Streaming Roulette, January: Being the Lost Daughter of the Manor
Tuesday, January 4, 2022 at 7:45PM What's streaming in January? You know the drill by now. We pick a handful of titles and freeze them on the scroll bar at a random place (no cheating) and share what came up. Let's go.
[Crying in distance]
The Lost Daughter (2021) on Netflix
It's apt that our streaming roulette landed on this image of Leda (Jessie Buckley) ignoring her children. The discourse about this movie has been weirdly reductive and centered on freaking out that she's a "bad mother". I have no idea what ot make of this film's Oscar chances. Critics have been kind but it's an irritable confrontational movie i.e. not what Oscar usually goes for. And Netflix has soooo much on their plate in terms of Best Picture.
Contrary to popular belief, women of the time had the tongues of filthy sailors.
The Lady of the Manor (2021) on Amazon Prime
If Yellowjackets has reminded you what a perpetual delight Melanie Lynskey is (omg Yellowjackets is good - are you watching?) she has a new comedy in which she's paired with Judy Greer.
Desire and fear baby. Just give the people what they want.
The Matrix Resurrections (2021) on HBOMax
We've already shared brief thoughts on this movie here but did you enjoy its ultra-meta quality? As if Lana Wachowski is commenting on the making of the movie even more than actually making it? Cheers to her for pitching both Jonathan Groff and Neil Patrick Harris as evil gays, though. LOL
Olé´Olé Olé ♫
Being the Ricardos (2021) on Amazon Prime
Javier Bardem hasn't been getting much attention other than arguments about casting a Spaniard as a Cuban but one thing he did remind us of in this picture is how insanely charismatic he is. People are really mad at this movie for myriad reasons (a couple of which it deserves but mostly just because it's an easy target and people like to be mad) and it makes you wonder if the problem is Aaron Sorkin Overdosing. A little of him goes a long way and it's been less than a year since Trial of the Chicago 7's Oscar run.
THAT'S MUCH LESS OF A SELECTION THAN WE USUALLY DO BUT MORE STREAMING TITLES FOLLOW... ANY REQUESTS FOR COVERAGE?
also streaming on Netflix
- #FollowFriday (2016)
- 1BR (2019)
- 300 (2006) "SPARTA!!!"
- Annie (1982) the first cinematic adaptation of the kiddie musical
- Big Fish (2003) Tim Burton
- Braveheart (1995) Best Picture winner (blargh)
- Cadillac Records (2008)
- Casino Royale (2006)
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) More Tim Burton
- Christmas with the Kranks (2004)
- Cobra Kai (Season 4)
- Crocodile Dundee II (1988)
- Dark Shadows (2012) More Tim Burton
- Doing Hard Time (2004)
- Don't Look Up (2021) Oscar contender
- Escaping the NXIVM Cult: A Mother’s Fight to Save Her Daughter (2019) documentary
- First Sunday (2008) comedy
- Free Willy (1993) family film about an orca
- Free Willy 4: Escape from Pirate’s Cove (2010) we always forget there were four of these films!
- Friends with Money (2006)
- Four to Dinner (2022) Italian romcom
- G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009)
- Geronimo: An American Legend (1993) a rare leading role for Wes Studi
- Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009)
- Girl, Interrupted (1999)
- Godzilla (1998)
- Gremlins (1984)
- Hand of God (2021) Italy's Oscar contender
- Happy Feet (2006)
- Happy Feet Two (2011)
- Heist (2001)
- Hell or High Water (2016)
- Hollow Man (2000)
- Hook (1991)
- I Am Legend (2007)
- I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
- I Love You, Man (2009)
- Interview with the Vampire (1994)
- Jack and Jill (2011)
- Jonah Hex (2010)
- Just Go With It (2011)
- Kung Fu Panda (2008)
- Linewatch (2008)
- Long Story Short (2021)
- Malibu’s Most Wanted (2003)
- Midnight in Paris (2011)
- Monsters vs. Aliens (2009)
- My Dog Skip (2000)
- Nacho Libre (2006)
- Paranormal Activity (2007)
- Quantum of Solace (2008) More James Bond
- Rise of the Guardians (2012)
- Road Trip (2000)
- Runaway Bride (1999)
- Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019)
- Silverado (1985)
- Snatch (2000)
- Stand by Me (1986)
- Superman Returns (2006)
- Taxi Driver (1976)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (a bunch of the movies 1990 -2014)
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
- Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)
- Terminator Salvation (2009)
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
- The Holiday (2006)
- The Longest Yard (2005)
- The Lost Boys (1987)
- The NeverEnding Story (1984)
- The Patriot (2000)
- The Polar Express (2004)
- The Social Network (2010)
- The Sum of All Fears (2002)
- The Town (2010)
- The Wedding Singer (1998)
- Troy (2004)
- True Grit (2010)
- Wasteland/the Beast (2021) Spanish horror
- What Happened in Oslo (season 1) New Norwegian series set during the Oslo Accords of 1993 and involving a terrorist kidnapping. In Hebrew, Arabic, and Norwegian
- Wild Wild West (1999)
- Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
- The Witcher (Season 2)
- Woo (1998)
Later this Month (a sampling)
- Chosen (Season 1) new Danish sci-fi series
- The God Committee (2021) Julia Stiles and Kelsey Grammar in a hospital drama
- Ozark (Season 4) January 21st
- Phantom Thread (2017) Paul Thomas Anderson's new classic January 16th
COLLECTIONS streaming on Criterion Channel
- JOSEPH L MANKIEWICZ (13 films from including All About Eve, Suddenly Last Summer, Guys and Dolls)
- SUNDANCE CLASS OF 92 (26 films including The Living End, Swoon, Poison Ivy, Gas Food Lodging)
- FRENCH NEW WAVE (44 films including Jules et Jim, The 400 Blows, Breathless)
- STARRING STERLING HAYDEN (10 films including The Asphalt Jungle, The Long Goodbye, Johnny Guitar)
- NICHOLAS BROTHERS DANCE VIRTUOSOS (3 films including Down Argentine Way)
also streaming
- 10, 000 BC (2008)
(500) Days Of Summer (2009)
A Night at the Roxbury (1998)
A Soldier’s Story (1984)
Alfie (2004)
All the Right Moves (1983)
Amistad (1997)
An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)
Astro Boy (2009)
Beautiful Creatures (2013)
Beerfest (2006)
Big Top Pee-Wee (1988)
Black Ink Crew: Complete Season 4
Black Rain (1989)
Black Sunday (1977)
Case 39 (2010)
Charlie’s Angels (2000)
Commando (1985)
Coneheads (1993)
Courage Under Fire (1996)
Coyote Ugly (2000)
Crime Story (2021)
Dark Side of the 90s: Complete Season 1
Date Night (2010)
Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010)
Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve Anniversary Special
Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest
Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star (2003)
Dolphin Tale 2 (2014) - Dragons: The Nine Realms (season 1) HULU original
- Dunston Checks In (1996)
Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
Falling for Figaro (2021)
Fire in the Sky (1993)
Forces of Nature (1999)
Fox’s New Year’s Eve Live 2022, Part 1
Fox’s New Year’s Eve Live 2022, Part 2
Fred Claus (2007)
Furry Vengeance (2010)
G.I. Jane (1997)
Georgia Rule (2007)
Gimme Shelter (2014)
Head of State (2003)
Heartburn (1986)
Hidalgo (2004)
Hitman: Agent 47 (2015)
Home for the Holidays (1995)
Hondo (1953)
Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993)
Hotel for Dogs (2009)
Hugo (2011)
Jacob’s Ladder (1990)
Labios Rojos (2011)
Last of the Mohicans (1992)
Lifeguard (1976)
Look Who’s Talking Now (1993)
Look Who’s Talking Too (1990)
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2004)
Midnight In Paris (2011)
Moulin Rouge (2001)
Mr. Holland’s Opus (1996)
New Year’s Eve (2011)
Nick of Time (1995)
Norm of the North (2016)
Once Upon a Time in the West (1969)
Open Range (2003)
Ordinary People (1980)
Panic Room (2002)
Paranormal Activity 3 (2011)
Paycheck (2003)
Phenomenon (1996)
Prophecy (1979)
Real Genius (1985)
Red Eye (2005)
Red Riding Hood (2011)
Resident Evil (2002)
Revolutionary Road (2008)
RuPaul’s Drag Race: Complete Season 8
Semi-Pro (2008)
Sense and Sensibility (1995)
Seven (1995)
Sex And The City (2008)
Sex And The City 2 (2010)
Sinister (2012)
Space Jam (1996)
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)
Sydney White (2007)
The Challenge: Complete Season 33
The Collection (2012)
The Duchess (2008)
The Foot Fist Way (2006)
The Haunting (1999)
The Impossible (2012)
The Indian in the Cupboard (1995)
The King of Comedy (1983)
The Lovely Bones (2009)
The Machinist (2004)
The Perfect Storm (2000)
The Sandlot (1993)
The Soloist (2009)
The Squid And The Whale (2005)
The Stepford Wives (2004)
The Three Stooges (2012)
The Two Faces Of January (2014)
Three Days of the Condor (1975)
Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married (2007) - Vice Versa: Chyna: Complete Season 1
Vice Versa: College $ports Inc.: Complete Season 1
What a Girl Wants (2003)
What About Bob? (1991)
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)
When In Rome (2010)
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! (2004)
Without a Paddle: Nature’s Calling (2009)
Wuthering Heights (2003) - Year of the Everlasting Storm (2021)
later this month -a ★ sampling
- Ailey (2021) documentary. January 10th
- I'm Your Man (2021) German's Oscar contender. January 11th
- Berman Island (2021) January 14th
also streaming on Prime...
- 127 Hours (2010)
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995)
Alien Vs. Predator – Requiem (2007)
Beasts Of The Southern Wild (2012)
Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son (2011)
Bringing Down The House (2003)
Crazy Heart (2009)
Deja Vu (2006)
Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999)
Enemy At The Gates (2001)
Eve’s Bayou (1997)
Facing Ali (2009)
Fastest Cars in the Dirty South: Season 1 (MotorTrend)
Fat Albert (2004)
Follow the Money: Season 1 (Topic)
Good Hair (2009)
I Think I Love My Wife (2007)
John Tucker Must Die (2006)
Judge Dredd (1995)
Kevin Hart Let Me Explain (2013)
Kick-Ass (2010) - Lady of the Manor (2021)
- Like Mike (2002)
Mad Money (2008)
Made Of Honor (2008)
Mission: Impossible (1996-2011) the first four movies
More Than A Game (2009)
Mr. 3000 (2004)
My Week With Marilyn (2011)
Mystery Team (2009)
Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
Once (2007)
Poetic Justice (1993)
Predator (1987)
Push (2009)
Red Tails (2012)
Runaway Bride (1999)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Secrets In The Water (2020)
Shallow Hal (2001)
Shopgirl (2005)
Sinister (2013)
Sister Act (1992)
Something’s Gotta Give (2003)
Stargate (1994)
The Student (2017) - Super Troopers (2002)
S.W.A.T. (2003)
The Descendants (2011)
The Family Stone (2005)
The Great Debaters (2013)
The Missing (2003)
The Preacher’s Wife (1996)
The Prestige (2006)
The Sapphires (2013)
The Taking Of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009)
The Village (2004)
Traitor (2008)
Unfaithful (2002)
Waitress (2007)
When A Man Loves A Woman (1994)
Words And Pictures (2014)
later this month - a ★ sampling
- Hotel Transylvania: Transformia (2021) January 14th
- The Tender Bar (2021) January 7th
- The Master (2012) - January 13th
also streaming on Disney+
- Encanto (2021) Disney's animated Oscar hopeful. Also eligible for Song & Score
- X-Men First Class
later this month
- Eternals -January 12th
- Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild (2022) January 28th
later this month - a sampling
- The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021) coming on January 14th
also streaming
- Blood for Dracula - with Udo Kier and Joe Dallesandro
- Eve's Bayou - with Samuel L Jackson and Jussee Smollett
- Flesh for Frankenstein - with Udo Kier and Joe Dallesandro
- Lake Mungo
- Sinister
- The Wicker Man
later this month - a sampling
- Woodlands Dark And Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (2022) documentary. Jan 10th
- Boris Karloff Man Behind the Monster - January 27th
- A Discovery of Witches (Season 3) - January 8th
also streaming
2 Guns, 2013 (HBO)
2001: A Space Odyssey, 1968
17 Again, 2009
300: Rise of an Empire, 2006
A Cinderella Story, 2004
A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song, 2011
Acuitzeramo, 2019 (HBO)
All Star Superman, 2011
Annabelle Comes Home, 2009
Amityville 3-D, 1983 (HBO)
Amityville II: The Possession, 1982 (HBO)
Aquaman, 2018
A Time to Kill, 1996
A Streetcar Named Desire, 1951
A Clockwork Orange, 1971
Barry Munday, 2010 (HBO)
Batkid Begins, 2015
Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero, 1998
Batman and Harley Quinn, 2017
Batman Begins, 2005
Batman Beyond: The Return of the Joker, 2000
Batman Ninja, 2018
Batman Unlimited: Animal Instinct, 2015
Batman Unlimited: Mechs vs. Mutants, 2016
Batman Unlimited: Monster Mayhem, 2015
Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice, 2016
Batman vs. Robin, 2015
Batman vs. Two-Face, 2017
Batman: Assault on Arkham, 2014
Batman: Bad Blood, 2016
Batman: Death in the Family, 2020
Batman: Gotham by Gaslight, 2018
Batman: Gotham Knight, 2008
Batman: Hush, 2019
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, 1993
Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman, 2003
Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders (Part 1), 2016
Batman: Soul of the Dragon, 2021
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 1, 2012
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 2, 2013
Batman: The Long Halloween, Part One, 2021
Batman: The Long Halloween, Part Two, 2021
Batman: Under The Red Hood, 2010
Batman: Year One, 2011
Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn), 2020
Brother Nature, 2016 (HBO)
Blade Runner: The Final Cut, 1982
Bullitt, 1968
Caddyshack, 1980
Caddyshack II, 1988
Capote, 2005 (HBO)
Casablanca, 1942
Catwoman, 2004
Chaplin, 1992 (HBO)
Citizen Kane, 1941
Collide, 2016 (HBO)
Constantine: City of Demons, 2018
Cop Land, 1997 (HBO)
Cop Out, 2010
Crazy Rich Asians, 2018
Daddy Day Camp, 2007
Daddy Day Care, 2003
DC Showcase: Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam, 2010
DC Super Hero Girls: Hero of the Year, 2016
DC Super Hero Girls: Intergalactic Games, 2017
DC Super Hero Girls: Legends of Atlantis, 2018
Deathstroke: Knights & Dragons, 2020
Dirty Harry, 1971
Dog Day Afternoon, 1975
Dumb And Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd, 2003
Easy A, 2010
Empire of the Sun, 1987
Eraser, 1996
Fast & Furious 6, 2013 (HBO)
Fatal Attraction, 1987 (HBO)
Fled, 1996 (HBO)
Four Christmases, 2008
Freedom Fighters: The Ray, 2017
Friday, 1995
Frozen River, 2008
Godzilla: King of the Monsters, 2019
Gone Baby Gone, 2007 (HBO)
Gone with the Wind, 1939
Good Neighbours, 2010 (HBO)
Gravity, 2013
Green Lantern, 2011
Green Lantern: Emerald Knights, 2011
Green Lantern: First Flight, 2009
Gremlins 2: The New Batch, 1990
Harlem Nights, 1989 (HBO)
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts, Max Original Premiere
Harry Potter: Hogwarts Tournament of Houses Season 1
Here Comes The Devil, 2012 (HBO)
Hobo With A Shotgun, 2011 (HBO)
House Party 2, 1991
House Party 3, 1994
House Party 4: Down To The Last Minute, 2000
House Party: Tonight’s The Night, 2013
Inception, 2010
It Chapter Two, 2019
JLA Adventures: Trapped in Time, 2014
John Dies At The End, 2012 (HBO)
Joker, 2019
Justice League, 2017
Justice League Dark, 2017
Justice League Dark: Apokolips War, 2020
Justice League vs. Teen Titans, 2016
Justice League vs. The Fatal Five, 2019
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths, 2010
Justice League: Doom, 2012
Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox, 2013
Justice League: Gods & Monsters, 2015
Justice League: The New Frontier, 2008
Justice League: Throne of Atlantis, 2015
Justice League: War, 2014
Justice Society: World War II, 2021
Killing Gunther, 2017 (HBO)
Kiltro, 2006 (HBO)
King Kong, 1933
Kong: Skull Island, 2017
Horrible Bosses, 2011
Horrible Bosses 2, 2014
Last Night, 2010 (HBO)
Legend Of The Guardians: The Owls Of Ga’Hoole, 2010
LEGO Batman: DC Super Heroes Unite, 2013
LEGO DC Batman: Family Matters, 2019
LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes: Aquaman: Rage of Atlantis, 2018
LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League vs. Bizarro League, 2015
LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League: Attack of the Legion of Doom!, 2015
LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes: The Flash, 2018
LEGO DC Shazam: Magic and Monsters!, 2020
LEGO DC Super Hero Girls: Brain Drain, 2017
LEGO DC Super Hero Girls: Super-Villain High, 2018
LEGO Justice League: Cosmic Clash, 2015
LEGO Justice League: Gotham City Breakout, 2016
Lethal Weapon, 1989
Little Nicky, 2000
Love and Basketball, 2000
Lucky Numbers, 2000 (HBO)
Mad Max: Fury Road, 2015
Magic Mike, 2012
Magnum Force, 1973
Malcolm X, 1992
Mean Streets, 1973
Memento, 2000 (HBO)
Michael Clayton, 2007
Mildred Pierce, 1945
Mimic, 1997 (HBO)
Mimic 2, 2001 (HBO)
Mimic 3: Sentinel, 2003 (HBO)
Mortal Kombat, 2021
Mortal Kombat Annihilation, 1997
Mortal Kombat Conquest
Mortal Kombat Legacy
Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms, 2021
Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion’s Revenge, 2020
Mutiny on the Bounty, 1935
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, 1989
National Lampoon’s European Vacation, 1985
National Lampoon’s Vacation, 1983
Necessary Evil: The Super-Villains of DC Comics, 2013
Next, 2007 (HBO)
Next Friday, 2000
North By Northwest, 1959
Ocean’s 8, 2018
Paddington 2, 2017
Pineapple Express, 2008
Practical Magic, 1998
Quigley Down Under, 1990 (HBO)
Racer And The Jailbird, 2017 (HBO)
Ready Player One, 2018
Reign of the Supermen, 2019
Romeo Must Die, 2000
Roots: The Gift, 1988
Roots (Mini Series), 2016
Roots: The Next Generation, 1979
Rumor Has It, 2005
Scooby-Doo, 2002
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed, 2004
Ser Bi (Les Tissus Blancs), 2020
Shazam!, 2019
Singin’ in the Rain, 1952
Snowpiercer (Season 2)
Son of Batman, 2014
Spare Parts, 2015 (HBO)
Stealing Harvard, 2002 (HBO)
Sudden Impact, 1983
Suicide Squad, 2016
Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay, 2018
The Suicide Squad (2021)
Sunset Song, 2015 (HBO)
Super Fly, 1972
Supergirl, 2015
Superman II, 1980
Superman III, 1983
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace, 1987
Superman vs. The Elite, 2012
Superman: Brainiac Attacks, 2006
Superman: Doomsday, 2007
Superman: Man of Tomorrow, 2020
Superman: Red Son, 2020
Superman: The Movie, 1978
Superman: Unbound, 2013
Superman/Batman Public Enemies, 2009
Superman/Batman: Apocalypse, 2010
Swordfish, 2001
Teen Titans Go! To The Movies, 2018
Teen Titans Go! Vs. Teen Titans, 2019
Teen Titans Judas Contract, 2017
Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo, 2007
The Animatrix, 2003
The Batman vs. Dracula, 2005
The Bodyguard, 1992
The Curse of La Llorona, 2019
The Dark Crystal, 1982
The Dark Knight, 2008
The Death of Superman, 2018
The Departed, 2006
The Diary of a Teenage Girl, 2015
The Enforcer, 1976
The Exorcist, 1973
The Eyes of Tammy Faye, Premiere (HBO)
The Faculty, 1998 (HBO)
The Friday After Next, 2002
The Fugitive, 1993
The Goonies, 1985
The Gospel According To Andre, 2017 (HBO)
The Green Hornet, 2011
The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies, 2014
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, 2013
The Iron Lady, 2011
The Last Five Years, 2014 (HBO)
The LEGO Batman Movie, 2017
The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring, 2001
The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King, 2003
The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers, 2002
The Losers, 2010
The Lucky One, 2012
The Maltese Falcon, 1941
The Mask, 1994
The Mentalist
The Nun, 2018
The Outlaw Josey Wales, 1976
The Pelican Brief, 1993
The Philadelphia Story, 1940
The Pirates! Band of Misfits, 2012
The Road Warrior, 1981
The Shawshank Redemption, 1994
The Shining, 1980
The Son of Kong, 1933
The Time Traveler’s Wife, 2009
The Two Jakes, 1990 (HBO)
The Wizard of Oz, 1939
The Yellow Birds, 2017 (HBO)
Thor: Tales of Asgard, 2011 (HBO)
Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride, 2005
Training Day, 2001
Ultraviolet, 2006
Vegas Vacation, 1997
Venus And Serena, 2012 (HBO)
V for Vendetta, 2005
Vixen, 2017
Watchmen, 2009
Watchmen Motion Comics
Wedding Crashers, 2005
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, 1962
When Harry Met Sally, 1989
Where The Wild Things Are, 2009
Wonder Woman, 2017
Wonder Woman (Animated), 2009
Wonder Woman: Bloodlines, 2019
Wrong Turn At Tahoe, 2009 (HBO)
Yes Man, 2008
Yogi Bear, 2010
Zookeeper, 2011
Zoom, 2006 (HBO)
later this month - a sampling
- Search Party (Season 5) - January 7th
- Euphoria (Season 2) -January 9th
- The Gilded Age (Season 1) - January 24th
- Reminiscence (2021) - January 29th
WHICH WILL YOU BE WATCHING THIS MONTH? WHICH WOULD YOU LOVE TO SEE A POST ON?
Reader Comments (8)
I did not enjoy The Lost Daughter. At all. OK the performances were good across the board. Coleman was solid. But the story is dull, there's no payoff, the psychological dilemma is weak, i was bored.
Yesterday on MUBI, I watched the 45-minute IMAX version of Terrence Malick's 2016 documentary Voyage of Time which is a must for anyone that loves Malick.
I do LOVE Melanie Lynskey so I’ll put that one on my list.
Someone on Twitter asked for recommendations for streaming musicals the other day and I just happened across a crazy one to add to the list. THAT DAY WE SANG (Amazon Prime) written by UK national treasure Victoria Wood, starring Imelda “freakin” Staunton and Michael Ball. Plus Sophie Thompson, Vincent Franklin, and Conleth Hill (one of the best George’s in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf I’ve ever seen). So weird, wacky, and wonderful, and I couldn’t stop watching.
I admit that I have been surprised by the reaction to THE LOST DAUGHTER. Not necessarily the film itself and especially not Olivia Colman, but people are genuinely thinking Jessie Buckley is great and they... love her scenes? Whereas it reminds me of THE WIFE in that I found its flashbacks to academia perplexing and unnecessarily fore-fronted. Gyllenhaal needn't have been so literal with its themes and I would have much preferred to parse out this part of the characters life through Colman herself. Maybe I just have so little interest in tired academic settings of lothario professors that women just fall into bed easily with (see also that Elisabeth Moss movie).
Didn't always jive with what Lana Wachowski was doing in THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS, but loves its audacity and it's one I find myself thinking about much more than most blockbusters these days. I don't think it is at all far fetched to see the similarities with Lynch's season three of Twin Peaks in terms of thematic ambition within a beloved property known for being one thing to the masses but something else to its makers.
Thanks for adding back the login requirement.
Yellowjackets is great. I was worried it would be too gory for me, but it's worth the occasional gore. Juliette Lewis should get more opportunities!
Nicole Kidman worked really well as Lucy for me, but I could not buy Bardem as Desi. I hate to rely on physical resemblance too much, because I know intellectually it really shouldn't matter in a biopic, but emotionally it was hard for me to see him as Desi they just look nothing alike. (I wish John Leguizamo had been given that role.)
I am on episode 5 of Yellowjackets and it is terrific far!
I don't understand why Maggie Gyllenhaal gave Dakota Johnson so little to do in The Lost Daughter.
You get the sense that she's one scene (or one generous directorial choice) away from a sensational, Oscar-worthy performance. I don't know why you wouldn't give her that scene, or make that directorial choice.
DK : agreed. Though had she not rushed her last scene that would have sufficed. Nina went from thanking Leda for finding the doll to stabbing her in the space of 45 seconds or so. It felt oddly paced.