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Monthly Archives: October 2024
Classic Film Review: A Grifter Dramedy Urtext –“Elegant Beast” (1962)
Before “Parasite,” before “Shoplifters,” and even before “The Grifters,” there was the darkly comic Japanese morality play “Elegant Beast,” which makes the old W.C. Fields saying, “You can’t cheat an honest man” universal. Yûzô Kawashima’s 1962 film, titled “Shitoyakana kedamono,” … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: An Adrien Brody epic in Ayn Randian Tones — “The Brutalist”
Actor turned director and co-writer Brady Corbet (“Vox Lux”) named the hero of his immigrant saga Lazlo Toth, the name of the fellow who busted up a famous statue way back when. Not the same fellow, but what’s really interesting … Continue reading
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Movie Review: Belgium’s hope for an Oscar nomination? “Julie Keeps Quiet”
She wants to become a professional tennis player, so Julie stays focused. She’s a teen, and if wants to continue to train Julie knows she has to keep her eye on the ball, on and off the court. Julie has … Continue reading
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Netflixable? Eric Bana and Sadie Sink are a father and daughter staring down a cult — “A Sacrifice”
“A Sacrifice” is a thriller about an American father who is the last to realize that his daughter’s being recruited by a German cult. As Ben Monroe is an expert on “groupthink” and cult behavior, this is humbling. He’s the … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: “The Strangers” are back — “The Strangers: Chapter 2”
This teaser trailer promises a Fundamentalist variation on a theme — at least on the car radio — pursued unto death in the masked murderers tale “The Strangers.” The IMDB page of this Renny Harlin “I’m BACK, baby!” sequel — … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: “The Vanishing?” David Schwimmer’s BACK, and in “Goosebumps”
Schwimmer tells “Dad Jokes” before going all “Red ROSS” on kids and neighbors over something that happened in the city decades ago. Looks fun, I have to say. Good to see Schwimmer kvetching and kvelling on screen again. Jan. 10, … Continue reading
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Classic Film Review: Was “Caligula” (1976, ’79, 2024) as bad as we remember?
No matter how scorned by one generation of film critics and/or filmgoers, once a movie is finished and preserved for all time there’s always a chance of “rediscovery” and reevaluation by film fans of the future. “Lost” films come back … Continue reading
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Netflixable? A TV reporter fakes his way to folk hero status — “The Man Who Loved UFOs”
In the 1980s, Argentina became the new epicenter of the UFO conspiracy universe as an intrepid and enterprising TV reporter doggedly pursued and then presented “proof” of a UFO landing in the mountains of rural Argentina. His breathless, credulous reporting … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: Dystopia Shmishtopia, Millie Bobby Brown, Chris Pratt and Chris Pratt’s…Hair? “The Electric State”
You know what they about sci fi cinema — “Utopia doesn’t sell.” So instead we get another Netflix outing for Netflix Queen Millie Bobby, a dark and cautionary future after what we gather is a fascist “rebellion” that brought civilization … Continue reading
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Blackfriars, “Merry Wives” as The Bard” might have staged it
The American Shakespeare Center’s crown jewel in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Staunton, a theatre designed to mimic Shakespeare’s winter quarters, the perfect place to experience plays as the 17th century punters would have. Intermission at a grand vamp of … Continue reading
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