OUT NOW
- Lady Gaga illuminates Bradley Cooper’s triumphant A Star Is Born. Don’t bring a hankie – bring a whole friggin’ box of Kleenex.
- Rodents of Unusual Size is a charmingly addictive documentary about a bizarre subject.
- What They Had is an authentic and well-crafted dramatic four-hander with Hilary Swank, Michael Shannon, Blythe Danner and Robert Forster.
- Quincy is Rashida Jones’ intimate biodoc of her father, that most important and prolific musical figure Quincy Jones.
- Museo is a portrait of alienation that plays out in a true life heist, but the alienation is just not that compelling.
- If you haven’t caught it yet, you can still find Spike Lee’s true story BlacKkKlansman – very funny and, finally, emotionally powerful.
ON VIDEO
My Stream of the Week is the Norwegian suspense thriller Revenge, one of the world cinema high points of the 2017 Cinequest. Revenge can be streamed from Amazon, iTunes, Vudu, YouTube and Google Play.
ON TV
Turner Classic Movies is all-horror, all-the-time this week. But the best is Diabolique from director Henri-Georges Clouzot (often tagged as the French Hitchcock). The headmaster of a provincial boarding school is so cruel, even sadistic, that everyone wants him dead, especially his wife and his mistress. When he goes missing, the police drain the murky pool where the killers dumped the body…and the killers get a big surprise. Now the suspense really starts…
