This week on The Movie Gourmet – an all new most eclectic watch-at-home recommendations you’ll find ANYWHERE. Start of the football season with the Oscar-winning Undefeated.
As /i mentioned last week, we’re in that annual late- August/early September doldrums when we just don’t have good choices in brick-and-mortar cinemas. The one wonderful new film, Fremont, is still in a few arthouses and the masterpieces Oppenheimer and Barbie are still on theater screens. But Scrapper, Between Two Worlds, Afire and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny have all slipped from theaters, and Past Lives is barely lingering on a screen or two. However, note that Oppenheimer, Past Lives, Barbie and Fremont: are all on my Best Movies of 2023 – So Far; you might check out that list because several other of those films are already streaming.
And next week I’ll have a preview of this year’s Nashville Film Festival.
CURRENT MOVIES
- Fremont: self-discovery and a fortune cookie. In theaters.
- Oppenheimer: creator of a monster controlled by others. In theaters.
- Barbie: a marriage of the intelligent and the silly. In theaters.
- The League: untold stories. Amazon.
- Past Lives: a profound and refreshing romance. In theaters.
- Theater Camp: show people in the making. In theaters.
- Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed: leading man in the closet. HBO Max.
- No Hard Feelings: an amusement with Jennifer Lawrence. Amazon, Vudu YouTube.
WATCH AT HOME
The most eclectic watch-at-home recommendations you’ll find ANYWHERE:
- Undefeated: an Oscar winner you haven’t seen. Amazon, Vudu, YouTube, redbox.
- Kimi: an adequate REAR WINDOWS ends as a thrilling WAIT UNTIL DARK. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube, redbox.
- Lune: funny, searing, and richly authentic. Amazon.
- Summertime: no longer invisible and unheard, giving voice through verse. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube, redbox.
- Phoenix: riveting psychodrama, wowzer ending. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube.
- I’m Fine (Thank You for Asking): a desperate dash for dignity. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube.
- Making Montgomery Clift: exploding the myths. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube.
- Our Kind of Traitor: Skarsgård steals this robust thriller. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube, redbox.
- ’71: keeping the thrill in thriller. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube, redbox.
ON TV
On September 19, Turner Classic Movies will present one of my Overlooked Noir, Elevator to the Gallows – such a groundbreaking film that you can argue that it’s the first of the neo-noir. It’s the debut of director Louis Malle, shot when he was only 24 years old. It’s more difficult now to appreciate the originality of Elevator the Gallows; but in 1958, no one had seen a film with a Miles Davis soundtrack or one where the two romantic leads were never on-screen together.
