MOVIE #1,978 • SCORE 6/10 • 09.18.24 SERIES: CHRIS SMITH DIRECTOR FOCUS (FILL-IN) Another week, another Chris Smith docuseries that is s...
MOVIE #1,977 • SCORE 6/10 • 09.18.24 SERIES: JANE CAMPION DIRECTOR FOCUS This movie isn't THAT old but damn if this amazing cast doe...
The Portrait of a Lady
MOVIE #1,975 • SCORE 9/10 • 09.18.24 SERIES: SPIKE LEE DIRECTOR FOCUS I was worried when this began because it immediately feels like a...
Malcolm X
MOVIE #1,975 • SCORE 7/10 • 09.18.24 SERIES: MAYA DEREN DIRECTOR FOCUS Dancers, in negative 16mm, are overlaid upon a space background ...
The Very Eye of Night
MOVIE #1,974 • SCORE 8/10 • 09.17.24 SERIES: TWO FOR TUESDAY It’s gay Icelandic horror/thriller time — who’s ready? The only major comp...
Rift (2017)
MOVIE #1,973 • SCORE 4/10 • 09.17.24 SERIES: TWO FOR TUESDAY Tubi is the perfect invention for 21st century media. There are 1,000s of ...
Rift (2011)
MOVIE #1,972 • SCORE 6/10 • 09.16.24 SERIES: THE MARK BAUMER COLLECTION Another year, more Mark. He talks to himself in a mirror for 28 ...
I am a normal man who does freelance undercover work for himself
MOVIE #1,971 • SCORE 7/10 • 09.16.24 SERIES: THE MARK BAUMER COLLECTION Mark attends a wedding besieged by dangerous weather. "S...
MOVIE #1,970 • SCORE 8/10 • 09.16.24 SERIES: THE MARK BAUMER COLLECTION More text-to-voice computer voice poetry cut up with a pal of Ma...
MOVIE #1,969 • SCORE 8/10 • 09.16.24 SERIES: THE MARK BAUMER COLLECTION Video of a street fair at night is paired with a text-to-voic...
MOVIE #1,968 • SCORE 7/10 • 09.16.24 SERIES: THE MARK BAUMER COLLECTION Cute home movie of an older relative’s birthday party given the ...
MOVIE #1,967 • SCORE 10/10 • 09.16.24 SERIES: FARLEY & ROXBURGH DIRECTOR FOCUS I loved this one completely and think it’s the perfec...
Magic Spot
MOVIE #1,966 • SCORE 4/10 • 09.16.24 SERIES: TRUE RANDOM (Vol. LXXI) This British TV movie is based on one of the only Roald Dahl books ...
Roald Dahl's Esio Trot
MOVIE #1,965 • SCORE 6/10 • 09.13.24 SERIES: KENNETH ANGER DIRECTOR FOCUS This four-minute cut follows a guy (uncredited buff dude) walk...
MOVIE #1,963 • SCORE 6/10 • 09.13.24 SERIES: HAYAO MIYAZAKI DIRECTOR FOCUS The penultimate Miyazaki is maybe the least excited I've ...
The Wind Rises
MOVIE #1,963 • SCORE 7/10 • 09.13.24 SERIES: FRITZ LANG DIRECTOR FOCUS Visually, nothing comes remotely close to the splendor of Metropo...
Woman in the Moon
MOVIE #1,962 • SCORE 7/10 • 09.12.24 SERIES: ALBERT & AKERMAN Dollman is a very funny title for what this actually is: a space cop ...
Dollman
MOVIE #1,961 • SCORE 6/10 • 09.12.24 SERIES: ALBERT & AKERMAN This one was difficult to track down, and I fear this will soon become...
MOVIE #1,960 • SCORE 6/10 • 09.11.24 SERIES: PHIL SOLOMON DIRECTOR FOCUS Instantly less pixelated, this return to recognizable forms (an...
MOVIE #1,959 • SCORE 6/10 • 09.11.24 SERIES: JACK SHOLDER DIRECTOR FOCUS (FILL-IN) The year was 1995 and it had been three years since t...
Sketch Artist II: Hands That See
MOVIE #1,958 • SCORE 4/10 • 09.11.24 SERIES: JACK SHOLDER DIRECTOR FOCUS (FILL-IN/ADDN) Just had (“had”) to watch the original before ta...
Sketch Artist
MOVIE #1,957 • SCORE 7/10 • 09.11.24 SERIES: MY KAIJU DECADE The central idea behind this dubbed Czechoslovak film isn't even consid...
Journey to the Beginning of Time
MOVIE #1,956 • SCORE 5/10 • 09.10.24 SERIES: TWO FOR TUESDAY / MY KAIJU DECADE This Norwegian Netflixcore entry is also a kaiju film (...
Troll (2022)
MOVIE #1,955 • SCORE 7/10 • 09.10.24 SERIES: TWO FOR TUESDAY As a big Troll 2 , I've always wanted to watch the first film, even tho...
Troll (1986)
MOVIE #1,954 • SCORE 10/10 • 09.09.24 SERIES: THE LAUREL & HARDY FILMOGRAPHY REVIEW SERIES Called the “Holy Grail of Laurel and Har...
Hats Off
MOVIE #1,953 • SCORE 6/10 • 09.09.24 SERIES: MARTIN SCORSESE DIRECTOR FOCUS This starts out strong but loses steam. Even Marty can't...
The Color of Money
MOVIE #1,952 • SCORE 2/10 • 09.06.24 SERIES: KENNETH ANGER DIRECTOR FOCUS On the one hand, I give Kenneth Anger a lot of credit for spon...
MOVIE #1,951 • SCORE 9/10 • 09.06.24 SERIES: JEAN-LUC GODARD DIRECTOR FOCUS I feared that, after not totally gelling with Breathless , ...