This week on The Movie Gourmet – new reviews of Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song and Cha Cha Real Smooth.
CURRENT MOVIES
- Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song: reflective artist, reflective movie. In theaters.
- Cha Cha Real Smooth: decent people and their foibles, navigating life. AppleTV.
- Downton Abbey: A New Era: harmless enough. In theaters.
- Everything Everywhere All at Once: often indecipherable and mostly dazzling. In theaters.
- My Donkey, My Lover and I: it had me at the title. In theaters.
- Jazzfest: A News Orleans Story: introducing the perfect 8 days of culture. In theaters.
- Hit the Road: a funny family masks their tough choice. Streaming at Laemmle.
- Like a Rolling Stone: The Life and Times of Ben Fong-Torres: tell me more. Netflix.
WATCH AT HOME
The most eclectic watch-at-home recommendations you’ll find ANYWHERE:
- Jockey: he finally grapples with himself. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube.
- Step Into Liquid: “insanely gorgeous” surfing. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube.
- Riding Giants: obsessive search for the biggest wave to surf. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube.
- Electrick Children: magical Mormon runaways in Vegas. Amazon, AppleTV, YouTube.
- NUTS!: the rise and fall of a testicular empire. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube.
- Dick Johnson Is Dead: funny, heartfelt and frequently bizarre. Netflix.
- The Women’s Balcony: a righteous man must keep his woman happy. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube.
- The Handmaiden: gorgeous, erotic and a helluva plot. Amazon (included with Prime), Vudu.
- Very Semi-Serious: glorious The New Yorker cartoons. Amazon, AppleTV, YouTube.
- Touching the Void: the gripping true life story of a mountaineer who had to cut his climbing partner’s rope. Amazon, AppleTV.
- The Imposter: you gotta see this. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube.
ON TV
On July 11, Turner Classic Movies presents the recent documentary Tab Hunter Confidential. Tab Hunter was Hollywood’s dreamboat of the 1950’s – and he was a closeted gay man. That meant that he was walking a tightrope in an era when one scandal sheet revelation could erase his career. We hear Tab’s story from Tab himself; the doc is based on Hunter’s memoir, co-written by Eddie Muller. Tab is still very good-looking and seems like a helluva decent guy. Also available to stream on Amazon.