loaded question: are three-hour-plus movies damaging to the overall entertainment environment?
Is there anything definitive that can be said about movie runtimes, or is it always a matter of It depends…
taking a little break till mid next week
Traveling a little, and I am not bringing my laptop with me. This honestly pains me, but I’m doing it anyway.
Maestro movie review: changing the tune, masterfully (London Film Festival 2023)
Oh, frabjous film! Bradley Cooper’s astonishing high-wire act feels classic and modern at the same time: immersive and impressionistic, breathtakingly bold. A kick in the pants to mainstream cinema.
daily stream: secret romance among freedom fighters
2014’s Omar is on Kanopy in the US, Curzon Home Cinema in the UK.
daily stream: the West Bank we don’t see on the news
2012’s 5 Broken Cameras is on Kanopy in the US, BFI Player in the UK.
Godzilla Minus One movie review: the horrors of the past, reconsidered
The king of all monsters gets a period-piece reboot, and it’s the closest the series has gotten since to the sincere, unironic horrors of the 1954 original. No comfy escape from terrible reality here.
daily stream: in there any common ground to be found between Palestine and Israel?
2018 documentary In the Land of Pomegranates is on Kanopy in the US; not streaming in the UK.
daily stream: smashing stereotypes in Palestinian courtrooms
2018 documentary The Judge is on Prime and Apple TV on both sides of the Atlantic.
loaded question: what’s a perfect cosy movie for long dark winter evenings?
I love the hygge of this time of year: candles, warm drinks, snuggling under a blanket watching films. But which films to watch?
daily stream: the official beginning of Yuletide (I don’t make the rules)
1947’s Miracle on 34th Street is on Disney+ on both sides of the Atlantic.
