In theaters,"Return to Seoul" and "The Quiet Girl" are both ⭐⭐⭐⭐ new releases. On demand: "A House Made of Splinters" (⭐⭐⭐) and "Palm Trees and Power Lines" (⭐⭐⭐).
Thank you for the head's up about Broken Lullaby, which I've never seen. Phillips Holmes and Nancy Carroll are two of my favorites. Ironic that he was killed in WWII.
Ty I can sympathize with your inability to remember exactly what was the first movie you ever saw. When asked to recall my first film, I have only this memory, which I certainly cannot trust: Our family was supposed to see Disney's "Babes in Toyland" but when we showed up at the movie theater we were mistaken. The film was "Zotz!" with Tom Poston, which we bought tickets for anyway. I keep meaning to make up for lost opportunity by looking for "Babes in Toyland" on Disney +, but honestly, I'd just as soon try to see Zotz! again, which I remember as decidedly odd. I'm sure I'm one of the rare people who when I saw Poston on "Newhart" thought immediately and always, "Hey, there's the star of Zotz!"!
I hope you feel better soon. I know Covid is not like musical chairs but sometimes it feels that way. We watched "A House Made of Splinters". It is a wonderful film and I am glad I saw it but it also made me uncomfortable; I felt like I was invading the children's privacy. I enjoyed the indoors sparklers at the holidays, no U.S. facility would allow such a potentially hazardous activity.
My first was Bambi, at a movie theater, in the mid 50s, where I had many cinematic experiences growing up, likely ending up with, as an adolescent in the early 60s, a few William Castle Saturday matinee shockers...
You sent me off to watch Quiet Girl, and it’s such a gem! She is so so quiet,watching and waiting to be told what to do or be scolded (or worse) for doing the wrong thing, and she slowly gets to where she can act on her own, and survive when things go wrong. The changes in her make the last scene is as heartbreaking as anything I’ve watched.
Finally watched Return to Seoul and absolutely loved it. The tension and the discomfort of dysfunction!
But I was mystified by the fact that Freddie has learned Korean in the second act yet in the third act people are translating for her again. Is it an act of defiance on her part, denying her father direct communication? Or is it a huge goof?
Thank you for the head's up about Broken Lullaby, which I've never seen. Phillips Holmes and Nancy Carroll are two of my favorites. Ironic that he was killed in WWII.
My first was Darby O'Gill and the Little People (which included a very early Sean Connery appearance, though I don't think the first).
Ty I can sympathize with your inability to remember exactly what was the first movie you ever saw. When asked to recall my first film, I have only this memory, which I certainly cannot trust: Our family was supposed to see Disney's "Babes in Toyland" but when we showed up at the movie theater we were mistaken. The film was "Zotz!" with Tom Poston, which we bought tickets for anyway. I keep meaning to make up for lost opportunity by looking for "Babes in Toyland" on Disney +, but honestly, I'd just as soon try to see Zotz! again, which I remember as decidedly odd. I'm sure I'm one of the rare people who when I saw Poston on "Newhart" thought immediately and always, "Hey, there's the star of Zotz!"!
Ty:
Boy did I see a good under the radar film on Netflix last night
The Good Nurse. Wonderful acting by J chastain and E. Redmayne.
Pretty special
Mitch Lederman
Thanks for your great pieces- usually enjoyed in my kitchen during ongoing pandemic era teleworking.
I hope this finds you increasingly on the road back to good health.
I hope you feel better soon. I know Covid is not like musical chairs but sometimes it feels that way. We watched "A House Made of Splinters". It is a wonderful film and I am glad I saw it but it also made me uncomfortable; I felt like I was invading the children's privacy. I enjoyed the indoors sparklers at the holidays, no U.S. facility would allow such a potentially hazardous activity.
I think Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World might have been my first, too.
My first was Bambi, at a movie theater, in the mid 50s, where I had many cinematic experiences growing up, likely ending up with, as an adolescent in the early 60s, a few William Castle Saturday matinee shockers...
You sent me off to watch Quiet Girl, and it’s such a gem! She is so so quiet,watching and waiting to be told what to do or be scolded (or worse) for doing the wrong thing, and she slowly gets to where she can act on her own, and survive when things go wrong. The changes in her make the last scene is as heartbreaking as anything I’ve watched.
Finally watched Return to Seoul and absolutely loved it. The tension and the discomfort of dysfunction!
But I was mystified by the fact that Freddie has learned Korean in the second act yet in the third act people are translating for her again. Is it an act of defiance on her part, denying her father direct communication? Or is it a huge goof?