There are almost too many great movies in theaters right now; it’s hard to keep up!
Category: Remember All the Movies, Terry, We’d Go See
BOMBSHELL: THE HEDY LAMARR STORY (Alexandra Dean)
If you’re even remotely interested in the early days of Hollywood, and if all you know about Hedy Lamarr is that she’s considered one of the most gorgeous stars in the history of the silver screen, then Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story is both for and about you.
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2017 Rewind: UNFORGETTABLE (Denise Di Novi)
Unforgettable is like a soft-core porno without the sex scenes.
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THE BALLAD OF LEFTY BROWN (Jared Moshe)
For anyone who’s ever wondered why the legendary Peter Fonda hasn’t appeared in more movies of late, his performance in The Ballad of Lefty Jones provides a pretty conclusive answer: Over the years, his acting talents may have just dried up as much as the desert that serves as the setting for this deliberately old-fashioned western.
QUEST (Jonathan Olshefski): Familyhood
For those who view the idea of making a movie as a daunting quest, the documentary Quest serves as yet another reminder that all one needs is camera equipment and life itself.
ARTHUR MILLER: WRITER (Rebecca Miller)
Rebecca Miller is a consummate filmmaker, known as an independent darling for such films as The Ballad of Jack and Rose, The Private Lives of Pippa Lee, and Maggie’s Plan.
JUST GETTING STARTED (Ron Shelton)
Morgan Freeman is to geriatric group comedies as Liam Neeson is to offspring-rescuing action movies. Which is to say, they’re the goddamn masters of each.
Off to the Races…
Even though the Academy Award’s history of choosing abominable Best Picture winners dates back to this venerable institution’s inception, my first memory of living through a truly confounding upset belongs to Crash beating Brokeback Mountain. A few years later, when The King‘s Speech somehow took the prize from The Social Network, I vowed never to care about the Oscars again.
Will and George, Alec and Donald, Jim and Andy…and Tony
Will Ferrell’s You’re Welcome America: A Final Night With George W. Bush is my favorite Broadway production that I never actually experienced in person.
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A Primer: LAST FLAG FLYING (Richard Linklater)
Richard Linklater’s Last Flag Flying is the type of film that I fear people will walk away from asking, “So what?”
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