ph: Jonathan Hallam
Saturday, April 3, 2021
It's a Wonderful World (1939)
When a tycoon is accused of murder, the private eye tracking him finds himself roped in as an accessory and attempts to evade police, kidnapping a poetess along the way.
Hilarious screwball comedy hasn't dated a bit, but it's no surprise having Stewart and Colbert team up to a Ben Hecht script.
Halliwell*: "Madcap comedy mystery which now seems much fresher and funnier than it did at the time. A highlight of the crazy comedy cycle."
Maltin***: "Very, very funny, with Stewart having a field day...We swear by our eyes!"
Friday, April 2, 2021
The Sunchaser (1996)
A rich oncologist and a dying young criminal who kidnaps the doctor are going to a legendary Navajo healing place while a manhunt closes in.
The
plot is overladen and quite silly, but but Cimono gives it style and a
heartfelt execution with good landscape photography and a believable
performance by Harrelson.
Halliwell (no star): "Heavily symbolic road movie, travelling through photogenic landscapes but imbued with a second-hand mysticism."
Maltin*1/2: "Misbegotten mess tries to touch all trendy bases, scrambling American Indian mysticism, "New Age" theories and buddy-movie cliches into the format of a road movie. Harrelson and Seda are good, Bancroft is wasted."
Thursday, April 1, 2021
The Movies I Watched in March
The Bat 1959 6
Behind Her Eyes 2021 6
Blutiger Freitag 1972 5
Booksmart 2019 6
Captain Phillips 2013 7
Cezanne et Moi 2016 6
Clara 2018 7
Crimson Peak 2015 6
The Dead Don't Die 2019 7
Doctor Sleep 2019 7
Don't Drink the Water 1994 6
Epos Dei - Die geheimnisvolle Ordnung hinter den Dingen 5
Ercole l'invincibile 1964 4
Françoise Hardy, la discrète (2016) 6
Galaxina 1980 3
Greetings 1968 6
Hi, Mom! 1970 6
Hour of the Gun 1967 7
I Am Legend 2007 6
I Knew It Was You: Remembering John Cazale 2009 6
Immortals 2011 6
Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound 2009 6
Joe Kidd 1972 6
Junkopia 1981 7
The King of Comedy 1982 7
Il mio viaggio in Italia 1999 8
Mr. Stitch 1995 6
Murder Among The Mormons 2021 6
The Naked Edge 1961 6
The Nightingale 2018 7
La peau blanche 2006 6
Roma 1972 7
Screamers 1995 6
The Secret Life of Pets 2 2019 7
Son of a Lion 2007 7
Supergirl 1984 6
Teströl és lélekrö 2017 8
The Trial of the Chicago 7 2020 7
Trouble Every Day 2001 6
Ulzana's Raid 1972 7
Umimachi Diary 2015 7
The Wedding Party 1969 6
White Pongo 1945 4
The White Tiger 2021 7
The Woman 2011 6
Wonder Woman 1984 6
Yao a yao, yao dao wai po qiao 1995 7
Ye yan 2006 6
Yesterday 2019 7
Mank (2020)
1930s Hollywood is reevaluated through the eyes of scathing wit and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish "Citizen Kane."
David Fincher has meticulously assembles a detailed, multilayered, maybe a bit overladen account of
Mankiewicz' contribution to Citizen Kane, beautifully
photographed in black-and-white, full of witty dialogue, enhanced by
great performances, but probably can only only appreciated with some
knowledge of Hollywood history - repeated viewing.
