ph: Lucrezia Ganazzoli
Saturday, February 6, 2021
Friday, February 5, 2021
New York
Movie Theatres on West 42nd Street, between Broadway and 8th Avenue, New York, 1940. Photographed by Andreas Feininger
Thursday, February 4, 2021
First Lines: Nicola Griffith - Hild
The child's world changed late one afternoon, though she didn't know it.
Emily in Paris (2020)
A young American woman from the Midwest is hired by a marketing firm in Paris to provide them with an American perspective on things.
Deliberately cliche-ridden, slightly tongue-in-cheek comedy series is quick-paced and entertaining, mostly as a suitable vehicle for its star, Lily Collins.
Wednesday, February 3, 2021
Of Mice and Men (1939)
A mentally disabled giant and his level headed guardian find work at a sadistic cowboy's ranch in depression era America.
Arguably
the best adaptation of John Steinbeck's classic novel is realistic,
heart-felt and effective in its rendition of the tragedy; among overall
good performances Lon Chaney Jr shines in the role of Lennie Small.
Halliwell***: "A strange and unexpected tragedy which has strength and is very persuasively made but seems somehow unnecessary."
Maltin****: "Chaney gives best performance of his career...John Steinbeck's morality tale remains intact in sensitive screen version."
Tuesday, February 2, 2021
The Movies I Watched in January
Abducted in Plain Sight 2017 7
Annihilation 2018 7
Between Earth and Sky 2018 6
Birders 2019 6
Boy Interrupted 2009 7
Clown 2019 5
Cropsey 2009 6
Curse of the Swamp Creature 1968 2
The Dig 2021 6
Don't F**k with Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer 2019 7
Fando y Lis 1968 6
Fantastic Mr. Fox 2009 7
A Field in England 2013 7
A Fig Leaf For Eve 1944 5
Fog Island 1945 5
His House 2020 7
Holy Hell 2016 6
I'm Your Woman 2020 7
Indignation 2016 7
Leave it to Beaver Season 1 1957 7
Magellan 2017 6
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) 2017 7
The Missing Season 1 2014 7
The Missing Season 2 2016 7
Mom and Dad 2017 6
The Snow Creature 1954 4
Sonny Boy 2011 6
Staying Alive 1983 5
Sylvie's Love 2020 7
Too Late For Tears 1949 7
The Tracey Fragments 2007 6
La vérité 2019 6
Monday, February 1, 2021
The Naked Street (1955)
A mobster springs a condemned murderer because he got his sister pregnant.
Standard crime melodrama is not too exciting, but is well-staged with a good cast.
Halliwell (no star): "Semi-documentary expose melodrama about unpleasant people; reasonably proficient on its level."
Maltin**: "Good cast wasted in bland crime drama..."
