“Come As You Are” Wednesday
We happen to be great fans of these “Playing for Change” productions – liking their inclusive approach and introduction of players and pickers and instruments from around the world. Here, they take a New Classic and give it an international spin with impressive results. Do you have a favorite picker, player or singer? We do!
ScreenShots: “After Life” – Graphic Trailer
Britain’s Ricky Gervais, everyone’s feared “drunk uncle” who shuffles through family reunions or The Oscars with a pint in hand and an unholstered, whiplash wit, has churned out an engaging one-man show about grief and love and life for Netflix. It ran three seasons and we liked it. If you’ve got the time and haven’t…
ScreenShots: “Don’t Look Up”
We’re not big panderers in these parts, never feeling the need to cave in to an expressed public desire or messaging – but we’ll confess we softened our position a bit when it came to this week’s ScreenShots pick. There’s quite a bit of local buzz building about Adam McKay’s “Don’t Look Up” – both…
ScreenShots: “Boiling Point”
Moviegoers may recognize Stephen Graham from his roles as an American paratrooper in Band of Brothers and – again – an American gangster in Boardwalk Empire, one of those English actors who can play an American character better than an American. A smallish man with a Bull Terrier face and a worn, rough and tumble…
ScreenShots: “Children Of Men”
Hailed for its prescience and production, reviled for what some see as a pedant, leftist tone, Children of Men remains one of our all-time favorite movies – worthy of multiple viewings in our humble opinion. A commercial and critical disaster when it was released in 2006, audience reaction sent its director into a self-imposed exile…
ScreenShots: “Contagion”
A really good and thought-provoking movie when it was first released in 2011 – “Contagion” is almost preternaturally brilliant when viewed in the sterilized light of 2021. In fact, if it weren’t for the credits you’d think you were watching a movie made during our current pandemic, with a small army of characters running from…
ScreenShots: “The Station Agent”
Longtime ScreenShotters will know what type of movies we’re drawn to, and the elements that make us sit up and say: “Yeah, this is going to be worth an hour or so of my time…” Sharp writing. Well drawn characters. Different than the usual fare available today. In essence, something without Marvel or a number…
ScreenShots: “Rudderless”
We’ll lead this one off with an outright bias admission: We just finished rolling through Rudderless for the third time and it still gets us in all the right places at all the right times. First time out of the directorial blocks for William H. Macy, who has benefited much from his apparent understanding and…
All Down The Line – Stones Pulsebeat Charlie Watts Dead At 80
Publicist Bernard Doherty confirmed Tuesday that Watts “passed away peacefully in a London hospital earlier today, surrounded by his family.” “Charlie was a cherished husband, father and grandfather and also as a member of The Rolling Stones one of the greatest drummers of his generation,” Doherty said.
ScreenShots: “Flirting”
In keeping with our current affinity for single-word movie titles we offer a longtime favorite – with a bit of a tease. The tease is that it’s difficult to find “Flirting” streaming anywhere, though not impossible. We were lucky enough to find it on YouTube about six months ago, instantly reminded of how sharp the…