Maestro (2023) Bradley Cooper’s Vain Impersonation of a Vain Man. B+
Leaving out vast chunks of the great conductor’s life, Cooper gives a vain impersonation of a vain man while Carey Mulligan takes the acting honors.
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Category: Netflix
White Noise (2022) Another Superb Performance from Adam Driver B
Our savior is Driver, who, against all odds, manages to give another superb performance in inhospitable settings.
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The Hand of God (2021) Film Review A+
Memories of Fellini and the Taviani Brothers at their peak. It’s his “Amarcord” (I remember). It’s also his “La Dolce Vita.”
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Dance of the Forty-One (2020) Queer Film A-
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.
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Beef (2023) Queer TV. Yeun and Wong Astound Us. (A)
Created by Lee Sung Jin, the series boasts a wonderful script and spectacular turns by Steven Yeun and Ali Wong as the central characters.
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Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (2022). Queer TV. (A)
Evan Peters, Josh Braaten (young Jeffrey), Niecy Nash as nest-door-neighbor Glenda and a magnificent Richard Jenkins as Dahmer’s Father, all give stellar performances.
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Glenn Close Returns in Wake Up Dead Man (2025) (B)
Like Mrs. Danvers, Delacroix materializes rather than enters; her first appearance, looming behind Josh O’Connor’s Father Duplenticy (Johnson has a Dickensian flair for surnames), is a jolt for the ages—I shat my pants!
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