Grey Gardens (1975) A+ to Feud (2024) A+. The Maysles Brothers.
Gradually, the film’s high campness, including some deliciously bitchy one-liners between Big and Little Edie, developed a significant gay following.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Feb 10, 2024 | A+, Apple TV+ Amazon, Criterion Collection, Documentary, Ratings: Movies and Television, TV / Streaming, YouTube |
Gradually, the film’s high campness, including some deliciously bitchy one-liners between Big and Little Edie, developed a significant gay following.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Jan 1, 2024 | A+, Apple TV+ Amazon, Documentary, Ratings: Movies and Television, TV / Streaming |
Director/Editor Madeleine Gavin masterfully combines these two storylines with some astonishing insights into what it’s like to live in North Korea
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Dec 28, 2023 | A+, Apple TV+ Amazon, Documentary, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Historic Events, Ratings: Movies and Television, TV / Streaming |
Mstyslav Chernov’s masterful documentary chronicles the period he spent in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol when Vladimir Putin’s Russian forces attacked it.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | May 30, 2022 | A+, Apple TV+ Amazon, Drama, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Historic Events, Max, Mystery, Politics, Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, Thriller, TV / Streaming |
The result: compulsive viewing for seven out of the eight episodes. Colin Firth is spellbinding. Toni Collette is equally superb.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Dec 29, 2021 | A+, Apple TV+ Amazon, Drama, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Historic Events, Hulu, Politics, Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, TV / Streaming |
Blanchett then slowly hangs up the phone and returns, defeated, to the kitchen. In un hommage à Akerman, the camera frames her in medium shot.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Mar 14, 2022 | A+, Apple TV+ Amazon, Comedy, Drama, Favorites, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Hulu, Max, Ratings: Movies and Television, TV / Streaming, Underappreciated |
Laura Dern is a card-carrying liberal from Riverside. who wants to do good in this world but gets sidetracked by some deep personality flaws
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Dec 30, 2023 | A, Apple TV+ Amazon, Documentary, LA Music Scene, Music & Art, Ratings: Movies and Television, TV / Streaming |
Photographer/filmmaker Anton Corbijn has directed a hugely enjoyable documentary about Hipgnosis, the duo who revolutionized the album cover as an art form.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | May 16, 2023 | A, Apple TV+ Amazon, Documentary, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Historic Events, Ratings: Movies and Television, TV / Streaming |
The immaculate comedic timing is still there, only now it unfolds at a slower pace, as Michael’s brain attempts to reach the rest of his body.
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.
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For me, the one magical moment in the series occurs when Keogh and Claflin share the mic in their first concert together.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Jan 14, 2021 | Apple TV+ Amazon, B-, Documentary, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, TV / Streaming |
The greatest movie critic of her generation. Pauline wrote the most incisive and respectful response. It was a gorgeous review of “Blade Runner”…
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Nov 23, 2023 | A+, Apple TV+ Amazon, Archival Posts, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), 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.
Read MorePosted 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”.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Oct 21, 2022 | A+, Apple TV+ Amazon, Archival Posts, Comedy, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Historic Events, Hulu, 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.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Jan 3, 2023 | A+, Apple TV+ Amazon, Archival Posts, Drama, 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.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Dec 28, 2021 | A+, Action, Apple TV+ Amazon, Archival Posts, Documentary, Drama, Epic, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Historic Events, 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.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Dec 13, 2021 | A+, Action, Apple TV+ Amazon, Archival Posts, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), 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.
Read MorePosted 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, 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.
Read MorePosted 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.
Read MorePosted 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.
Read MorePosted 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.
Read MorePosted 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.
Read MorePosted 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.
Read MorePosted 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.
Read MorePosted 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.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Jan 6, 2022 | A, Apple TV+ Amazon, Archival Posts, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Mystery, Ratings: Movies and Television, Road Movie, TV / Streaming |
As Yusuke drives into Hiroshima, the opening credits’ role forty minutes into the film. We realize that what we have seen so far is just a prelude to the main story.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Jan 3, 2022 | A, Apple TV+ Amazon, Archival Posts, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Historic Events, Hulu, Ratings: Movies and Television, TV / Streaming |
Stewart is simply amazing in the role channeling all that star power into a Diana, you feel you know instantly.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Feb 3, 2022 | A, Apple TV+ Amazon, Archival Posts, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Ratings: Movies and Television, Romance, Thriller, TV / Streaming |
Time stands still as Julie leaves Aksel, frozen in the kitchen as he pours her a cup of coffee, and runs through the streets of daytime Oslo.
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 | Jan 3, 2023 | A-, Apple TV+ Amazon, Archival Posts, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Mystery, Ratings: Movies and Television, TV / Streaming |
“Aftersun” is unforgettable movie. Proustian, in that it is both a remembrance of things past and a search of lost time, it’s one of the best films of 2022.
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