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Daily Archives: October 9, 2023
Classic Film Review: Holden and Loren in Carol Reed’s Tugboats vs. U-Boats Romance, “The Key” (1958)
Old World War II films that age well tend to have an artist behind the camera and eschew patriotic cheerleading for a weary “war is futile” but “fascism must be stopped” messaging. Carol Reed’s “The Key” brings the cynicism of … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: Aaron and Bella, Brawls and Drawls — “Rumble Through the Dark”
Aaron Eckhart makes his “boxing picture,” playing a back-alley fighter who has a debt to Big Mama (“Secrets & Lies” star Marianne Jean-Baptiste, looking and sounding fierce). Bella Thorne is the Southern fried tattoo billboard who seems to believe in … Continue reading
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Movie Review: Eccentric, Operatic and Romantic — “She Came to Me”
Rebecca Miller’s “She Came to Me” dances and teeters, staggers and skips along the line separating the quirky from the indulgent. It’s a high-minded, well-cast romantic comedy whose easy laughs come from two Oscar winners and Peter Dinklage, a film … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: Ken Loach presents a Not Wholly Tolerant British Village and Refugees who meet at “The Old Oak”
Ken Loach, one of Britain’s most politically conscious/working class savvy filmmakers (“The Wind that Shakes the Barley,” “It’s a Free World,””Jimmy’s Hall”), takes his shot at intolerance for displaced persons in his latest. Looks excellent. As one would expect.
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