Absolutely mesmerizing. terrifying, beautiful, vulnerable, raw. Candle Cove meets Hedwig and the Angry Inch meets Stranger Things. Beautifully acted, viscerally important for any LGBTQ youth.
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The Egyptian 1954
“Sooner or later, even a cat tires of its game.”
At Film Forum, with an appearance by star Victor Mature’s daughter Victoria Mature!
People often forget about these ancient epics and they really shouldn’t, this wasn’t the greatest thing ever but it was a gorgeous, well-acted and lavishly designed piece from the director of Casablanca.
The cast are all great, but standouts include Purdom (only 30 here!), Mature, Simmons, and especially Darvi, who is so incredibly seductive as Sinuhe’s femme fatale, and the great Peter Ustinov, who steals every single scene he’s in.
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The Fabelmans 2022
“So what kind of movie are we gonna make?”
At Alamo Drafthouse.
I love movies about movies, and, I mean, it’s Spielberg writing (with Tony Kushner, excellently) and directing a thinly-veiled biopic of his own childhood and teen years. What else do you need for a love letter to film and to family?
Just fantastic performances all around, especially from Dano and Williams, but the real star is unquestionably Gabriel LaBelle, in an astonishingly nuanced portrait of a boy watching…Translated from by -
Everything Everywhere All at Once 2022
Please watch this like I did, on the biggest screen possible, with the largest audience you can, knowing absolutely nothing about it. No trailers, nothing. All I knew was it was A24 and my Alamo Drafthouse highly recommended it four days into its limited release.
This is easily in my top five favorite films of all time. I have never had a movie-going experience like this in my life, and I don't think I ever will again.
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