The video editing skills of Indiewire‘s David Ehrlich are far more impressive than his film reviews. To me, at least. He really understands how to generate joy, intrigue, excitement, mystery, etc.
HE’s ten best of ’19 (in this order): The Irishman, Les Miserables, Joker, Queen & Slim, 1917, The Lighthouse, Diane, Once Upon A Time in Hollywood, Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story, David Crosby: Remember My Name.
To my great surprise and delight, Christy Hall‘s Daddio, which I was remiss in not seeing during last year’s Telluride...
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7:45 pm: Okay, the initial light-hearted section (repartee, wedding, hospital, afterlife Joey Pants, healthy diet) was enjoyable, but Jesus, when...
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It took me a full month to see Wes Ball and Josh Friedman‘s Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes...
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Unless Part Two of Kevin Costner‘s Horizon (Warner Bros., 8.16) somehow improves upon the sluggish initial installment and delivers something...
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For me, A Dangerous Method (2011) is David Cronenberg‘s tastiest and wickedest film — intense, sexually upfront and occasionally arousing...
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