This is the time make sure you’ve seen, the highlights of the summer, BlacKkKlansman and Crazy Rich Asians, before the onslaught of the Fall movies. To preview the year’s biggest movies, make your plans to attend the Mill Valley Film Festival.
OUT NOW
- Spike Lee’s true story BlacKkKlansman is very funny and, finally, emotionally powerful.
- Crazy Rich Asians is wildly popular for a reason – it’s damn entertaining and probably the year’s most appealing date movie. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry and you’ll wait for the chance to see Awkwafina in her next movie.
ON VIDEO
My Stream of the Week is the indie relationship drama Starlet from writer-director Sean Baker (Tangerine and The Florida Project). Starlet is available to stream from Amazon, iTunes, Vudu, YouTube and Google Play.
ON TV
On September 29, Turner Classic Movies will air one of my Overlooked Noir. It’s The Gangster, where a minor crime lord (Barry Sullivan) rules Brooklyn’s Neptune Beach, a sketchy beachfront boardwalk area near subway tracks. It may be a Coney Island for bottom feeders, but he’s its master. Then another gangster (Sheldon Leonard) tries to move in on his territory…The Gangster is a fine character-driven noir, a portrait of a tragic flaw. The Czar of Noir, Eddie Muller, will provide the intro and the outro.
