There is indeed a spy in London Spy (2015) but this BBC mini-series is not a traditional espionage drama. Danny (Ben Whishaw) is a club-culture young gay man with a dreary day job who meets the closeted, emotionally suppressed Alex (Edward Holcroft), a genius with numbers but awkward with people. He’s an investment banker who […]
Here’s what’s new and ready to stream now on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, HBO Now, Showtime Anytime, FilmStruck, video-on-demand, and other streaming services … Free streams: If you have a library card, you may be able to stream free movies, documentaries, and other programs through Kanopy and Hoopla. Most major library systems in the country […]
45 Years (2015) (Criterion, Blu-ray, DVD), starring Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay as a happily married couple suddenly jolted when the distant past of the devoted husband suddenly resurfaces, earned both stars the Silver Bear for acting at the Berlin Film Festival and Rampling the first Oscar nomination of her 50-year career. They are superb […]
Canadian iconoclast Guy Maddin has been making strange, surreal films that evoke the images and storytelling traditions of silent movies for decades. The Forbidden Room (2015), which he co-directed with his former student Evan Johnson, is like a compendium of his obsessions and cinematic fetishes. It opens on a mock-instructional film on “How to Take […]
