The more that I think about Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood, the more I consider it a masterpiece.
Here’s my remembrance of Peter Fonda, who died this week at age 79.
OUT NOW
- Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood is a Must See – one of Quentin Tarantino’s very, very best.
- The family dramedy The Farewell is an audience-pleaser.
- The Last Black Man in San Francisco is an absorbing exploration of inner lives reacting to a changing city – and it’s one of the best films of the year.
ON VIDEO
My Stream of the Week is Werner Herzog’s documentary Little Dieter Needs to Fly,a portrait of Dieter Dengler’s unimaginable life journey, highlighted by one of history’s most amazing feats of human endurance. The brisk 80 minutes of Little Dieter Needs to Fly can be streamed on Criterion, the Amazon Fandor channel, iTunes, Vudu and Google Play.
ON TV
On August 25, Turner Classic Movies is presenting the best of Dustin Hoffman: The Graduate and Tootsie, of course, and also Papillon, the riveting Marathon Man and the underappreciated Straight Time. Check out the 1985 version of Death of a Salesman with Hoffman as Willy Loman, supported by John Malkovich, Stephen Lang and Kate Reid. Attention must be paid.
