November's Streaming Roulette: The Harder They Fall at Block Parties and in Nightmare Alleys

HELLO NOVEMBER. You know the drill. We point out ten random titles that are brand new or new (again) to streaming and just for fun, freeze frame them at a totally random place in the scroll bar (no cheating - what comes up is what comes up). If there's a link in the long list after the selected titles it goes to previous articles on that film.

Now I aint gonna kill you, Wiley. You and I were friends once.

THE HARDER THEY FALL (2021) on Netflix
Idris Elba (speaking, hovering over the fallen man) is the antagonist in this movie with Jonathan Majors as our outlaw hero (a rare hero named "Nat", yay!!!) in this all-star Black western. Love those long shadows. The cinematography here is by the super talented Romanian DP Mihai Malamaire, Jr (The Master, Jojo Rabbit, Youth Without Youth).

Hellooo?

DREAM HORSE (2021) on Hulu
We will always pick up if Toni Collette is on the line. Or, in this case, we'll call her back. Oops. We've been meaning to catch up with this and since it's streaming now we shall. Abe reviewed this at Sundance 2020 (one of hundreds of movies delayed a year due to the pandemic) and, curiously enough, I reviewed the documentary it's based on during Sundance 2015.

[Crowd cheering and "whoa!"-ing]

IN THE HEIGHTS (2021) on HBOMax
My favourite scene ("96,000") within the movie. 2021 has been a year of many wonderful movie-related things but the worst movie related thing of 2021 is how people view this vibrant funny warm and super-cinematic movie musical as a "failure". It's like the opposite of that word outside of the misfortune of opening before people who like musicals were really ready to go back to the theaters.

What?

MONEYBALL (2011) on Netflix
Brad Pitt is Awesome, Episode ∞. We gave him the Gold Medal in the annual Film Bitch Awards that year right here, writing "He uses all of his gifts here, the golden boy sheen, the physical creativity, the ease and confidence to underplay big moments. Just wonderful."  He would later win an Oscar (fraudulently in supporting - though we bronze medalled him again in lead) for doing another impeccable old school star turn in Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood which used all of these exact same gifts.

I have another question here. Are you ready?

NIGHTMARE ALLEY (1947) on Criterion Channel
This is such a juicy jam-packed noir on multiple levels. In this scene, 48 minutes into the picture, Stanton Carlisle (Tyrone Power) has moved up to the next level of his career, scamming rich folk in clubs with the help of his assistant Molly (Coleen Gray) with his blindfolded psychic act. Bradley Cooper and Rooney Mara take over these roles in the Guillermo Del Toro remake opening in December. We discussed the original last summer. The remake is reportedly a full 30 minutes longer so we'll see what they add... Oscar buzz is all over the place depending on who you believe from "not gonna happen at all" to "big contender".

Don't look at me like that. Going back to teaching girls track is not exactly the same as quitting.

WILDCATS (1986) on HBOMax
Remember this Goldie Hawn in a man's world comedy? That trick made for a blockbuster with Private Benjamin but it was diminishing returns when they tried it again as she becomes a football couch. Lots of stars in this one: 30s star Gloria Stuart pre Titanic comeback! Jan Hooks just before she became a Saturday Night Live regular!  90s headliners/co-stars Woody Harrelson and Wesley Snipes in their first credited movie roles! And beloved character actors, too, like Swoosie Kurtz and M Emmet Welsh. 

Gore Vidal was a handsome kid and I was quite taken by his wit as well as his appearance. We found that we had interests in common and we spent a lot of time together. 

TRUMAN AND TENNESSEE: AN INTIMATE CONVERSATION (2020) on Criterion Channel
Gore Vidal, Truman Capote, and Tennessee Williams all pictured, left-to-right, in the image above in a sequence about New York City's "game of importance" and self-hype. Jim Parsons and Zachary Quinto provide the voices of Truman and Tennessee in this collage drawn from archival interviews. Glenn reviewed the doc earlier this year while it was making the festival rounds.

[no dialogue]

PASSION FISH (1992) on Criterion Channel
It's Alfre Woodard in one of her greatest performances. This superbly acted drama is part of a wonderful grouping they're calling "Between Us Girls: Bonds Between Women" so, in short, an actressexual's feast. The films are Daisies (Czechoslovakia, 1966), Celine and Julie Go Boating (France, 1974), the impeccably titled Agnes Varda film One Sings the Other Doesn't (France, 1977), forgotten Sundance hit Old Enough (US, 1984), Laura Dern breakout Smooth Talk (1985), Jane Campion's debut Two Friends (Australia, 1986), Working Girls (US, 1986), Privilege (US, 1990), Just Another Girl on the IRT (US, 1992), Sofia Coppola's debut The Virgin Suicides (US, 2000), Ghost World (US, 2001), Margot at the Wedding (US, 2007), Frances Ha (US, 2014), Butter on the Latch (US, 2013), Girlhood (France, 2014), Happy Hour (Japan, 2015), Mustang (France, 2015), Fourteen (US, 2019), and The Perfect Candidate (Saudi Arabia, 2019). We only wish they had an included the Oscar nominated Isabelle Huppert picture Entre Nous since its title and subject matter are a perfect match for this collection.

Back the beats, it dont reflect
On how many records get sold
On sex, drugs, and rock and roll
Whether your project gets put on hold ♫

DAVE CHAPPELLE'S BLOCK PARTY (2006) on Netflix
Okay so... is Netflix trying to distract us from the controversies surrounding Chappelle's new comedy special and its attacks on trans people? 2006 was a less combative and more joyful time in Chappelle's career. That was due to this Michel Gondry directed film, less a stand up special, than a concert film, which debuted at festivals in 2005 to critical acclaim before collecting respectable coin at box offices in 2006. The film documents an all-star party Chappelle threw in Brooklyn in 2004. As a concert doc it's a first rate affair with performances by Erykah Badu, The Fugees, Common, Mos Def, Jill Scott and more. The whole thing is shot by the great cinematographer Ellen Kuras (Eternal Sunshine, Summer of Sam) and edited in part by Sarah Flack who cuts all of Sofia Coppola's films. 

Mrs Roat is dead. She was murdered last night near here...and the police think Sam did it.

WAIT UNTIL DARK (1967) on Shudder
Haven't seen this since I was a kid. If you have seen it recently, does it hold up? 

also streaming on Netflix

• ★ 21 Jump Street (2012) – Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum comedy reboot
• ★ A River Runs Through It (1992) – Young Brad Pitt in the Robert Redford period drama
• ★ Addams Family Values (1993) – Invaluable Thanksgiving comedy!
• An Elf’s Story (2011) – animated Christmas special
• Angry Birds (Season 4) – animated series
• ★ Begin Again (2014) - Well loved musical drama with Keira Knightley
• Bella and the Bulldogs (Season 2) – Family sports series
• The Big Wedding (2013) – Robert De Niro and Diane Keaton rom-com
• ★ Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) - Francis Ford Coppola's awesome insane spectacle
• Camp Confidential: America's Secret Nazis (2021) - Israel animated doc 
• The Claus Family (2021) Dutch holiday movie
• Elf Pets: Santa’s St. Bernards Save Christmas (2018) – Animated fantasy
• First Knight (1995) – Sean Connery and Richard Gere
• The Forgiven (2017) – Forest Whitaker and Eric Bana in a Post Apartheid drama
• Gather (2020) – Documentary on Indigenous Americans identity
• The General’s Daughter (1999) – John Travolta crime drama
• It Follows (2014) – Terrifically unnerving and inventive horror film
• Johnny Mnemonic (1995) – Keanu Reeves sci-fi actioner
• JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure (Season 4) – anime series.
• Last Action Hero (1993) – Arnold Schwarzenegger action comedy with cameos.
• Locke & Key -Season 2 of the supernatural family drama
• My Dad’s Christmas Date (2020) – British holiday comedy
• The Nightingale (2018) – Disturbing Australian critical favourite set in 1825
• Ridley Jones (Season 2) - animated kids show
• Rita Moreno Just a Girl Who Decided To Go For It (2021) -showbiz doc
• Snakes on a Plane (2006) – the titular characters (!) plus Samuel L Jackson
• Stripes (1981) – Bill Murray comedy
• Te Ata (2016) – Drama about a young girl trying to make it on Broadway
• Texas Rangers (2001) – Actioner
• Thir13en Ghosts (2001) – Fantasy horror
• Total Recall (2012) – Remake of the 1990 sci-fi classic
• When a Stranger Calls (2006) – Horror flick about a babysitter\

November 3rd-9th

• Arcane (season 1) animated series based on the video game League of Legends
• ★ Big Mouth (Season 5) the hormone monsters return
• A Cop Movie (2021) Mexican action drama about actors learning to be cops
• The Club (Part 1) -Turkish period drama about a mother and daughter
• Father Christmas is Back (2021) -four feuding sisters in a holiday movie
• The Fortress (2017) Korean history drama
• Gloria (season 1) Portuguese series about the cold war
• Olga Bolaji (2018) Nollywood drama about a retired musician
• Love Hard (2021) Romantic comedy about catfishing
• Meenakshi Sundareshwar (2021) - Indian romance
• Narcos: Mexico (Season 3) - final season
• The Unlikely Murderer (Season 1) - Swedish political drama
• We Couldn't Become Adults (2021) - Japanese romantic drama
• Yara (2021) -crime thriller about a missing 13 year old
• ★ Zero to Hero (2021) -Hong Kong's Oscar submission this year. A sports biopic about the first Chinese Paralympian to win Gold.

November 10th-15th

• 7 Prisoners (2021) - Braziliam movie about human trafficking
• All I Want for Christmas is You (2017) animated film about young Mariah Carey
• A Boy Called Christmas (2021) - holiday adventure movie
• Red Notice (2021) - action thriller with The Rock, Ryan Reynolds, and Gal Gadot
• ★ Passing (2021) - Rebecca Hill's excellent Oscar hopeful about two black friends in 1920s NYC, one passing as white. Tessa Thomson and Ruth Negga are both just fantastic in it.

later this month... a ★  sampling

• Bruised (2021) Halle Berry making her directorial debut -Nov 24th
• Hellbound (season 1) New South Korean supernatural series - Nov 19th
• Prayers for the Stolen (2021) - Mexico's Oscar submission  - Nov 17th
• Robin Robin (2021) - new holiday special from Aardman animation! - Nov 24th
• Summit of the Gods (2021) - animated Oscar hopeful about a mountain climber - Nov 30th
• Tick, Tick...Boom! (2021) Oscar hopeful adaptation of the musical biography - Nov 19th

 

COLLECTIONS streaming on Criterion Channel

• Robert Mitchum Playing it Cool (31 films - gulp - including: Out of the Past, Cape Fear, Night of the Hunter, Crossfire, Ryan's Daughter and many many more)
• Fox Noir (12 films including: Laura, Pickup on South Street, and many more)
• Read All About It (17 films on journalism including: The Year of Living Dangerously, His Girl Friday)
• Directed by Elia Kazan (12 films including: Gentleman's Agreement, Pinky, East of Eden, Wild River)
• American Psychosis: Frank Perry (5 films including The Swimmer, Mommie Dearest)
• Universal Horror (8 films including The Mummy, Bride of Frankenstein)

Individual films also streaming on Criterion Channel

• This is Not a Burial, It's a Ressurection (2020)

later this month - a ★ sampling

• Bright Star  - Jane Campion's poetic romantic drama - Nov 10th
• Go Fish - the lesbian indie classic -  Nov 24th

also streaming 

• The Beach (2000) Leonardo DiCaprio and Tilda Swinton
• Beatriz at Dinner (2017) Salma Hayek
• Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son (2011)
• Black Dynamite (2009)
• Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)
• ★ Boys Don’t Cry (1999) - Hilary Swank's first Oscar win
• ★ Boyz n the Hood - (1991) the Oscar nominated classicbreak
• Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo (1984) 
• Breaking News in Yuba County (2021)
• Buffalo Bill and the Indians (1976)
• China Moon (1994)
• Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (2009)
• Conspiracy Theory (1997) -Mel Gibson and Julia Roberts
• ★ Cutter’s Way (1981) -acclaimed crime drama with John Heard, Jeff Bridges, and Lisa Eichhorn
• Dark Angel (1990)  Dolph Lundgren action film
• Dark Shadows (2012) - Tim Burton's remake
• Doc (1971) - a western with Faye Dunaway and Stacy Keach
• Dream Horse (2021) - Toni Colette stars in a feature adaptation of the inspiring doc
• Dr. Phibes Rises Again! (1972) 
• Elektra (2005)
• Enter the Ninja (1981)
• Eye for an Eye (1996)
• Eye of the Needle (1981)
• ★ The Fifth Element (1997) -sci-fi classic
• ★ The Fighter (2010) the LEOgend and Christian Bale won Oscars for this boxing biopic
• ★ Flesh and Bone (1993) Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan
• ★ The Fly (1986) - David Cronenberg body-horror classic with Jeff Goldblum
• How to Beat the High Cost of Living (1980)
• The Hunted (2003)
• I Escaped From Devil’s Island (1973)
• I, Tonya (2017)
• In Secret (2014)
• Inception (2010)
• Killers (2010)
• King Arthur (2004)
• The Legend of Zorro (2005) Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta-Jones
• Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
• London Mitchell’s Christmas (2018)
• Love Potion No. 9 (1992)
• Maggie (2015)
• The Matrix (all 3 movies) 
• ★ Michael Clayton (2007)
• ★ Minority Report (2002)
• The Mistle-Tones
• ★ Modern Girls (1986) I remember renting this from the video store as a kid (lol). The comedy stars Virginia Madsen, Daphne Zuniga, and Cynthia Gibb. Perhaps a rewatch is in order.
• Monuments (2020)
• Never Been Kissed (1999) - Drew Barrymore romcom guilty pleasure
• Once Upon a Time in the West (1969) -western classic
• The Outsider (1979)
• Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)
• The Prestige (2006) -one of Christopher Nolan's best
• The Quiet Man (1952) the John Wayne Maureen O'Hara classic
• Resident Evil (2002) - the start of the long running franchise
• Revenge of the Ninja (1983)
• Rush Hour (all 3 films)
• The Shootist (1976)
• Single White Female (1992) - Bridget Fonda and Jennifer Jason Leigh in a thriller
• Six Days, Seven Nights (1997) -Anne Heche and Harrison Ford
• Sleepless in Seattle (1993) - the romcom classic
• Soapdish (1991) - the Sally Field soap opera comedy. So many stars are int his
• The Soloist (2009) - Joe Wright misfire
• Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) - Tim Burton's take on the Sondheim classic. Unfortunately it doesn't understand the divine score with two non-singers in the leading roles
• Texas Chainsaw Massacre II (1986)
• That Thing You Do! (1996) -cute pop throwback
• Troll 2 (1990)
• True Grit (1969) - John Wayne's Oscar winning role. Later remade with Jeff Bridges
• Universal Soldier (1992) - starring the butts of Dolph Lundgren and Jean Claude Van Damme (this is what we remember of this actioner
• Vampire in Brooklyn (1995) -Eddie Murphy & Angela Bassett
• The War of the Worlds (1953)
• XXX (both films)
• Yes Man (2008) - Jim Carrey comedy

later this month -a ★ sampling

• about 30 random christmas tv movies - November 15th and onward
• All Light Everywhere (2021) - doc
• Ape Star (2021) - Danish animated movie - Nov 23rd
• The Curse of Von Dutch (season 1) - doc series on the fashion brand - November 18th
• The Master (2012) - November 16th

also streaming on Prime...

• 50/50 (2011) - Cancer dramedy
• ★ Alien (1979) - the Ridley Scott sci-fi horror classic
• ★ Alien 3 (1992)- David Fincher's debut
• ★ Alien Resurrection (1997) - 
• Alien Vs. Predator (2004)
• Alpha Dog (2005)
• American Assassin (2017)
• The Big Year (2011)
• ★ The Black Dahlia (2006) - Underrated psychosexual thriller
• ★ Born On The Fourth Of July (1989) - the Oscar winning Vietnam vet drama
• Bringing Down The House (2003)
• Casanova, Last Love (2021) 
• Cast Away (2000) - Tom Hanks all by his lonesome... except for that volleyball
• ★ Children Of Men (2006) - Alfonso Cuaron's amazing post-apocalyptic drama
• The Constant Gardener (2005) - the Oscar-winning role for Rachel Weisz
• Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011) - all star comedy
• Dan In Real Life (2007) 
• The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) - sci-fi remake
• Dead Poets Society (1989) - Oscar beloved Robin Williams classic
• Dragonball Evolution (2009)
• Dude, Where’s My Car? (2000) - bro comedy. The only thing we remember about it is that enthusiastic makeup from its stars Sean WIlliam Scott and Ashton Kutchner
• Eragon (2006) - fantasy
• ★ Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) - Wes Anderson's first (but not last) foray into animation
• Gnomeo & Juliet (2011)
• Hope Springs Eternal (2018)
• The House Bunny (2008)
• I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (2007)
• In Time (2011)
• ★ It’s Complicated (2009) - Meryl gets high!
• ★ Jane Eyre (2011) - Cary Joji Fukunaga directs Mia Wasikowska in this fine adaptation of the literary classic
• Jingle All The Way (both movies)
• Johnny English (2003)
• Kung Pow: Enter The Fist (2002)
• Major Payne (1995)
• Meet Dave (2008)
• Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) - Robin Williams drag classic
• The Nutty Professor (both movies) - The Eddie Murphy remakes
• Predator 2 (1990) - scifi
• ★ Rushmore (1999) - Wes Anderson's breakout film
• Sleeping With The Enemy (1991) - Julia Roberts thriller
• Snatch (2000)
• Stuck On You (2003)
• Three Men And A Baby (1987) - the hit comedy, remade from a French film
• Undercover Brother (2002)
• Vanity Fair (2004) - Reese Witherspoon misfire
• Vantage Point (2008)
• ★ Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) - the animated/live-action hybrid classic. Still the best of its genre
• Wild Hogs (2007) - adult comedy
• ★ Wimbledon (2004) - forgotten but enjoyable tennis romcom with Kirsten Dunst and Paul Bettany

later this month - a  ★ sampling

• Always Jane (2021) - trans doc series - Nov 12th
• Beginners (2011) -Christopher Plummer's Oscar-winning role - Nov 16th
• The Electrical Life of Louis Wain (2021) - Benedict Cumberbatch's other costume drama Oscar hopeful - Nov 5th
• Mayor Pete (2021) - political doc - Nov 12th

later this month - a ★ sampling

• Cia Alberto (2021) - animated short spinoff of Luca
• Hawkeye (season 1) - Jeremy Renner and Hailee Steinfeld star in the latest Marvel superhero series
• Jungle Cruise (2021) Emily Blunt and the Rock star in this feature based on a ride - Nov 12th
• Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021) - Marvel's first Asian superhero proved a keeper with a fun origin film - Nov 12th

currently streaming

• Invasion (season 1) - an alien invasion begins on Earth

later this month - a ★ sampling

• Dickinson (season 3) - Hailee Steinfeld stars for a final season as Emily Dickinson - Nov 5th
• Dr Brain (2021) - South Korean miniseries about a brain scientist trying to access memories after the death of his family. Lee Sun-Kyun (the rich husband in Parasite) stars - Nov 5th
• Finch (2021) - Tom Hanks stars not quite solo, bringing along a robot and dog friend in this scifi original - Nov 5th
• Harriet the Spy (2021) - an animated take on the popular children's book character - Nov 19th 

also streaming

• Dragula (Season 4) - like Drag Race for spooky queens. New episodes each Tuesday.
• The Closet (2020) an architect enlists the help of an exorcist to find his daughter in this South Korean flick starring Ha Jung-woo (The Handmaiden, The Yellow Sea)
• Blood on Satan's Claw (1971) a devil-worshipping thriller set in 17th century England
• Henry: Portrait of a serial killer (1986) critically acclaimed bio starring Michael Rooker
• Leatherface (2017) a prequel featuring a teenage titular character. Stephen Dorff and Lily Taylor co-star
• ★ The Medium (2021) -Thailand's Oscar submission features shamanism and possession
• The Velvet Vampire (1971) newlyweds terrorized by a predatory female vampire 
• The Visitor (1979) sci-fi horror curiousity with multiple Old Hollywood stars like Mel Ferrer, Glenn Ford, John Huston, and Shelley Winters
• The World of Kanako (2014) a detective searching for his daughter in this Japanese mystery starring Kôji Yakusho (13 Assassins, Shall We Dance?, Babel)

later this month - a ★ sampling

• Blood Rage (1987) - slasher about twin brothers - Nov 16th
• Etheria (season 1) - anthology series spotlighting a new female genre director each episode
• Exorcist III (1990) - George C Scott, Brad Dourif are in this threequel - Nov 22nd
• Honeydew (2021) - a couple experience hallucinations staying with a farmer and his son -Nov 11th
• The Isle (2019) -a British thriller about shipwrecked sailors  - Nov 15th
• Kill List (2011) - Ben Wheatley directs a crime thriller about a hitman's big job - Nov 15th
• Prisoners of Ghostland (2021) - Nicolas Cage stars as a bank robber tasked with finding a wealthy warlord's granddaughters (Sofie Boutella). From the director Shion Sono (Suicide Club, Cold Fish) - Nov 19th
• The Strings (2020) - a lesbian musician in the dead of a winter at an abandoned farmhouse - Nov 23rd
• Wake in Fright (1971) - a school teacher attacked in a town full of crazies in this well regarded thriller. Donald Pleasance stars - Nov 29th

also streaming

• The 90 Day Plan, 2020
• A Good Day To Die Hard, 2013 
• Adult Beginners, 2014 
• Aftermath, 2017 
• Area Chica Infierno Grande (aka Hell In The Goal Area), 2021
• ★ The Brady Bunch Movie (both movies) - Funnier than they had any right to be
• ★ Bully, 2001 - definitely worth a look from a 'where are they now?' and time capsule perspective
• Caddyshack, 1980
• The Carebears Movie (1985)
• City Of Ghosts, 2003 
• A Clockwork Orange, 1971 - the disturbing Kubrick classic
• Company Business, 1991
• The Conspirators, 2011
• Cry Wolf, 2005
• Cymbeline, 2015 
• Dead Heat, 1988 
• Disturbing Behavior, 1998 
• Doom, 2005
• Dressed To Kill, 1980 (Extended Version)
• Equilibrium, 2002 
• Eyes Wide Shut, 1999 - Nicole & Tom for Kubrick
• Executive Decision, 1996 
• Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, 2011
• The French Lieutenant's Woman, 1981 - Meryl Streep's first Best Actress nominated role
• Full Metal Jacket, 1987
• Godsend, 2004 
• Hangin’ with Mr. Cooper
• Hotel Rwanda, 2004 
• In the House
• ★ Jason Bourne (first three movies)
• Lady In White, 1988 
• Love And A .45, 1994
• Moonstruck, 1987 - which remains a perfect film
• Murphy’s Law, 1986  
• The Next Three Days, 2010
• Never Let Me Go, 2010 - remember this one starring Carey Mulligan and Andrew Garfield?
• New Year’s Eve, 2011
• The Parent 'Hood
• ★ Practical Magic, 1998 - Nicole Kidman, Sandra Bullock and a wonderful supporting cast in this witches comedy
• The Presidio, 1988
• The Purge, 1988
• Pride & Prejudice, 1995 
• The Queen, 2006 - Helen Mirren's Oscar winning role
• The Rules of Attraction, 2002
• Rush, 1991 
• Showtime, 2002 
• Single Mother by Choice, 2021
• Something New, 2006
• Son of Monarchs, 2020
• Spark: A Space Tail, 2017
• Still Waiting, 2009 
• Summer School, 1987
• ★ Thelma and Louise, 1991 - the Oscar winning classic with the immortal titular roles marking career highs for Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis
• This is Not a War Story, 2021
• The Transporter (both movies)
• Unleased (2005)
• Waiting..., 2005
• Weightless, 2018
• What's the Worst That Could Happen?, 2001
• Witness, 2012 - not the Harrison Ford cop drama but a Filipino horror film
• The Wolverine, 2013 - Hugh Jackman stars but the only good Wolverine movie is the last one, Logan
• Wristcutters: A Love Story, 2007 

later this month - a ★ sampling

• Anna Karenina, 2012 - Joe Wright's gorgeous costume drama - Nov 28th
• Billy on the Street (seasons 2-5) - Nov 9th
• Inside Man, 2006 - Spike Lee's bank robbing hit - Nov 26th
• King Richard (2021) - Will Smith in the Oscar hopeful story of the raising of Venus and Serena Williams. It's also in theaters - Nov 19th
• Las Ninas (aka Schoolgirls), 2020 - Nov 5th

WHICH WILL YOU BE WATCHING THIS MONTH? WHICH WOULD YOU LOVE TO SEE A POST ON?

Comments

[Cash]

Wait Until Dark has one of the greatest surprise thrills of all time, courtesy of Alan Arkin and excellent scene construction. Audrey Hepburn's pretty great in it, too. Don't overthink the plot (you could shoot holes all over it); just sit back and enjoy Audrey and the mood.

[Mr Ripley79]

Arkin is indeed Oscar Nomination worthy in WUD Audrey's great as always.

80's Goldie comedies bring out a warm family watch feeling.

[Pam]

Need something light? Even hard-hitting actors like Toni Collette and Damian Lewis need a break from horror, murder, and mayhem. I enjoyed Dream Horse, a TV-movie-ish sweet drama filled with a bunch of Welsh character actors, including "Stacey" from Gavin and Stacey and "Aunty Brenda" from Stella. Not unlike 2019's Fishermen's Friends, you're rooting for real-life small town heroes.

[brookesboy]

I saw Dream Horse at the theater this past spring, and what a delight it is. Just a sweet, sincere, sturdy little film that once again proves that Toni Collette is indeed infallible.

I saw Wait Until Dark four years ago here in Chicago at the lovely Music Box Theater, and it indeed holds up, Nathaniel! What a great surprise Oscar nod for Audrey. What a year she was having--this and Two for the Road with Mr. Finney in wide release. May they both be at peace.

[thevoid99]

Just saw Nightmare Alley last week. What a film. That is truly something audiences need to see. I can't wait to see what Guillermo is going to do with his version.

[Frank Zappa]

WHICH WOULD YOU LOVE TO SEE A POST ON?

How about a post on the strange and unpredictable career of Keira Knightley (Begin Again, Anna Karenina above)?