This week on the Movie Gourmet – new reviews of Twinless, one of the best movies of 2025, and Caught Stealing, which is not. Plus, the historical drama Shoshana is finally accessible to most of you via streaming. And I previewed the upcoming Nashville Film Festival.
CURRENT MOVIES
- Twinless: smart, funny, satisfying. In theaters.
- Caught Stealing: Aronofsky picked off first base. In theaters.
- Shoshana: two lovers amid a deepening conflict. Amazon, AppleTV, YouTube, Fandango.
- East of Wall: horse riding through trauma. In theaters
- Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan: a courageous surprise hiding in celebrity. Netflix.
- The Fantastic Golem Affairs: absurd, raunchy and funny. In theaters, but hard to find.
- Honey Don’t: kinda funny, disposable. In theaters.
- Sorry, Baby: smart, funny and on the path to healing. Amazon, AppleTV, YouTube, Fandango.
ON TV
On September 13, the classic noir suspenser Sudden Fear plays on Turner Classic Movies’ Noir Alley with intro and outro by Eddie Muller. Sudden Fear showcases Joan Crawfor as a highly successful woman who marries a guy (Jack Palance) who really just wants her money; he plots with his longtime girlfriend (Gloria Grahame) to do in his wife for the inheritance. The wife discovers their scheme, and plans to get them before they can get her.
The riveting final twelve minutes is movie perfection. Now, it’s a pretty good movie for the first hour and thirty-eight minutes, but its ending takes Sudden Fear up a couple of notches.
