A relatively odd week for new mainstream releases , but there are plenty of independent and archival presentations to keep you busy …
Month: October 2019
On Screen: Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Parasite, and Robert Forster
This week’s two major multiplex openings are both Yes-They-Really-Made-Another-One-of-Those: Maleficent: Mistress of Evil finds Angelina Jolie back in Dark Faerie Gothmother gear …
Orcas Island Film Festival Journal: Synonyms, Jojo Rabbit, Atlantics, Honey Boy, Les Misérables, Frankie
I spent the weekend on Orcas Island for the sixth-annual Orcas Island Film Festival. Amid following many of the programmer’s extracurricular suggestions …
On Screen: Seattle Queer Film Festival, Orcas Island Film Festival, Bong Joon Ho retrospective
On Screen: Scary Clowns, Desolation Center, Picnic at Hanging Rock, First Love
The big release this week is Joaquin Phoenix’s bid for Oscar gold in the role of DC’s least funny clown. I have …
Joker Isn’t as Wild (or as Important) as It Thinks It Is
Joker (2019 | USA | 122 minutes | Todd Phillips) There’s an alternate universe somewhere, where Martin Scorsese stopped making movies around …
On Screen: Terminator Dark Fate, Synonyms, Holiday Hell, Tura Satana
Terminator: Dark Fate (2019 | USA | 128 minutes | Tim Miller) This weekend brings the improbable release of a second third …