Then Playing — Berlin Express; Thelma; Lorne
Reviews of film directed by Jacques Tourneur, Joachim Trier, and Morgan Neville Continue reading Then Playing — Berlin Express; Thelma; Lorne
Tag: 2017 movies
Then Playing — Strong Island; Free Chol Soo Lee; Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart
Reviews of films directed by Yance Ford, Eugene Yi and Julie Ha, and Wayne Wang Continue reading Then Playing — Strong Island; Free Chol Soo Lee; Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart
Then Playing — Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower; Listen Up Philip; Daughters
Reviews of films directed by Joe Piscatella, Alex Ross Perry, and Natalie Rae and Angela Patton Continue reading Then Playing — Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower; Listen Up Philip; Daughters
Then Playing — Marjorie Prime; I Am Not a Witch; Blue Sun Palace
Reviews of films directed by Michael Almereyda, Rungano Nyoni, and Constance Tsang Continue reading Then Playing — Marjorie Prime; I Am Not a Witch; Blue Sun Palace
Then Playing — The Little Hours; Passages; Where Danger Lives
Profane nuns, a complicated love triangle, and a flinty film noir. Continue reading Then Playing — The Little Hours; Passages; Where Danger Lives
Then Playing — California Suite; Good Time; Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
California Suite (Herbert Ross, 1978). Adapted by Neil Simon from his 1976 play of the same name (a sequel to the 1968 hit Plaza Suite), this comedy sets a posh Los Angeles hotel as its home base. A series of … Continue reading Then Playing — California Suite; Good Time; Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
Then Playing — Plan B; This Is the Sea; Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
Plan B (Natalie Morales, 2021). To invoke the movie algebra that feels inescapable in this instance, the second feature directed by Natalie Morales is Never Rarely Sometimes Always put into a polynomial equation with Booksmart to solve for the x … Continue reading Then Playing — Plan B; This Is the Sea; Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
Then Playing — The Innocents; Marshall; Things to Come
The Innocents (Jack Clayton, 1961). A horror movie that favors spooky atmosphere over jolting shocks, The Innocents is adapted from the Henry James novella The Turn of the Screw. Miss Giddens (Deborah Kerr) takes a position as a governess at … Continue reading Then Playing — The Innocents; Marshall; Things to Come
Then Playing — American Made; Dark Phoenix; Hellboy
American Made (Doug Liman, 2017). Now that Tom Cruise has moved entirely into the phase of his career that involves constantly putting his own well-being in peril to the delight of the audience, more serious fare — even something as … Continue reading Then Playing — American Made; Dark Phoenix; Hellboy
Then Playing — Foreign Correspondent; The Rape of Recy Taylor; In Fabric
Foreign Correspondent (Alfred Hitchcock, 1940). Alfred Hitchcock’s second Hollywood picture is basically a trial run for all slam-bang entertainments that would follow in his career. On the leading edge of World War II, a New York newspaper sends a metro … Continue reading Then Playing — Foreign Correspondent; The Rape of Recy Taylor; In Fabric
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