This week on The Movie Gourmet – I’m busy working on unveiling most of my Cinequest coverage on Tuesday; here’s my festival preview: Get ready for the return of Cinequest.
CURRENT MOVIES
- Anatomy of a Fall: family history, with life or death stakes. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube.
- American Fiction: this can’t be happening. In theaters and Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube,
- The Taste of Things: two passions: culinary and romantic. In arthouse theaters.
- Golden Years: when dreams diverge. In arthouse theaters.
- Killers of the Flower Moon: an epic tale of epic betrayal. AppleTV (subscription), Amazon.
- The Holdovers: three souls must evolve beyond their losses. In theaters, Amazon.
- Poor Things: brazen, dazzling, feminist and very funny. In theaters.
- Dream Scenario: but it can’t be my fault, can it? Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube.
- Drift: escaping the horrors, but not yet the trauma. In arthouse theaters.
- The Boys in the Boat: underdogs soar. In theaters and streaming.
- The Zone of Interest: next door to the unthinkable. In theaters.
- Driving Madeleine: still spirited at 92. In arthouse theaters.
- Rustin: greatness, overlooked. Netflix.
- Maestro: not what she bargained for. Netflix.
WATCH AT HOME
The most eclectic watch-at-home recommendations you’ll find ANYWHERE:
- Youth: a glorious cinematic meditation on life. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube.
- Me and Earl and the Dying Girl: a Must See, perched on the knife edge between comedy and tragedy. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube.
- The Gift: three people revealed. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube, redbox.
- Inez & Doug & Kira: the tangle of love, friendship and bipolar disorder. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube.
- The Handmaiden: gorgeous, erotic and a helluva plot. Amazon, Vudu.
- Run & Jump: a romance, a family drama and a promising first feature. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube.
- Victoria: a thrill ride filmed in one shot. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube, KinoNow.
ON TV
Turner Classic Movies is broadcasting Anatomy of a Murder (1959) on March 2. I love this film for its great courtroom scene, for the great performances by James Stewart, George C. Scott, Ben Gazzara and Lee Remick, and for its exquisite pacing by director Otto Preminger. None other than the great Duke Ellington provides one of the very first jazz soundtracks (after Miles Davis’ Elevator to the Gallows and Johnny Mandel’s I Want to Live! in 1958).