daily stream: a darkly funny, deliciously feminist revisionist Western
1995’s The Quick and the Dead is on Netflix on both sides of the Atlantic (but leaves the US service soon).
Month: May 2023
loaded question: what movies depict introverts well?
My pick is 2018’s The Bookshop, in which star Emily Mortimer and director Isabel Coixet do a beautiful job of capturing the introverted essence of its bookstore-owner protagonist.
daily stream: spirituality without the supernatural
2011’s The Way is on Prime in the UK; not streaming in the US, but screening in cinemas via Fathom Events for one night only tonight.
daily stream: one of the best films about modern motherhood I’ve ever seen
2018’s Tully is on Netflix in the US, Prime in the UK.
daily stream: a grownup couple and their realistic romance
2022’s Ali & Ava leaves UK Netflix soon; on Kanopy in the US.
daily stream: the other cabin-in-the-woods movie
2011’s Tucker and Dale vs Evil leaves Prime in the US soon; on Prime in the UK.
daily stream: a beautifully accomplished portrait of untoxic masculinity
2018’s The Rider is on Mubi in the US, BFI Player in the UK (and other services).
daily stream: a doggone-good modern classic comedy
2000’s Best in Show is new on Hulu in the US; on Prime and Apple TV in the UK.
loaded question: what movies and/or TV series have standout opening credits?
I’m expanding the scope of our earlier discussion of this topic, a decade ago, because TV opening credits seem to have come back into style in recent years…
What’s Love Got to Do with It? movie review: the boy next door, and a world away
Lily James and Shazad Latif? Delightful, even when they’re not together and sparking. No surprise where they’re going, but this amiable rom-com gets them there with genuine smarts and real sentiment.
