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Rebecca Hall, Luke Evans, and Bella Heathcote star in the film by Angela Robinson

Leaving soon: ‘Professor Marston and the Wonder Women’ on Hulu

!Featured, art and artists, based on a true story, biographical, Blu-ray, Directed by Women, drama, DVD, socially aware cinema, Streaming Movies, superheroes, SVOD 03/19/2023 Sean Axmaker 1 Comment

The strange but true story of the creation of the first female comic book superhero delves into early feminism and a polyamorous relationship in the close-minded culture of pre-World War II America .

Ava Gardner and James Mason star in the ravishing romantic drama from Albert Lewin

‘Pandora and the Flying Dutchman’ – James Mason and Ava Gardner on MUBI

!Featured, art and artists, Blu-ray, Classic Movie, Cult Movies, drama, DVD, fantasy, Have You Seen...?, Hollywood Classic, MUBI, Romance, SVOD 12/27/2022 Sean Axmaker

Albert Lewin directs this lush romantic fantasy set amongst the lost generation of idle wealthy Europeans in early thirties Spain.

The ‘Alexandria’ Trilogy – Youseff Chahine’s autobiographical epic on Netflix

!Featured, art and artists, biographical, DVD, film history, International Classics, movies about movies, Netflix 11/28/2022 Sean Axmaker

Whether or not Youseff Chahine’s autobiographical ‘Alexandria’ trilogy are the greatest films of his career, they are in many ways his crowning achievement: his love letter to the cinema he loved so much.

‘Son of Rambow’ – a homemade odyssey on Paramount+ and free on Kanopy and Hoopla

!Featured, art and artists, childhood, Comedy, DVD, family friendly, fantasy, Free, Have You Seen...?, Hoopla, Kanopy, movies about movies, Paramount+, Streaming Movies, SVOD 11/15/2022 Sean Axmaker

Two British schoolboys in the early 1980s shoot their own sequel to ‘First Blood’ with a video camera and a lot of imagination in this loving comedy from Gareth Jennings.

‘Topsy-Turvy’ – Gilbert and Sullivan reborn on HBO Max and Criterion Channel

!Featured, Academy Award, art and artists, based on a true story, biographical, Criterion Channel, drama, DVD, Have You Seen...?, historical, Max, movies about theater, Streaming Movies, SVOD 09/21/2022 Sean Axmaker

Mike Leigh’s drama tackles the creative partnership between the reigning kings of light operetta at a turning point in their career.

‘Two in the Wave’ – Godard/Truffaut free on Kanopy

!Featured, art and artists, Documentary, DVD, film history, Free, International Cinema, Kanopy, SVOD 09/13/2022 Sean Axmaker

Emmanuel Laurent’s unconventional documentary is centered on the friendship between Francois Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard, which in many ways became the foundation of the Nouvelle Vague.

‘Sidewalk Stories’ – a modern silent movie on Max

!Featured, African-American filmmakers, American Independent Cinema, art and artists, Blu-ray, Comedy, DVD, Free, Have You Seen...?, Kanopy, Max, silent film, socially aware cinema, Streaming Movies, SVOD 07/07/2022 Sean Axmaker

Charles Lane directs and stars as a homless street artist in this socially aware American Independent comedy set and shot on the streets of New York City.

Asa Butterfield and Chloë Grace Moretz star in Martin Scorsese's love letter to the movies and his first PG movie

Martin Scorsese’s ‘Hugo’ on HBO Max

!Featured, Academy Award, adventure, art and artists, based on a novel, Blu-ray, DVD, family friendly, film history, historical, Kid Stuff, Max, movies about movies, silent film, Streaming Movies, SVOD 04/30/2022 Sean Axmaker

Martin Scorsese pays tribute to film history and the magic of cinema in this family adventure set in 1920s Paris.

‘Not Fade Away’ – coming of age in the sixties on Hulu

!Featured, art and artists, biographical, Blu-ray, drama, DVD, Have You Seen...?, Hulu, music, Streaming Movies, SVOD 06/17/2021 Sean Axmaker

Not Fade Away (2012), the autobiographical feature debut by The Sopranos creator David Chase, is not the usual rise-and-fall story of the rock and roll band. There is a band at the center of the film and Douglas (John Magaro), a Jersey kid who graduates from high school as an overlooked schlub looking for something […]

Marion Cotillard and Mathieu Amalric in the French drama by Arnaud Desplechin

‘Ismael’s Ghosts’ – Life, art, and love on Amazon Prime

!Featured, Amazon Prime Video, art and artists, drama, DVD, International Cinema, movies about movies, Romance, SVOD 02/06/2021 Sean Axmaker 1 Comment

French filmmaker Arnaud Desplechin makes films about the messiness of families, lovers, and creative lives that can become quite messy in their telling. Ismael’s Ghosts (France, 2018) jumps abruptly back and forth in time and between biography and fiction and dreams, smudging the line between biography, fiction, and artistic imagination. Desplechin regular Mathieu Amalric is […]