ph: Cass Bird
Saturday, January 29, 2022
Friday, January 28, 2022
The Satan Bug (1965)
A germ that could destroy life on Earth is stolen from a biological warfare lab and the thief threatens to release it into the open, prompting a security officer to act.
Well-staged and photographed sci-fi thriller has an interesting premise, but with stiff performances and due to too many plot twists is only mildly suspenseful.
Halliwell*: "Slow-moving, portentous, gadget-filled actioner which looks good but seldom stimulates."
Maltin***1/2: "Overlooked little suspense gem...Taut script...and direction, stunning photography..."
Wednesday, January 26, 2022
Author: Joan Didion
(ph: Julian Wasser)
Joan Didion was an American writer. Her career began in the 1950s after she won an essay contest sponsored by Vogue magazine. Her writing during the 1960s through the late 1970s engaged audiences in the realities of the counterculture of the 1960s and the Hollywood lifestyle.
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Tuesday, January 25, 2022
Monday, January 24, 2022
La vie d'Adèle (2013)
Adèle's life is changed when she meets Emma, a young woman with blue hair, who will allow her to discover desire and to assert herself as a woman and as an adult. In front of others, Adèle grows, seeks herself, loses herself, and ultimately finds herself through love and loss.
Extensive, intimate lesbian romance profits from its cinéma vérité approach, good cast and a stellar performance by Adèle
Exarchopoulos; however, the controversial explicit love scenes are
indeed incongruent to the story and some of the dialogue seems more
implausible than realistic.
Maltin***1/2: "Controversial film is directed in a fluid, naturalistic style and features several very graphic sex scenes. One might question whether the rather conventional love-and-loss story is worth three hours, but the two leads are excellent, particularly Exarchopoulos whose face - framed mostly in loving close-ups - conveys a world of conflicted feelings."
