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Fallen Leaves (2023) Is An Affair to Remember A+

Posted by Patrick | Nov 23, 2023 | A+, Apple TV+ Amazon, Archival Posts, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Masterpieces, MUBI, Ratings: Movies and Television, Romance, TV / Streaming |

The leads are just about perfect, and the film is enlivened at every turn by the director’s usual penchant for deadpan humor.

Godland (2023) Hlynur Pálmason’s Masterpiece A+

Posted by Patrick | Oct 26, 2023 | A+, Action, Apple TV+ Amazon, Archival Posts, Criterion Collection, Drama, Epic, Favorites, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Historic Events, Horror, Masterpieces, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, Road Movie, Thriller, TV / Streaming, Underappreciated |

Pálmason, his cinematographer (Maria von Hausswolff), and his composer (Alex Zhang Hungtai), bring back colonial memories of such movies as “Black Robe”.

The Banshees of Inisherin (2022) Film Review A+

Posted by Patrick | Oct 21, 2022 | A+, Apple TV+ Amazon, Archival Posts, Comedy, Drama, Favorites, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Historic Events, Hulu, Masterpieces, Max, Ratings: Movies and Television, TV / Streaming |

Condon is breathtakingly good, capturing every scene she’s in with a mixture of common sense and sadness, but always with a drollness lurking in the background.

Mia Goth Astonishes in X (2022) and Pearl (2022) A+

Posted by Patrick | Jun 26, 2023 | A-, Apple TV+ Amazon, Archival Posts, Drama, Favorites, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Historic Events, Horror, Hulu, Masterpieces, Mystery, Ratings: Movies and Television, Thriller, TV / Streaming |

“X/Pearl,” parts 1 and 2 of writer/director Ti West’s horror trilogy, are anointed by Mia Goth’s performance. Part 3, “Maxxxine”, arrives in 2024.

Nitram (2022) Film Review A+

Posted by Patrick | Jan 3, 2023 | A+, Apple TV+ Amazon, Archival Posts, Drama, Favorites, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Historic Events, Hulu, Masterpieces, Ratings: Movies and Television, TV / Streaming, Underappreciated |

As for Judy Davis she gives what is probably her most outstanding performance, which means it’s one of the greatest performances ever captured on film.

Flee (2021) Film Review A+

Posted by Patrick | Dec 28, 2021 | A+, Action, Apple TV+ Amazon, Archival Posts, Documentary, Drama, Epic, Favorites, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Historic Events, Masterpieces, Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, Thriller, TV / Streaming |

I left “Flee” with that “floating-on-air feeling” that you get after seeing something special. After seeing a masterpiece.

The Hand of God (2021) Film Review A+

Posted by Patrick | Dec 27, 2021 | A+, Archival Posts, Drama, Favorites, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Masterpieces, Netflix, Ratings: Movies and Television, TV / Streaming |

Memories of Fellini and the Taviani Brothers at their peak. It’s his “Amarcord” (I remember). It’s also his “La Dolce Vita.”

West Side Story (2021) Film Review A+

Posted by Patrick | Dec 13, 2021 | A+, Action, Apple TV+ Amazon, Archival Posts, Drama, Favorites, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Masterpieces, Musical, Ratings: Movies and Television, Romance, TV / Streaming |

West Side Story is Spielberg’s Triumph! Of course, it is Anita who is the real star of the movie and Ariana DeBose is astonishing.

Quo Vadis Aida (2020) Film Review A+

Posted by Patrick | Dec 27, 2021 | A+, Apple TV+ Amazon, Archival Posts, Drama, Favorites, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Historic Events, Hulu, Masterpieces, Ratings: Movies and Television, Thriller, TV / Streaming, Underappreciated |

Aida knows the horrific fate that awaits her husband and two sons if they are found and, for two hours, you watch as she frantically tries to get them out.

Beanpole (2019) Film Review A+

Posted by Patrick | Apr 14, 2023 | A+, Apple TV+ Amazon, Archival Posts, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Historic Events, Masterpieces, Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, TV / Streaming, Underappreciated |

“Beanpole” conveys, beautifully, the ability of human beings to find moments of intimacy and even love under the most horrific of circumstances.

Under The Skin (2014) Film Review A+

Posted by Patrick | Jul 28, 2022 | A+, Apple TV+ Amazon, Archival Posts, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Horror, Masterpieces, Mystery, Ratings: Movies and Television, Science Fiction, Thriller, TV / Streaming |

Guys with erect penises walking downward into a transparent ooze, confused, as Scarlett walks on another level above them.

Take Shelter (2011) Film Review A+

Posted by Patrick | Jul 27, 2022 | A+, Apple TV+ Amazon, Archival Posts, Drama, Favorites, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Horror, Masterpieces, Mystery, Ratings: Movies and Television, Science Fiction, Thriller, TV / Streaming, Underappreciated |

It boasts a tremendous performance by Michael Shannon as a quiet man, raising a family, who has horrific nightmares and daytime visions of a meteorological disturbance followed by a feeling that we (the Earth) are being visited by something alien.

The Delinquents (2023) Borges Anyone? A

Posted by Patrick | Dec 3, 2023 | A, Archival Posts, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), MUBI, Mystery, Ratings: Movies and Television, Romance, Thriller, TV / Streaming |

With its labyrinthine structure, discursive storyline, and exploration of themes such as duality, reality, identity, and the nature of time, the movie is reminiscent of the great Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges

Eileen (2023) Hits All the Right Buttons A

Posted by Patrick | Dec 8, 2023 | A, Archival Posts, Drama, Favorites, Film Noir, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Mystery, Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, Romance, Thriller |

Oldroyd pulls out all the stops and the three actresses complement one another so perfectly that we end up savoring 2023’s best scene.

Saltburn (2023) Emerald Fennell’s Sophomore Triumph A

Posted by Patrick | Nov 1, 2023 | Archival Posts, Comedy, Drama, Favorites, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Horror, Mystery, Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Thriller |

Fennell’s writing and directing are brilliantly inventive, with humor, tragedy, and horror mixing perfectly. She gets immense support from her cinematographer, Linus Sandgren, whose work here is truly breathtaking.

Causeway (2022) Film Review A

Posted by Patrick | Nov 6, 2022 | A, Apple TV+ Amazon, Archival Posts, Drama, Favorites, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Historic Events, Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, Romance, TV / Streaming, Underappreciated |

And Henry gives a tour de force performance that matches his spine-tingling monologue in “If Beale Street Could Talk”. Like Lawrence he is one of the all-time greats.

Close (2022) Film Review A

Posted by Patrick | Apr 2, 2023 | A, Apple TV+ Amazon, Archival Posts, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Mystery, Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, TV / Streaming |

In the opening 45 minutes of “Close”, Belgian director Lukas Dhont captures an intimacy that is extraordinary in its delicacy.

Emily The Criminal (2022) Film Review A

Posted by Patrick | Aug 23, 2022 | A, Action, Apple TV+ Amazon, Archival Posts, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Ratings: Movies and Television, Thriller, TV / Streaming |

Plaza’s performance is something to behold. All of that nervous energy is now bursting out in a performance that is always true and believable.

Happening (2022) Film Review A

Posted by Patrick | May 14, 2022 | A, Apple TV+ Amazon, Archival Posts, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Ratings: Movies and Television, TV / Streaming |

The weeks pass and Anne begins to “show'”. Time is running out. Any attempt at a back street abortion is becoming increasingly dangerous.

The Power of the Dog (2021) Film Review A

Posted by Patrick | Jan 14, 2022 | A, Action, Archival Posts, Drama, Epic, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Mystery, Netflix, Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, TV / Streaming, Western |

“The Power of the Dog” is one of the best films of 2021. Campion directs with an expert hand assisted by Ari Wegner’s cinematography and Jonny Greenwood’s memorable score.