BS High (2023). Greed and Exploitation in American High School Football A-
American high school/college football is one big exploitation racket that massively exploits the young men on whose backs the whole system rests.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Aug 25, 2023 | A-, Documentary, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Historic Events, Max, Ratings: Movies and Television, TV / Streaming |
American high school/college football is one big exploitation racket that massively exploits the young men on whose backs the whole system rests.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Jan 2, 2024 | A-, Apple TV+ Amazon, Documentary, Ratings: Movies and Television |
Paulina’s optimism carries over to the audience – a film whose subject matter is inherently depressing is unexpectedly uplifting.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | May 6, 2023 | A-, Drama, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Historic Events, Max, Mystery, Ratings: Movies and Television, Romance, Thriller, TV / Streaming |
This is the superior version thanks to a spectacularly good Elizabeth Olsen as Montgomery, a housewife who has everything on the Baby Boom checklist.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | May 30, 2023 | A-, Comedy, Drama, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Historic Events, Netflix, Politics, Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, Romance, TV / Streaming |
It’s all just as delicious as the original two series with the two Lady Danbury’s taking all of the acting honors in their respective time periods.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Mar 8, 2024 | A-, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), New Releases, Ratings: Movies and Television |
Dizar’s performance as Nuray, a woman who has lived through things that Samet can only imagine, takes over the film’s second and more impressive half.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Nov 6, 2023 | A-, Comedy, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), MUBI, Mystery, New Releases, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, Romance, Thriller, TV / Streaming |
Walker’s film follows three teenage girls on vacation in Greece. Mia McKenna-Bruce delivers a heartbreaking performance as Tara. One of the year’s best.
Read MorePosted 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.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Sep 19, 2023 | A-, Archival Posts, Drama, Favorites, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), MUBI, Ratings: Movies and Television, TV / Streaming, Underappreciated |
Adele Exarchopoulos gives a stunning performance as a flight attendant handling the grueling task of working for a low-cost carrier.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | May 16, 2023 | A-, Apple TV+ Amazon, Archival Posts, Drama, Favorites, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, Romance, TV / Streaming, Underappreciated |
Laporte is tremendous in portraying a complex character who appears to have an “escape” but really doesn’t. It’s a heartbreaking performance.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Aug 21, 2022 | A-, Apple TV+ Amazon, Archival Posts, Comedy, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Horror, Mystery, Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, Thriller, TV / Streaming |
Beautifully Queer friendly, the relationship between Bee (Maria Bakalova) and Sophiie (Amanda Stenberg) is the emotional center of the movie.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Dec 17, 2022 | A-, Archival Posts, Drama, Favorites, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Historic Events, Netflix, Ratings: Movies and Television, Romance, TV / Streaming, Underappreciated |
Superb performances by Emma Corrin and Jack O’Connell transform this adaptation into a film of great beauty and, yes, sensuality.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Jan 3, 2023 | A-, Apple TV+ Amazon, Archival Posts, Comedy, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Horror, Hulu, Max, Mystery, Ratings: Movies and Television, Thriller, TV / Streaming |
There is a fantastic faceoff between Fiennes and a mysterious guest who was not invited. She is played by the extraordinary Anna Taylor-Joy
Read MorePosted by Patrick | May 1, 2022 | A-, Action, Apple TV+ Amazon, Archival Posts, Drama, Epic, Favorites, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Mystery, Ratings: Movies and Television, Thriller, TV / Streaming, Underappreciated, Western |
The directors are extremely cine-literate. However, their references never seemed forced and I basked in their cinematic vision.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | May 9, 2022 | A-, Apple TV+ Amazon, Archival Posts, Drama, Favorites, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, Romance, TV / Streaming, Underappreciated |
Meise directs what must be some of the most beautiful and heartfelt scenes ever captured on film between two men in love.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Jan 7, 2022 | A-, Archival Posts, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Netflix, Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, TV / Streaming |
You cannot take your eyes off Ruth Negga’s Claire, a Black woman who can pass for White in New York in 1929.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Dec 27, 2021 | A-, Archival Posts, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Historic Events, Netflix, Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, TV / Streaming, Underappreciated |
Ignacio de la Torre was the son in law of Mexico’s president for life and dictator Porfirio Díaz’s. But he was leading a double life with his lover Evaristo.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Dec 27, 2021 | A-, Apple TV+ Amazon, Archival Posts, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Hulu, Mystery, Ratings: Movies and Television, Romance, TV / Streaming, Underappreciated |
Christian Petzold’s direction is so seductive, and the two leads are so effective, that you fall easily for “Undine’s” charms.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Aug 11, 2022 | 70s | 80s | 90s, A-, Apple TV+ Amazon, Drama, Favorites, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Historic Events, Horror, Masterpieces, Mystery, Ratings: Movies and Television |
Weir, who showed, like Hitchcock, that horror can be visited upon us on the brightest and most beautiful of summer days.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Sep 9, 2022 | 70s | 80s | 90s, A-, Apple TV+ Amazon, Drama, Favorites, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Historic Events, Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, TV / Streaming |
“The Garden of the Finzi Continis” is based on the semi-autobiographical novel by gay Italian writer Giorgio Bassani who is played in the film by Helmut Berger.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Sep 5, 2022 | 70s | 80s | 90s, A-, Apple TV+ Amazon, Drama, Favorites, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, TV / Streaming |
Visconti’s best idea was changing Aschenbach’s profession from a writer to a composer opening up the movie to the Mahler Adagietto .
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Apr 27, 2023 | 70s | 80s | 90s, A-, Apple TV+ Amazon, Comedy, Drama, Favorites, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Mystery, Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, Romance, Thriller, TV / Streaming, Underappreciated |
Excellent work by Robert Stephens (his best screen performance) and Colin Blakely (Dr. Watson). Geneviève Page gives a gorgeous melancholy performance.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Sep 11, 2022 | 50s | 60s, A-, Apple TV+ Amazon, Comedy, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, TV / Streaming |
Great fun was had by all adapting Evelyn Waugh’s 1948 short satirical novel about the funeral business in Los Angeles.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Sep 11, 2022 | 50s | 60s, A-, Cinematographers, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, TV / Streaming, Underappreciated, YouTube |
Writer/director Bryan Forbes lovely and faithful adaptation of the Lynne Reid Banks novel boasts Leslie Caron’s greatest performance.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Sep 11, 2022 | 50s | 60s, A-, Apple TV+ Amazon, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Politics, Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, Thriller, TV / Streaming |
Preminger always liked to be cutting edge and he was with “Advise and Consent” a beautifully written, acted and directed movie.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Sep 11, 2022 | 50s | 60s, A-, Drama, Favorites, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, Underappreciated |
A beautiful adaptation of the William Inge play directed by Delbert Mann from a great script by Harriet Frank Jr. and Irving Ravetch..
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Sep 10, 2022 | 50s | 60s, A-, Apple TV+ Amazon, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, TV / Streaming |
One of Deborah Kerr’s most sympathetic performances. Both she she and John Kerr (no relation) originated their roles on the Broadway stage.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Sep 15, 2022 | 50s | 60s, A-, Apple TV+ Amazon, Classic Film Noir, Drama, Film Noir, Mystery, Ratings: Movies and Television, Thriller, TV / Streaming |
The buildup to Monroe’s superstardom started here. The magnificent widescreen technicolor cinematography if by Joseph MacDonald.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Sep 1, 2022 | 50s | 60s, A-, Apple TV+ Amazon, Classic Film Noir, Drama, Film Noir, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Hitchcock and other great movie directors, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, Thriller, TV / Streaming, YouTube |
Hitchcock reverses himself here, having gay actor Farley Granger play the straight character and straight actor Robert Walker play the gay character.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Sep 1, 2022 | 30s | 40s, A-, Apple TV+ Amazon, Criterion Collection, Drama, Film Noir, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Historic Events, Hitchcock and other great movie directors, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, Thriller, TV / Streaming, YouTube |
The story, which is based on the Leopold and Loeb case is irresistible. Granger and Dall are perfection and Jimmy Stewart is also amazing.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Sep 1, 2022 | 30s | 40s, A-, Action, Apple TV+ Amazon, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, TV / Streaming, Western |
1948 was the year of Montgomery Clift. In addition to Hawkes “Red River” there was Fred Zinnemann’s “The Search” and William Wyler’s “The Heiress”.
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