weekend watchlist: when the ghosts won’t shut up
Plus sci-fi noir, sun-fueled madness, and more. (First published August 12th, 2022, on Substack and Patreon.)
Ray Liotta
AWFJ 2021 EDA Awards winners announced
And the winners are…
The Many Saints of Newark movie review: far from heaven
The performances are terrific, the evocation of the period striking, but it feels redundant, more GoodFellas-lite than The Sopranos, and with several TV seasons’ worth of story crammed in.
Michael Shannon will cut you up (The Iceman review)
Though based on copious interviews mob killer Richard Kuklinski gave from prison, this barely broaches the great mystery of his life…
question of the day: What are your all-time favorite and least favorite drama movies?
Mine? GoodFellas, a film that rocked me when I first saw and has stuck with me ever since, and one that I never fail to thoroughly enjoy on re-viewings.
Killing Them Softly (review)
Turns a dark mirror on crime mythology to reflect a startling, unflattering image of America.
The Details (review)
A mealy, wan attempt at a black comedy.
The Details (trailer)
I’m gonna hope that perhaps the fantastic cast here will make yet one more tale of a man fucking up endurable.
question of the day: What’s the grossest food or eating-related movie or scene?
Does ”Soylent green is people!” or chilled monkey brains put you off your food?
question of the day: What is your favorite foodie movie, or foodie scene in a movie?
I think my very favorite is the prison cooking scene in GoodFellas: “He had this wonderful system for doing the garlic. He used a razor and he used to slice it so thin that it used to liquefy in the pan with just a little oil…”
