Weekly Movie Recommendations

This week on The Movie Gourmet – new reviews of The Eternal Daughter, Kimi and Stars at Noon. Five current movies are on my Best Movies of 2022: Aftersun, The Fabelmans, Decision to Leave, The Eternal Daughter and Armageddon Time. Coming up during the Holidays: my farewells to filmmakers on the screen and behind the camera and my year-end list of the Best Movies of 2022.

CURRENT MOVIES

• The Eternal Daughter: consumed by mom. In theaters.
• Kimi: an adequate REAR WINDOWS ends as a thrilling WAIT UNTIL DARK. HBO Max.
• Stars at Noon: needs less sweat and more sizzle. Amazon.
• Aftersun: who’s coming of age is this? In theaters.
• The Fabelmans: a mom, a dad and their genius kid. In theaters.
• Decision to Leave: he’s obsessed, and she asks, “Am I so wicked?”. In theaters.
• Causeway: affecting and uplifting. AppleTV.
• The Menu: immune from pretension. In theaters.
• All Quiet on the Western Front: the trauma of war. Netflix.
• Armageddon Time: coming of age – right into a moral choice. In theaters.
• The Banshees of Inisherin: no limits on stubbornness. In theaters.
• Tar: a haughty spirit before a fall. In theaters.
• Triangle of Sadness: more subtlety, please. In theaters.
• The Wonder: a visually beautiful slog. Netflix.
• The Greatest Beer Run Ever: a blowhard plans a stunt, gets an education. AppleTV.
• Louis Armstrong’s Black and Blues: what Armstrong was really thinking. AppleTV.

WATCH AT HOME

Daniel Kaluuya in NOPE. Courtesy of Universal Pictures.

During the Holidays, I suspend my usual The most eclectic watch-at-home recommendations you’ll find ANYWHERE so I can highlight the very best movies from earlier in 2022. These are on my list of Best Movies of 2022, and they shouldn’t be overlooked. Now you can watch them all at home.

• Nope: an exceptionally intelligent popcorn movie. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube, redbox.
• Montana Story: a family secret simmers, then explodes. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube, redbox.
• Compartment No. 6: a surprising journey to connection. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube, redbox.
• Poser: personal plagiarism. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube, redbox.
• The Tale of King Crab: storytelling at its best. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube, redbox.
• 12 Months: an authentic relationship evolves. Amazon.

This week on The Movie Gourmet – new reviews of Aftersun and The Fabelmans. I’ll be adding both Aftersun and The Fabelmans to my evolving Best Movies of 2022, along with Decision to Leave, Armageddon Time and The Eternal Daughter (which I’ll write about next week).

I also wrote about Mr. Soft Touch: noir Santa, which plays on TCM tomorrow night.

CURRENT MOVIES

• Aftersun: who’s coming of age is this? In theaters.
• The Fabelmans: a mom, a dad and their genius kid. In theaters.
• Decision to Leave: he’s obsessed, and she asks, “Am I so wicked?”. In theaters.
• Causeway: affecting and uplifting. AppleTV.
• The Menu: immune from pretension. In theaters.
• All Quiet on the Western Front: the trauma of war. Netflix.
• Armageddon Time: coming of age – right into a moral choice. In theaters.
• The Banshees of Inisherin: no limits on stubbornness. In theaters.
• Tar: a haughty spirit before a fall. In theaters.
• Triangle of Sadness: more subtlety, please. In theaters.
• The Wonder: a visually beautiful slog. Netflix.
• Amsterdam: a star-studded thriller without the thrills. In theaters.
• The Greatest Beer Run Ever: a blowhard plans a stunt, gets an education. AppleTV.
• See How They Run: Is this supposed to be funny? HBO Max.
• Don’t Worry, Darling: a misfire (but with Huell Howser’s cool house). In theaters.
• Louis Armstrong’s Black and Blues: what Armstrong was really thinking. AppleTV.

WATCH AT HOME

TALE OF KING CRAB. Courtesy of Oscilloscope Films.

During the Holidays, I suspend my usual The most eclectic watch-at-home recommendations you’ll find ANYWHERE so I can highlight the very best movies from earlier in 2022. These are on my list of Best Movies of 2022, and they shouldn’t be overlooked. Now you can watch them all at home.

• Nope: an exceptionally intelligent popcorn movie. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube, redbox.
• Montana Story: a family secret simmers, then explodes. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube, redbox.
• Compartment No. 6: a surprising journey to connection. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube, redbox.
• Poser: personal plagiarism. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube, redbox.
• The Tale of King Crab: storytelling at its best. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube, redbox.
• 12 Months: an authentic relationship evolves. Amazon.

This week on The Movie Gourmet – new reviews of Causeway, The Wonder and The People We Hate at the Wedding, and many more current movies.

CURRENT MOVIES

• Decision to Leave: he’s obsessed, and she asks, “Am I so wicked?”. In theaters.
• Causeway: affecting and uplifting. AppleTV.
• The Menu: immune from pretension. In theaters.
• All Quiet on the Western Front: the trauma of war. Netflix.
• Armageddon Time: coming of age – right into a moral choice. In theaters.
• The Banshees of Inisherin: no limits on stubbornness. In theaters.
• Tar: a haughty spirit before a fall. In theaters.
• Triangle of Sadness: more subtlety, please. In theaters.
• The Wonder: a visually beautiful slog. Netflix.
• Amsterdam: a star-studded thriller without the thrills. In theaters.
• The Greatest Beer Run Ever: a blowhard plans a stunt, gets an education. AppleTV.
• See How They Run: Is this supposed to be funny? HBO Max.
• Don’t Worry, Darling: a misfire (but with Huell Howser’s cool house). In theaters.
• Louis Armstrong’s Black and Blues: what Armstrong was really thinking. AppleTV.

WATCH AT HOME

Photo caption: Seidi Haarla and Yuri Borisov in COMPARTMENT No. 6. Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics.

During the Holidays, I suspend my usual The most eclectic watch-at-home recommendations you’ll find ANYWHERE so I can highlight the very best movies from earlier in 2022. These are on my list of Best Movies of 2022 – So Far, and they shouldn’t be overlooked. Now you can watch them all at home.

• Nope: an exceptionally intelligent popcorn movie. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube, redbox.
• Montana Story: a family secret simmers, then explodes. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube, redbox.
• Compartment No. 6: a surprising journey to connection. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube, redbox.
• Poser: personal plagiarism. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube, redbox.
• The Tale of King Crab: storytelling at its best. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube, redbox.
• 12 Months: an authentic relationship evolves. Amazon.

ON TV

On December 12, Turner Classic Movies brings us Paul Newman as an iconic 1960s anti-hero in Cool Hand Luke. Along with Newman being pretty doggone cool, there’s a charismatic supporting performance by George Kennedy, the unforgettable boiled egg-eating contest and the great movie line “What we have here is a failure to communicate”.

This week on The Movie Gourmet – recent reviews of fall films big and small: Decision to Leave, The Menu, The Banshees of Inisherin, Armageddon Time, All Quiet on the Western Front, Tar, Triangle of Sadness and The Greatest Beer Run Ever. I’m still looking to see The Fabelmans, Glass Onion: a Knives Out Mystery, The Son and Aftersun, which been difficult to find outside LA and NYC.

REMEMBRANCE

Irene Cara won an Oscar for writing the song Flashdance … What a Feeling. She performed that song in the movie Flashdance, as she had done with another Oscar-winning title song, Fame; (she played the character of Coco in Fame).

CURRENT MOVIES

• Decision to Leave: he’s obsessed, and she asks, “Am I so wicked?”. In theaters.
• The Menu: immune from pretension. In theaters.
• All Quiet on the Western Front: the trauma of war. Netflix.
• Armageddon Time: coming of age – right into a moral choice. In theaters.
• The Banshees of Inisherin: no limits on stubbornness. In theaters.
• Tar: a haughty spirit before a fall. In theaters.
• Triangle of Sadness: more subtlety, please. In theaters.
• Amsterdam: a star-studded thriller without the thrills. In theaters.
• The Greatest Beer Run Ever: a blowhard plans a stunt, gets an education. AppleTV.
• See How They Run: Is this supposed to be funny? HBO Max.
• Don’t Worry, Darling: a misfire (but with Huell Howser’s cool house). In theaters.
• Louis Armstrong’s Black and Blues: what Armstrong was really thinking. AppleTV.

WATCH AT HOME

Photo caption: Sylvie Mix in POSER. Photo courtesy of Oscilloscope Films.

During the Holidays, I suspend my usual The most eclectic watch-at-home recommendations you’ll find ANYWHERE so I can highlight the very best movies from earlier in 2022. These are on my list of Best Movies of 2022 – So Far, and they shouldn’t be overlooked. Now you can watch them all at home.

• Nope: an exceptionally intelligent popcorn movie. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube, redbox.
• Montana Story: a family secret simmers, then explodes. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube, redbox.
• Compartment No. 6: a surprising journey to connection. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube, redbox.
• Poser: personal plagiarism. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube, redbox.
• The Tale of King Crab: storytelling at its best. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube, redbox.
• 12 Months: an authentic relationship evolves. Amazon.

ON TV

On December 7, Turner Classic Movies airs In the Mood for Love, Hong Kong auteur Wong Kar Wai’s steamy masterpiece. Tony Leong and Maggie Cheung play apartment neighbors in 1962 Hong Kong. They suspect, investigate and confirm that their respective spouses are having an affair -and become very personally close themselves during the process. They decide to keep the moral high ground and resist falling in bed with each other – and what’s sexier than NOT having sex? This becomes a haunting love story, complete with tantalizing near misses.

Wong Kar Wai’s regular cinematogapher Christopher Doyle combined with Mark Lee Ping-bing to shoot one of the most beautiful and atmospheric films you’ll ever see. You can feel the humidity as the men sweat in their Mad Men Era suits , and the rich color palette magnifies the passion.

Incidentally, the leading man is a different Tony Leong than the star of another art house hit, 1992’s The Lover.

It’s the season of prestige films, and this week on The Movie Gourmet features recent reviews of fall films big and small: Decision to Leave, The Menu, The Banshees of Inisherin, Armageddon Time, All Quiet on the Western Front, Tar, Triangle of Sadness and The Greatest Beer Run Ever.

Two big movies that I have not yet seen are opening today: Steven Spielberg’s autobiographical The Fabelmans with Michelle Williams and Luca Guadgnino’s horror film Bones and All with Timothee Chalamet, Taylor Russell and Mark Ryland.

CURRENT MOVIES

• Decision to Leave: he’s obsessed, and she asks, “Am I so wicked?”. In theaters.
• The Menu: immune from pretension. In theaters.
• All Quiet on the Western Front: the trauma of war. Netflix.
• Armageddon Time: coming of age – right into a moral choice. In theaters.
• The Banshees of Inisherin: no limits on stubbornness. In theaters.
• Tar: a haughty spirit before a fall. In theaters.
• Triangle of Sadness: more subtlety, please. In theaters.
• Amsterdam: a star-studded thriller without the thrills. In theaters.
• The Greatest Beer Run Ever: a blowhard plans a stunt, gets an education. AppleTV.
• See How They Run: Is this supposed to be funny? HBO Max.
• Don’t Worry, Darling: a misfire (but with Huell Howser’s cool house). In theaters.
• Louis Armstrong’s Black and Blues: what Armstrong was really thinking. AppleTV.

WATCH AT HOME

Owen Teague in MONTANA STORY. Courtesy of Bleecker Street.

During the Holidays, I suspend my usual The most eclectic watch-at-home recommendations you’ll find ANYWHERE so I can highlight the very best movies from earlier in 2022. These are on my list of Best Movies of 2022 – So Far, and they shouldn’t be overlooked. Now you can watch them all at home.

• Nope: an exceptionally intelligent popcorn movie. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube, redbox.
• Montana Story: a family secret simmers, then explodes. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube, redbox.
• Compartment No. 6: a surprising journey to connection. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube, redbox.
• Poser: personal plagiarism. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube, redbox.
• The Tale of King Crab: storytelling at its best. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube, redbox.
• 12 Months: an authentic relationship evolves. Amazon.

ON TV

Ava Gardner and Robert Taylor in THE BRIBE

Set your DVR for Turner Classic Movies on December 1, when TCM airs The Bribe, one of my Overlooked Noirs. I subtitled my review with ambiguity and double crosses amid the sweat. Robert Taylor plays an investigator who arrives at a Mexican seaside resort and is immediately identified as a cop by all the bad guys – and by his one lead, the unreliable nightclub singer (Ava Gardner at her most luscious). But the best reason to watch The Bribe is Charles Laughton, an acting legend never better than here.  His character often acts like a coward, but he is flush with confidence when it’s time to make a deal.  A master of manipulation and persuasion, this guy is a great negotiator.  In turn ingratiating and menacing, Laughton’s performance lights up the last half of The Bribe.

Charles Laughton and Robert Taylor in THE BRIBE

This week on The Movie Gourmet – new reviews of All Quiet on the Western Front, The Banshees of Inisherin and Armageddon Time. I also wrote about the masterpiece noir thriller Ashes and Diamonds; if you missed it this week on Turner Classic Movies, you can stream it from Amazon and AppleTV. Plus, TCM airs a 2022 documentary this week that I’ve been recommending that you pay to stream.

CURRENT MOVIES

• All Quiet on the Western Front: the trauma of war. Netflix.
• Armageddon Time: coming of age – right into a moral choice. In theaters.
• The Banshees of Inisherin: a contest of absurd stubbornness. In theaters.
• Tar: a haughty spirit before a fall. In theaters.
• Triangle of Sadness: more subtlety, please. In theaters.
• Amsterdam: a star-studded thriller without the thrills. In theaters.
• The Greatest Beer Run Ever: a blowhard plans a stunt, gets an education. AppleTV.
• Don’t Worry, Darling: a misfire (but with Huell Howser’s cool house). In theaters.
• Louis Armstrong’s Black and Blues: what Armstrong was really thinking. AppleTV.

WATCH AT HOME

The most eclectic watch-at-home recommendations you’ll find ANYWHERE:

• Grizzly Man: a fool’s misadventure. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube.
• Augustine: obsession, passion and the birth of a science. Amazon (included with Prime), AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube.
• Phoenix: riveting psychodrama, wowzer ending. Amazon, AppleTV, YouTube.
• Headhunters: from smoothly confident scoundrel to human piñata. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube, redbox.
• Her Smell: powerhouse Elisabeth Moss. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube.
• Take Me to the River: fresh, unpredictable and gripping. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube.
• Lost Solace: a psychopath afflicted by empathy.  Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube.

ON TV

On November 22, Turner Classic Movies will air a charming 2022 documentary that I had recommended during its blink-and-you-missed-it theatrical run in March – The Automat. It traces the fascinating seven-decade run of the marble-floored food palaces where one could put nickels in a slot and be rewarded with a meal. Filled with unexpected nuggets, The Automat gives voice to those nostalgic about the automat, but it is clear-eyed about why it didn’t survive. The Automat is the first film for director Lisa Hurvitz, who spent eight years on the project. 

This week on The Movie Gourmet – new reviews of two music documentaries, Louis Armstrong’s Black and Blues and The Return of Tanya Tucker: Featuring Brandi Carlile, and the surprisingly thoughtful anti-war comedy The Greatest Beer Run Ever. And I’ve recently refreshed The most eclectic watch-at-home recommendations you’ll find ANYWHERE.

CURRENT MOVIES

• Tar: a haughty spirit before a fall. In theaters.
• Triangle of Sadness: more subtlety, please. In theaters.
• Amsterdam: a star-studded thriller without the thrills. In theaters.
• The Greatest Beer Run Ever: a blowhard plans a stunt, gets an education. AppleTV.
• Don’t Worry, Darling: a misfire (but with Huell Howser’s cool house). In theaters.
• Louis Armstrong’s Black and Blues: what Armstrong was really thinking. AppleTV.
• The Return of Tanya Tucker: Featuring Brandi Carlile: she’s still a handful. In theaters.
• The Grand Bolero: passion unlocked. Amazon.
• Spin Me Round: an unpretentious and delightful comedy. AppleTV.
• My Donkey, My Lover and I: it had me at the title. AppleTV.

WATCH AT HOME

The most eclectic watch-at-home recommendations you’ll find ANYWHERE:

• Her Smell: powerhouse Elisabeth Moss. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube.
• Augustine: obsession, passion and the birth of a science. Amazon (included with Prime), AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube.
• Phoenix: riveting psychodrama, wowzer ending. Amazon, AppleTV, YouTube.
• Headhunters: from smoothly confident scoundrel to human piñata. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube, redbox.
• Grizzly Man: a fool’s misadventure. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube.
• Take Me to the River: fresh, unpredictable and gripping. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube.
• Lost Solace: a psychopath afflicted by empathy.  Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube.

ON TV

On November 12 and13, Turner Classic Movies will present a film on Eddie Muller’s Noir Alley that I haven’t yet written about. It’s the deliciously sordid Tension, where Quimby (Richard Basehart), the wimpy night manager of a drugstore, has one of the worst wives in film noir. Claire (Audrey Totter) spends her daytime hours belittling Quimby and her nighttime hours cuckholding him. When she moves into Barney’s beach house and lets the hairy-chested Barney (Lloyd Gough) beat up her nerdy hubbie, the humiliated Quimby has had enough. There’s a murder and a frame. Wikll the cops find the real murderer? Rising star Cyd Charisse plays the good girl, and Barry Sullivan plays the cop who outsmarts them all.

Photo caption: Charlbi Dean and Harris Dickinson in in TRIANGLE OF SADNESS. Courtesy of NEON.

This week on The Movie Gourmet – new reviews of three big movies – Tar, Triangle of Sadness and Amsterdam – each a disappointment in some way. This week, I’m bringing you an all new The most eclectic watch-at-home recommendations you’ll find ANYWHERE. Plus an obscure but personally meaningful remembrance.

REMEMBRANCE

John Jay Osborn Jr. wrote the autobiographical novel which became the movie The Paper Chase, which has been very meaningful to me. That film, about a first-year law student, was released just before I started law school and many of the protagonist’s experiences mirrored those of my own first year.

CURRENT MOVIES

• Tar: a haughty spirit before a fall. In theaters.
• Triangle of Sadness: more subtlety, please. In theaters.
• Amsterdam: a star-studded thriller without the thrills. In theaters.
• Don’t Worry, Darling: a misfire (but with Huell Howser’s cool house). In theaters.
• The Grand Bolero: passion unlocked. Amazon.
• Spin Me Round: an unpretentious and delightful comedy. AppleTV.
• My Donkey, My Lover and I: it had me at the title. AppleTV.

WATCH AT HOME

The most eclectic watch-at-home recommendations you’ll find ANYWHERE:

• Augustine: obsession, passion and the birth of a science. Amazon (included with Prime), AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube.
• Phoenix: riveting psychodrama, wowzer ending. Amazon, AppleTV, YouTube.
• Headhunters: from smoothly confident scoundrel to human piñata. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube, redbox.
• Her Smell: powerhouse Elisabeth Moss. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube.
• Grizzly Man: a fool’s misadventure. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube.
• Take Me to the River: fresh, unpredictable and gripping. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube.
• Lost Solace: a psychopath afflicted by empathy.  Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube.

ON TV

On November 8, Turner Classic Movies will present The Set-Up (1949), one of the great film noirs and one of the very best boxing movies. Robert Ryan plays a washed-up boxer that nobody believes can win again, not even his long-suffering wife (Audrey Totter).  His manager doesn’t even bother to tell him that he is committed to taking a dive in his next fight.  But what if he wins?

Director Robert Wise makes use of real-time narrative, then highly innovative. Watch for the verisimilitude of the bar where the deal goes down.

This week on The Movie Gourmet – a remembrance of the late Angela Lansbury and an overdue review of the unusually intelligent summer popcorn movie Nope, which is now streamable (but watch it on your biggest home screen). Soon I’ll be posting my reviews of three current theatrical releases: Amsterdam, Triangle of Sadness and Tar.

REMEMBRANCE

Angela Lansbury’s first screen role was as the saucy, self-interested maid in Gaslight, which kicked off a notable Hollywood career.  Her best movie performance was as the evil mother in The Manchurian Candidate, molding her own son into a robotic assassin.  Her memorable work in cinema was outstripped by her careers on Broadway (multiple Tonys for Mame, Sweeney Todd, etc.) and TV (264 episodes and several TV movies of Murder, She Wrote).

CURRENT MOVIES

• Don’t Worry, Darling: a misfire (but with Huell Howser’s cool house). In theaters.
• The Grand Bolero: passion unlocked. Amazon.
• Spin Me Round: an unpretentious and delightful comedy. AppleTV.
• My Donkey, My Lover and I: it had me at the title. AppleTV.

WATCH AT HOME

The most eclectic watch-at-home recommendations you’ll find ANYWHERE:

• The Bra: Just your average silent Azerbaijani comedy. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube.
• The Outfit: no one is just what they seem to be. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube, redbox.
• Colma: The Musical: a refreshing hoot. Amazon, Vudu, YouTube.
• The Worst Person in the World: funny, poignant, original and profoundly authentic. Amazon, Apple, Vudu, YouTube, redbox.
• Heartworn Highways: like desperados waitin’ for a train. AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube, Showtime.
• Dreaming Walls: Inside the Chelsea Hotel: the artsy and the quirky. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube, redbox.
• Everything Everywhere All at Once: often indecipherable and mostly dazzling. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube, redbox.
• Jockey: he finally grapples with himself. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube.
• The East: how do we punish corporate crime? HBO, Amazon, AppleTV, redbox.
• The Visitor: self-isolation no longer. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube.
• Project Nim: a chimp learns the foibles of humans. Amazon, AppleTV, YouTube.
• Bombshell: The Hedy Lamar Story: the world’s most beautiful woman and her secrets. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube, KINO Now.
• The Gatekeepers: winning tactics make for a losing strategy. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube.
• Auggie: Who do you see when you put on the glasses? Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube.

ON TV

On October 29 and 30, Turner Classic Movies is airing one of my Overlooked Noirs, the Argentine suspense classic El Vampiro Negro. The city is consumed by a child murderer on the prowl, and the police are turning the city upside down. With the cops disrupting business, the criminals launch their own man hunt. If this plot sounds familiar, it’s because The Black Vampire is a remake of Fritz Lang’s 1931 M. As the lead, Nathán Pinzón is AT LEAST AS GOOD as was Peter Lorre in the original M, tight roping the line between scary and pathetic. This film is as trippy as any 1953 movie could be. El Vampiro Negro (The Black Vampire) was restored by Eddie Muller’s Film Noir Foundation, and I attended the premiere of the restoration at Noir City; Eddie will provide intro and outro on this weekend’s Noir Alley.

One of the highly stylized nightclub scenes in THE BLACK VAMPIRE