The directorial of Tommy Lee Jones is an odyssey of a contemporary western both rough and poetic, laconic and passionate.
Category: DVD
‘Margaret’ – a powerful American drama on Criterion Channel
Anna Paquin stars in Kenneth Lonergan’s powerful, provocative, ambitious drama set in the shadow of September 11, 2001, a marvelously messy film about the messiness of emotions and people and relationships.
Will Smith is an ‘Enemy of the State’ on Peacock
Tony Scott directs the slick conspiracy cyberthriller but Gene Hackman owns it as the veteran NSA agent gone underground who takes on the new blood with old school skills.
‘Woodstock: The Director’s Cut’ – three days of peace and music on HBO Max
More than just a concert film, this is a chronicle of both the music of a generation and the community that formed around it for a weekend in 1969.
The original ‘The Nutty Professor’ – Dr. Jekyll and Jerry Lewis on Amazon Prime and Paramount+
This bizarro take on Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde reimagines the good doctor as a nerdy college chemistry professor with a lounge lizard alter ego.
Last chance: ‘The Bird with the Crystal Plumage’ – Dario Argento begins on Criterion Channel
The directorial debut of Dario Argento sets the tone and style for his baroque horror films and the genre he helped define: giallo.
Peter Falk is ‘Columbo’ on Peacock
“Actually, there is one thing…” Peter Falk created TV’s most unusual–and most entertaining–TV detective in this unconventional, beloved series that flipped the formula.
Last chance: Wong Kar-Wai’s ‘The Grandmaster’ on Netflix
Tony Leung stars as martial arts master Ip Man in this lush, romantic take on the martial arts action genre.
Jean Harlow is a ‘Bombshell’ on Criterion Channel
Lee Tracy costars as a manipulative press agent in this snappy screwball satire of Hollywood fame and publicity. Victor Fleming directs.
‘Enchanted April’ – an Italian escape on Amazon Prime
Four women break out of their confined lives and roles when they rent a Italian villa in this romantic drama of reawakening. Josie Lawrence, Miranda Richardson, Polly Walker, and Joan Plowright costar with the beautiful Mediterranean landscape.