This week on The Movie Gourmet, it’s William Friedkin Week – with reviews of three of the director’s underseen films, To Live and to Die in L.A., Bug and Killer Joe.
Just got back from two weeks in Spain. Gotta say that I was impressed with the movie choices on Iberia Airlines, all free: Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret, Jerry and Marge Go Large, A Thousand and One, Hypnotic, Cocaine Bear, The Return of Casanova (Italy), Do Unto Others (Japan), Argentina 1985 and Adios, Buenos Aires (Argentina), The Cow Who Sang etc. (Chile, The Crime Is Mine (France) and Asteroid City. Plus big franchise movies: Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Spider Man and the Spiderverse 3, Avatar: The Way of Water, Guardians of the Galaxy 3 and Creed III. Coupled with above-average airline food (included), there are worse ways to spend 11 hours on a plane.
CURRENT MOVIES
- Oppenheimer: creator of a monster controlled by others. In theaters.
- The League: untold stories. Amazon.
- Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed: leading man in the closet. HBO Max.
- No Hard Feelings: an amusement with Jennifer Lawrence. Amazon, Vudu YouTube.
WATCH AT HOME
The most eclectic watch-at-home recommendations you’ll find ANYWHERE:
- Summertime: no longer invisible and unheard, giving voice through verse. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube, redbox.
- Undefeated: an Oscar winner you haven’t seen. Amazon, Vudu, YouTube, redbox.
- Kimi: an adequate REAR WINDOWS ends as a thrilling WAIT UNTIL DARK. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube, redbox.
- Lune: funny, searing, and richly authentic. Amazon.
- Phoenix: riveting psychodrama, wowzer ending. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube.
- I’m Fine (Thank You for Asking): a desperate dash for dignity. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube.
- Making Montgomery Clift: exploding the myths. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube.
- Our Kind of Traitor: Skarsgård steals this robust thriller. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube, redbox.
- ’71: keeping the thrill in thriller. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube, redbox.