90 minutes, we’re taken on a European musical escapade through starkly frigid Poland, austere Yugoslavia and comparatively freewheeling Paris. Shot… Continue reading Cold War(s), Worm Heart