Poor Things is my number one movie of the year thus far. There’s still time left for Perfect Days or All Strangers Here as both trailers look like a heart crushers, but it’ll have to be supreme to beat Lanthimos direction with the delectable screenplay by Tony McNamara (Oscar nominee for another Lanthimos, The Favorite)… Continue reading Poor Things does far more for feminism than Barbie, sorry Greta…
Month: December 2023
Films About Longing: One Old-Clockwatchers, One New- Fallen Leaves
My sweet son Liam gave me a subscription to the Criterion Channel for Christmas and lo and behold if they aren’t featuring films of Parker Posey, one of, if not THE, best zany actresses. So I chose Clockwatchers as my maiden unchartered PP films as I saw the co-stars were Toni Collette and Lisa Kudrow,… Continue reading Films About Longing: One Old-Clockwatchers, One New- Fallen Leaves
Movies with Dad: Shop Around the Corner
I’m not a classic film scholar, but I do know a timeless movie. And while I’ve seen shop Around the Corner before, I delighted in it once again last night. Ernst Lubitsch, three time Oscar nominee, directed this fine affair where an exception comes in to play where three screenwriters (Raphaelson, Laszlo, and Hecht) pulled… Continue reading Movies with Dad: Shop Around the Corner
Roxanne on Demand: Nyad!
Wow, am I ever so glad Renee Baggott and Trish Calandra told me to watch Nyad on Netlfix. I was crying at the 37 minute point. Julia Cox and THE Diana Nyad, screenwriters and the directors, Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarshelyi (known for Free Solo) did a yeoman’s job of escalating the tension in… Continue reading Roxanne on Demand: Nyad!
Tale of Two Netflix: Maestro and May December
Maestro is a masterpiece. Amongst the Golden Globe male nominees, Bradley is far above any of the others, even Cillian Murphy in Oppenheimer. He had to look like a conductor, a piano player, acquire his mannerisms, voice and the ending credit sequence with the real LB, show just how much they transformed BC to look… Continue reading Tale of Two Netflix: Maestro and May December
Roxanne On Demand: Leave the World Behind
I may have gotten around to seeing Leave the World Behind (I wear an invisible Ethan Hawke number one fan badge), but Renee and Trish, the super giving, sweet owners of Burns Court pushed me to do it asap. Hence, the start of a second new feature of people telling me to watch films: Roxanne… Continue reading Roxanne On Demand: Leave the World Behind
Classics with Dad: The Magnificent Ambersons
Starting a new ritual with my Dad, I choose a TCM movie every week and we watch it together. I had heard of The Magnificent Ambersons, but had never seen it before last night. I had high hopes going into the viewing, especially since the film garnered 4 Oscar nominations: Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress*,… Continue reading Classics with Dad: The Magnificent Ambersons
Dream Scenario, I’ve got a few…
I’ve got a few dream scenarios I’ll keep private for right now, but am I the only one in life who has master plans with several ‘rooms’ meaning ideas, and then when the moment actually occurs I only remember to execute like half of them? Then I proceed to kick myself to bruises the next… Continue reading Dream Scenario, I’ve got a few…