A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood is by the same director as Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Marielle Heller. Both films have stories about people who are deeply cynical who through some circumstance find someone who helps them find a way to navigate through life. The film is not a bio-pic of Fred Rogers, who … Continue reading Blu-Ray Review – A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Satyajit Ray is probably the most acclaimed Indian filmmaker of all time, and was part of a film movement created in response to Indian popular cinema (the sort that eventually became known as Bollywood films). Known as Parallel Cinema, it was inspired by the Italian neo-realism of the 1940s, which in turn had a heavy … Continue reading Blu-Ray Review – The Apu Trilogy
The Woman is the sequel to the truly abysmal Offpsring, which is also including in this set. These films were joined by Darlin’ recently and so became a trilogy. They all kind of work as standalone films. This one was directed by Lucky McKee, who is probably best-known for the film May, which became a … Continue reading Blu-Ray Review – The Woman
Moscow on the Hudson is a sweet movie written and directed by Paul Mazursky, a light comedy about Vladimir Ivanoff (Robin Williams), a saxophone player for the Moscow Circus. The Circus goes to New York City, and one of the other musicians is planning to defect to the US while they are there. But in … Continue reading Blu-Ray Review – Moscow on the Hudson
Greta Gerwig’s new version of Little Women is based on the Louisa May Alcott book, which has been adapted several times since the silent era. The 1933 version by George Cukor was perhaps the first notable adaptation, followed by the 1949 film starring June Allyson and the 1994 movie with Winona Ryder and directed by … Continue reading Blu-Ray Review – Little Women (2019)
