Category: Entertainment

WHY STOP MAKING SENSE? WHY A MOVIE? WHY A BIG SUIT? WHERE DO THE ODD MOVEMENTS COME FROM? WHAT WILL THE BAND DO NEXT?

A concert film documenting Talking Heads at the height of their popularity, on tour for their 1983 album “Speaking in Tongues.” The band takes the stage one by one and is joined by a cadre of guest musicians for a career-spanning and cinematic performance that features creative choreography and visuals.

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I’d like to apologize to my past self for never watching this until now. To make up for it, I’m putting it on repeat in the background the way other people put on cable news.

Seriously great.

The story of a teenage boy named Yu, who falls for Yoko, a girl he runs into while working as an “up-skirt” photographer in an offshoot of the porn industry. His attempts to woo her are complicated by a spot of cross-dressing – which convinces Yoko that she is lesbian – dalliances with kung-fu and crime, and a constant struggle with the guilt that’s a legacy of his Catholic upbringing.

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First thing first, this movie is FOUR HOURS LONG. Hell, the titles don’t even appear until an hour into it.

Second thing: It’s about a priest’s young son who spends his time making “up-skirt” photos. I’m serious when I say that this is an important plot point and that it’s also a touching love story.

Third thing: It’s fantastic. I found it funny, moving, and thrilling to watch. Highly recommended if you can get past points one and two.

CAN A NICE GIRL FROM LONG ISLAND FIND HAPPINESS WITH A MASS MURDERER?
After serving time for murder, Josh Hutton returns to his home town where he meets Audry Hugo. No one can remember exactly what Josh did…

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The Criterion Channel is featuring a new Hal Hartley Retrospective. I’ve heard him mentioned often, but never watched any of his movies. I started with the first of what’s become known as his Long Island Trilogy, “The Unbelievable Truth”.

What a treat! It was strange and stilted and funny. I can’t wait to continue what will probably now be a Hal Hartley marathon.

What a marvelous Technicolor good time at the movies.

People should stop arguing about what it “means” or whether it’s too woke or not woke enough or if it makes the proper feminist statement strongly enough and maybe just enjoy the movie.

Margot Robbie is perfect and Ryan Gosling was amazing and hilarious.

It makes me sad that some people were going to hate “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” no matter what. They did hate it, and they’re wrong.

I went to see it today with my dad and we had a blast: fun chases, crazy villains, a bullwhip, and maybe the coolest hat in history. I liked Phoebe. I loved seeing Antonio Banderas along with some of the old characters.

A great time at the movies is all I wanted, and Dial of Destiny delivered that, with just the right amount of nostalgia thrown in.