The White Lotus (2021) – Limited Series Review A+
The action then unfolds in flashback…. Olivia and Paula instantly become the series’ Greek Chorus; the best-friend-duo from hell.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Aug 11, 2021 | A+, Comedy, Drama, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Max, Mystery, Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, Thriller, TV / Streaming |
The action then unfolds in flashback…. Olivia and Paula instantly become the series’ Greek Chorus; the best-friend-duo from hell.
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 | 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 | 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 | Apple TV+ Amazon, Archival Posts, Drama, Favorites, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Historic Events, TV / Streaming, Underappreciated |
Andrei Konchalovsky’s Searing Indictment of a little-known Khrushchev Era Massacre is his best work in years.
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 | Dec 27, 2021 | Action, Apple TV+ Amazon, Archival Posts, Drama, Epic, Film Reviews, Mystery |
David Lowery’s enthralling “The Green Knight”. Alicia Vikander does double duty as a peasant girl, and the mistress of a mysterious household.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Nov 23, 2021 | Archival Posts, B, Comedy, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Music Biography, Music Scene, Netflix, Queer Film/TV |
Although we know the eventual outcome, there is no great tragedy awaiting us at the end of the movie. In fact, it is a celebration of life.
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Jess Wexler and Joshua Leonard have such a natural chemistry that I assumed that they were a couple in real-life.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Jan 13, 2021 | Apple TV+ Amazon, Archival Posts, C+, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Netflix, Ratings: Movies and Television, TV / Streaming |
How can an actress who is pushing ninety be the mother of an actress in her late twenties or early thirties? Not impossible, but implausible.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | May 11, 2021 | 70s | 80s | 90s, A+, Criterion Collection, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Masterpieces, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, TV / Streaming |
In “Jeanne Dielman”, a feminist masterpiece, the everyday details of a caring mother contrast with her life as a prostitute.
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