Monthly Archives: June 2023

Movie Preview: “The Childe” hunts for his Korean Dad in the Philippines

Kim Seon-Ho stars in this Park Hoon-Jung action pic from KPop Land June 30 is when we see it in theaters.

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Movie Preview: Nic Cage teaches Joel Kinnaman “Sympathy for the Devil”

Cage at his Cagiest, a “Collateral” plot, a July 28 release.

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Netflixable? “One Night Stand” stands around and talks for an hour

It’s not just the title that makes “One Night Stand” the raciest, most sexual Indonesian film to ever make it to Netflix. It opens with a fevered road-side in-the-car hook-up — in broad daylight on the access road to an … Continue reading

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Documentary Review: One Family’s Odyssey through Opioids — “Anonymous Sister”

“Anonymous Sister” is one filmmaker’s effort to tell the story of America’s “man-made”/Purdue Pharma engineered opioid epidemic simply by the impact on her family. Writer-director Jamie Boyle tells the story of growing up during the birth of the opioid crisis … Continue reading

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Movie Preview: Charlotte Gainsbourg’s a French Late Night Radio Hostess — “The Passengers of the Night”

This 1981 French election-year period piece has Charlotte Gainsbourg as a newly-divorced woman with two kids, who takes on a radio gig and takes in a troubled teen she meets on the street. “The Passengers of the Night” — very … Continue reading

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Movie Review: An Aspiring Actress follows her dream in 1942 Paris — “A Radiant Girl”

Irene is young, dancing along the fine line between those French labels “gamine” and “coquette” as she dreams of glory as an actress. She’s in her late teens, eager to be accepted in a Paris conservatory, supported by her widowed … Continue reading

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Movie Preview: French friends find “Two Tickets to Greece” more than they bargained…or scammed for

Scenic Greece, Laure Calamy, Olivia Côte and Kristen Scott Thomas is in it, speaking French? July 14.

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Netflixable? A Fourth Serving of Peruvian Cheese — “¡Asu mare! Los amigos”

Today’s journey Around the World with Netflix takes us to Peru, land of the Incas, the Plains of Nazca and these doggoned “¡Asu Mare!” comedies by comic, writer, actor and now director Carlos Alcántara. The films began ten years ago … Continue reading

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Documentary Review: When New York art went New Wave — “Make Me Famous”

“Make Me Famous” is a playful documentary about the New York Lower East Side art scene of the late ’70s and early ’80s, structured as a biography and appreciation of one of the signature characters of that era. Filmmaker Brian … Continue reading

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Movie Review: Childhood friends consider paths not taken, “Past Lives” that might have bonded them

“Past Lives” is a lovely, bittersweet reverie built on a premise that flirts with fantasy. Are we “fated” to be with who we end up loving and spending our lives with, and if we are, what happens when events conspire … Continue reading

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