This Week on The Movie Gourmet – my coverage of Frameline, which is running through June 28, centers on directorial debuts in international cinema.
I also posted a reminder to catch the bracing neo-noir Pale Flower this Saturday and Sunday on Turner Classic Movies’ Noir Alley with Eddie Muller. This Japanese slow burn erupts into thrilling set pieces, and you shouldn’t miss it.
REMEMBRANCE
Character actor Harris Yulin brought intensity and authenticity to characters that ranged from authoritative to kindly to venal ones. He appeared in lots of big movies (Scarface, the 24 series and the Ghostbusters, Star Trek and Rush Hour franchises) and smaller, even better ones (Victory at Entebbe, Night Moves, St Ives, Truman, The Place Behind the Pines).
CURRENT MOVIES
- Pee-Wee Herman as Himself: a man hidden in his own invention. HBO Max.
- Bonjour Tristesse: not the life lesson she was expecting. Amazon, AppleTV, YouTube, Fandango.
- The Count of Monte-Cristo: you think you’ve seen a revenge movie? kanopy (free), Amazon, AppleTV, YouTube, Fandango.
- The Friend: grieving with an enormous dog. Amazon, AppleTV, YouTube, Fandango.
- Friendship: the loser isn’t lovable. In theaters.
ON TV
As I alerted you to last week, tonight Turner Classic Movies is airing the rarely-broadcast Argentine neo-noir Nine Queens. Nine Queens has a great con artist plot, kind of midway between House of Games and The Sting. And it stars one of my favorite actors, Ricardo Darin, the Argentine Joe Mantegna. Sadly, the writer-director Fabián Bielinsky died at 47, right after his masterpiece The Aura, ending a very promising career.
And, as I wrote this week, TCM is presenting the bracing Japanese neo-noir Pale Flower this Sat/Sun Pale Flower on Noir Alley with Eddie Muller. Don’t miss this one.
