Nitram (2022) Film Review
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
Read Moreby Patrick | Jan 3, 2023 | Archival Posts, Drama, Film Reviews, Historic Events, Masterpieces, My Favorites, Uncategorized
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
Read Moreby Patrick | Jul 28, 2022 | Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, Archival Posts, Horror, Masterpieces, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller
Guys with erect penises walking downward into a transparent ooze, confused, as Scarlett walks on another level above them.
Read Moreby Patrick | Jul 27, 2022 | Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, Archival Posts, Drama, Film Reviews, Horror, Masterpieces, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller
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.
Read Moreby Patrick | Aug 25, 2022 | Masterpieces, My Favorites, The Best of the Best
Hoffman, Damon, Law, Seymour Hoffman, Ledger, Gyllenhaal, Depp, Hackman, Mason and Hanks. The Best of the Best of Ten of My Favorite Actors.
Read Moreby Patrick | Aug 15, 2022 | Masterpieces, My Favorites, The Best of the Best
Ronan, Weaver, Pfeiffer, Davis, Rampling, Christie, Hepburn, Kerr, Arthur, Wood. The Best of the Best of Ten of My Favorite Actresses.
Read Moreby Patrick | Feb 1, 2022 | Masterpieces, My Favorites, The Criterion Collection
I have confined myself to rating thirteen films from the height of La Nouvelle Vague. This was before Jean-Luc Godard, in particular, seemed to loose his joy in making movies.
Read Moreby Patrick | Jan 17, 2022 | 30s | 40s, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, Drama, Genres, Masterpieces, Romance
“Dodsworth”: William Wyler’s masterpiece, the best movie ever made about the fear of growing old. It was Wyler’s first Oscar nomination.
Read Moreby Patrick | Jan 23, 2022 | 30s | 40s, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, Cinematographers, Comedy, Drama, Film Reviews, Masterpieces, My Favorites, Queer Film/TV, Thriller
In “Kind Hearts and Coronets”: Alec Guinness has fun playing all eight (or nine) of the unfortunate D’Ascoynes, including Lady Agatha D’Ascoyne. The photograph shows Dennis Price with Joan Greenwood who plays that little minx Sibella.
Read Moreby Patrick | Aug 31, 2022 | 50s | 60s, Disney+ | You Tube, Drama, Film Reviews, Masterpieces, Thriller
“The Best Man” boasts three outstanding performances: Henry Fonda, Cliff Robertson and pre-code star Lee Tracy who returns to the screen.
Read Moreby Patrick | Aug 31, 2022 | 50s | 60s, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, Drama, Film Reviews, Masterpieces, Thriller, TV / Streaming
A peak entry in the American political thriller genre, the film boasts four of the greatest performances of the sixties.
Read Moreby Patrick | May 11, 2021 | 70s | 80s | 90s, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres, Masterpieces, My Favorites, Queer Film/TV, The Criterion Collection
In “Jeanne Dielman”, a feminist masterpiece, the everyday details of a caring mother contrast with her life as a prostitute.
Read Moreby Patrick | Aug 11, 2022 | 70s | 80s | 90s, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, Drama, Historic Events, Horror, Masterpieces, My Favorites, Mystery
Weir, who showed, like Hitchcock, that horror can be visited upon us on the brightest and most beautiful of summer days.
Read Moreby Patrick | Aug 11, 2022 | 70s | 80s | 90s, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, Drama, Genres, Masterpieces, My Favorites, Mystery, Queer Film/TV, Thriller
“Ripley”, Minghella’s masterpiece, boasts Matt Damon’s best performance plus stunning turns by Philip Seymour Hoffman and Jude Law.
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