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Depending on your mileage, watching a documentary about mock politics in the middle of an election year might either be catnip or a doody-flavored lollipop. Thankfully, Boys State is neither. Sure, it’s about politics and politicking, but the heart of this movie … Continue reading This week in Film — BOYS STATE
In the wasteland that is 2020 cinematic releases, Netflix holds some hope. On Sept. 4, they’ll release I’m Thinking of Ending Things, the latest from writer/director/misanthrope Charlie Kaufman. We’ll talk more on Kaufman in a month, but today we turn … Continue reading WILD ROSE
Cinema-going in the time of COVID is sticky business. From shuttered theaters to delayed releases, the business of exhibiting (and seeing) movies is tough getting tougher. And considering that this business model relies on public gatherings, strangers in the dark, … Continue reading This week in Film — See you at the movies? and YOU NEVER HAD IT
On Saturday, Aug. 8, TCM’s Summer Under the Stars celebrates the work of Charlie Chaplin with 19 films—two of them from the 1950s, an era in which the movie industry changed considerably, and Chaplin found himself on the outside looking … Continue reading LIMELIGHT
On Saturday, Aug. 8, TCM’s Summer Under the Stars celebrates the work of Charlie Chaplin with 19 films—7 of them shorts from Chaplin’s prolific 1910s period, during which, he became one of the biggest stars in Hollywood and one of … Continue reading THE KID
TCM’s Summer Under the Stars kicked off in high fashion with a day devoted to the work of Barbara Stanwyck, easily one of the best actors to ever grace the silver screen. To name her best performances would simply to … Continue reading DOUBLE INDEMNITY
Wartime on the white cliffs of Dover and one of the greats takes her final bow. But first, new to Video On Demand this weekend, Summerland: Written and directed by Jessica Swale, Summerland has a touch of wonder with a tinge of … Continue reading This week in Film — SUMMERLAND and Olivia de Havilland
The death of moviegoing in 2020 has hurt in a myriad of ways, but in every loss an opportunity. Few have risen to the occasion like The Criterion Collection, both on their streaming channel and via their handsomely packaged Blu-ray/DVD … Continue reading THE CAMERAMAN
One in virtual theaters, one on TCM, there’s lots of good stuff to see, it just won’t be in a theater. First up, the new doc, Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful: Directed by Gero von Boehm, ‘The Bad and … Continue reading This week in Film — HELMUT NEWTON and THE BREAKING POINT
This was supposed to be the weekend we were all waiting for: The return to cinemas and the release of Tenet in the U.S. But as the colonel told his men, not so fast, Private Jones. Tenet has been rolled … Continue reading This week in Film — Three to stream and a virtual film fest
