This week on The Movie Gourmet – I’m in Oakland covering Noir City, Eddie Muller’s absolutely essential festival of film noir; here’s my NOIR CITY 23: a musician walks into an alley… I’ve also published a new review of the wonderful A Little Prayer, showcasing a superb acting ensemble. And I’ve completed my 2025 review with the 8 Most Overlooked Films of 2025 – all of which you can stream at home.
CURRENT MOVIES:
- No Other Choice: keeping up with the Parks. In theaters
- Hamnet: a grieving couple finally aligned. In theaters.I
- It Was Just an Accident: trauma, justice and complications. Amazon, AppleTV, YouTube, Fandango.
- A Little Prayer: comfortable, then bewildered. Amazon, AppleTV, YouTube, Fandango.
- My Dead Friend Zoe: getting to resilience. Amazon, AppleTV, YouTube, Fandango.
- Train Dreams: quietly thinking and quietly feeling. Netflix.Left-Handed Girl: a family’s path to to catharsis. Netflix.
- Marty Supreme: a portrait of chutzpah. In theaters.Sentimental Value: generational healing. In theaters.
- Jay Kelly: finding that the ship has sailed. Netflix.
- My Neighbor Adolf. more than a match of wits. In arthouse theaters.
- Cover Up: muckraking back in the day. Netflix
- You Got Gold: why John Prine is admired and beloved. In theaters, but hard to find.
ON TV
On January 26 , Turner Classic Movies airs Days of Wine and Roses, Blake Edwards’ unflinching exploration of alcoholism, featuring great performances by Jack Lemmon and Lee Remick (both nominated for Oscars) and Charles Bickford.