Daily Archives: September 13, 2022

Movie Review: Motion Picture Purgatory — “Mister Limbo”

Guy tumbles under a damaged parachute, a skydiving blur, and wakes up the in the middle of the desert. He doesn’t know how he got here. He only knows he’s got no cell service. And then he (Hugo de Souza) … Continue reading

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Documentary Review: Remembering Police Preps for the Burning Summers of the 1960s — “Riotsville, USA”

The images are stark, often silent snippets of little-remembered American history. And they offer a fresh view of the burning summers of 1967 and ’68, when American cities erupted in civil rights protests that quickly crossed over into riots. “Riotsville, … Continue reading

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Movie Preview: “Corsage,” Austria’s Oscar contender, a film fest favorite

Vicky Krieps plays an Austrian Empress, Elizabeth, facing “old age” and a loss of beauty…at 40. Is there any language this woman doesn’t speak? IFC has this already buzzed contender, an 1877 period piece, coming soon.

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Movie Review: Hamm eases into the laughs in “Confess, Fletch”

Jon Hamm makes it look too damned easy in “Confess, Fletch,” a LONG awaited reboot of a franchise that gave Chevy Chase more credit than he deserved for its appeal. Hamm never hits the laughs too hard, lies on the … Continue reading

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Movie Preview: “Babylon,” the first trailer (Uncensored) Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Diego Calva

Feast your eyes on this! Decadent fun.

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Jean-Luc Godard: 1930-2022

France’s once and forever cinematic “enfant terrible” has died. The often controversial, always “revolutionary” director of “Breathless” and “Contempt,” “Weekend,” “Alphaville,” “Bande a part,” “Hail Mary” and “Bridges of Sarajevo” was 91, and got “Sarajevo” onto screens at 83. Godard … Continue reading

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