This week on The Movie Gourmet – the fresh and darkly hilarious Spanish horror movie Piggy and the TV premiere of a highly entertaining classic film noir (scroll down). Plus, an overdue review of the summer espionage thriller The Gray Man.
CURRENT MOVIES
- Piggy: surprising and darkly funny. Alamo Drafthouse New Mission.
- Don’t Worry, Darling: a misfire (but with Huell Howser’s cool house). In theaters.
- Spin Me Round: an unpretentious and delightful comedy. AppleTV.
- My Donkey, My Lover and I: it had me at the title. AppleTV.
- The Automat: nickels in, memories out. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube, KinoNow.
- Bitterbrush: two women at work. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, redbox.
- Montana Story: a family secret simmers, then explodes. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube, redbox.
- Compartment No. 6: a surprising journey to connection. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube, redbox.
- Cha Cha Real Smooth: decent people and their foibles, navigating life. AppleTV.
- Everything Everywhere All at Once: often indecipherable and mostly dazzling. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube, redbox.
- Like a Rolling Stone: The Life and Times of Ben Fong-Torres: tell me more. Netflix.
- The Tale of King Crab: storytelling at its best. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube, redbox.
WATCH AT HOME
The most eclectic watch-at-home recommendations you’ll find ANYWHERE:
- The East: how do we punish corporate crime? HBO, Amazon, AppleTV, redbox.
- The Outfit: no one is just what they seem to be. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube, redbox.
- Colma: The Musical: a refreshing hoot. Amazon, Vudu, YouTube.
- The Worst Person in the World: funny, poignant, original and profoundly authentic. Amazon, Apple, Vudu, YouTube, redbox.
- Heartworn Highways: like desperados waitin’ for a train. AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube, Showtime.
- Dreaming Walls: Inside the Chelsea Hotel: the artsy and the quirky. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube, redbox.
- Everything Everywhere All at Once: often indecipherable and mostly dazzling. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube, redbox.
- Jockey: he finally grapples with himself. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube.
- The Visitor: self-isolation no longer. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube.
- The Bra: Just your average silent Azerbaijani comedy. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube.
- Project Nim: a chimp learns the foibles of humans. Amazon, AppleTV, YouTube.
- Bombshell: The Hedy Lamar Story: the world’s most beautiful woman and her secrets. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube, KINO Now.
- The Gatekeepers: winning tactics make for a losing strategy. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube.
- Auggie: Who do you see when you put on the glasses? Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube.
ON TV
On October 14, Turner Classic Movies airs The Man Who Cheated Himself, in which a cop falls for a dame who makes him go bad. But it’s not just any cop and not just any dame. The cop is Ed (Lee J. Cobb), a seasoned and cynical pro who knows better. The dame is the much wealthier – and married – socialite Lois (Jane Wyatt), a puddle of capriciousness and carnality. There’s plenty of snappy, sarcastic dialogue amid glorious mid-century San Francisco locations.
The Film Noir Foundation has restored The Man Who Cheated Himself so it could be seen again for the first time in decades. Set your DVR.