It was already bad enough. But there was some solace to being able to see several acclaimed new movies on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, Apple+ etc. Although I have to admit I didn’t much care for Jane Campion’s The Power…
Read more
For someone like me that was practically breastfed in a movie theater, it surprised me how strange it was to first step into one after the pandemic. And to see this massive movie palace filled with only three ticket holders…
Read more
My idea of hell is being ball-gagged and strapped to a chair while a gaggle of obnoxious children in choir robes scream The 12 Days of Christmas in my face. Even my mother would bristle with fury when that tune came on…
Read more
Director Sean Baker’s exhilarating dark comedy is about an unlovable loser and washed-up porn star Mikey Saber (Simon Rex), who shows up broke and beaten-up back in his Texas hometown looking for a place to crash with his ex-wife (excellent…
Read more
It must be Christmas if there are new Blu-rays of many of my all-time favorite films. From the brutal and amazing Lady in a Cage, to Nicholas Ray’s fascinating Party Girl, to a restoration of Robert Altman’s brilliant neo-noir The…
Read more