I’m at the Mill Valley Film Festival for 63 Up, Jojo Rabbit, Frankie and Marriage Story. Some of the most promising movies of the year will come out in the next two weeks: Parasite, Jojo Rabbit, The Lighthouse and Pain and Glory. Until then, you can at least stream some of the Best Movies of 2019 – So Far – The Last Black Man in San Francisco, They Shall Not Grow Old, Amazing Grace and Booksmart.
OUT NOW
- Downtown Abbey is a satisfying wrap-up for fans of the beloved PBS series.
- The Sound of Silence is an engrossing character study starring Peter Sarsgaard as a man confident in his obsession until… You can stream it on Amazon, iTunes and Vudu.
ON VIDEO
My Stream of the Week is the superb indie Auggie with Richard Kind, about artificial intelligence which is able to see your fantasies even before you can imagine them. I saw Auggie at its world premiere at Cinequest. It can be streamed from Amazon, iTunes and Vudu.
ON TV
On October 13, Turner Classic Movies presents the under-appreciated 1950 Night and the City, with one of the great characters in film noir. Richard Widmark is superb as Harry Fabian, a loser who tries to corner the pro wrestling business in post-war London. The one thing that Harry Fabian is good at is finding suckers, but he doesn’t realize that the biggest sucker is Harry Fabian.
