While we were at TIFF this year, they opened an extra screening to Joker. We thought about getting tickets but we had a reservation at Le Select. We definitely made the right choice; Le Select was a memorable meal. We finally saw Joker when it opened in Dallas. I thought it was a sad yet […]
Read More JokerRoma is a film that focuses on a year in the life a middle-class family in Mexico City. Our attention is on Cleo (Yalitza Aparicio), a housekeeper in the home Sr. Antonio (Fernando Grediaga) and Sra. Sophia (Marina de Tavira). They live with her mother Sra. Teresa (Verónica García) and their three children. Adela (Nancy […]
Read More RomaI am a big fan of Natalie Portman, though lately she seems to be making really artsy choices instead of good movies. The best thing about this movie was that we saw it at the Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto’s symphony hall. It’s a confusing film with a disjointed plot. Even more baffling was the choice […]
Read More Vox LuxIt is amazing what you can glean from a movie, even if you don’t particularly enjoy it. The Sisters Brothers, Eli (John C. Reilly) and Charlie (Joaquin Phoenix, Don’t Worry He Won’t Get Far on Foot) are a pair of hired killers in 1850. Charlie seems to really enjoy his work and Eli justifies his […]
Read More The Sisters BrothersTimothée Chalamet (Lady Bird, Hostiles, Call Me By Your Name) and Steve Carell are excellent in Beautiful Boy. This is a very difficult story about drug abuse, it’s effect on the user and the people around them. David Sheff (Carell) does a great deal of research on the effects of crystal meth on the human […]
Read More Beautiful BoyOfficial Website: http://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/ The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival (Italian: Mostra Internazionale d’Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia, “International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale”) is the oldest film festival in the world and one of the “Big Three” film festivals, alongside the Cannes Film Festival and Berlin International Film Festival. […]
Read More Venice Film FestivalThis biopic is less idealistic than Rocky, which is also based on the life of Chuck Wepner. Chuck (Liev Schreiber) is living on the edge between being a fighter and an enforcer. I thought the relationships with both of his wives (Elizabeth Moss and Naomi Watson) were engaging. Unfortunately, after his fighting successes, his involvement […]
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