The Movies I Watched in August

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed 2022  7/10

America America 1963  8/10

 

Beau is Afraid 2023 6/10

Bug 2006  6/10 

Copie conforme 2010 7/10

Dalkomhan insaeng 2005 8/10

 Eo 2022  9/10

 Experiment in Terror 1962  7/10

Fanfan la Tulipe 1952  6/10 

Gorgo 1961  6/10

Limelight 1952  6/10

A Man Called Otto 2022 6/10

Marrowbone 2017  7/10

Mitaraike, Enjou Suru 2023  7/10

Moonage Daydream 2022  6/10

Murders in the Rue Morgue 1932 6/10

Oppenheimer 2023  7/10

 

Soppravvissuti 2022 5/10

Seppuku 1962  9/10

 La tortue rouge 2016  10/10

 

Le trio infernal 1974  7/10

 Women Talking 2022 7/10

A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

Disturbed Blanche DuBois moves in with her sister in New Orleans and is tormented by her brutish brother-in-law while her reality crumbles around her.

Superbly directed and photographed adaptation of the classic Tennessee Williams' play does capture the atmosphere, but the major performances are a bit over the top.

Halliwell**: "Reasonably successful, decorative picture from a highly theatrical nut influential play; unreal sets and atmospheric photography vaguely Sternbergian."

Maltin****: "Stunning production...Oscars went to Leigh, Hunter, and Malden for their flawless performances, as well as for the art direction-set decoration - but it's Brando who left an indelible mark on audiences."

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)

In pre-WWI Brooklyn, young Francie struggles to keep her idealism alive in the face of poverty.

This adaptation of a classic novel is itself a classic: perfect in almost all details, very moving without too much sentimentality and with some grandiose acting. Cinema as it should be.