This week on The Movie Gourmet – a new review of Driving Madeleine. I’m busy preparing to cover two film festivals that open next weekend: Slamdance and Noir City. I’m currently screening about a dozen Slamdance movies and will publish a fest preview with recommendations. I’ll preview Noir City, too, some of which I’ll be covering in-person in Oakland.
My choice as the year’s second-best movie, Anatomy of a Fall, is now streaming on the major platforms. Don’t miss it.
Here’s my year-end feature coverage:
REMEMBRANCE
Tom Wilkinson won an Oscar for Michael Clayton, but I best remember his searing performance in In the Bedroom and his delightful turn in The Full Monty.
CURRENT MOVIES
- Anatomy of a Fall: family history, with life or death stakes. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube.
- Killers of the Flower Moon: an epic tale of epic betrayal. AppleTV (subscription), Amazon.
- The Holdovers: three souls must evolve beyond their losses. In theaters, Amazon.
- Poor Things: brazen, dazzling, feminist and very funny. In theaters.
- Dream Scenario: but it can’t be my fault, can it? In theaters.
- Ferrari: his racecars are easy, his women are not. In theaters.
- The Boys in the Boat: underdogs soar. In theaters.
- Driving Madeleine: still spirited at 92. In arthouse theaters.
- Rustin: greatness, overlooked. Netflix.
- Fallen Leaves: two lonely people amid the driest of humor. In arthouse theaters.
- Maestro: not what she bargained for. Netflix.
- The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial: just what, not who, is on trial here? Showtime/Paramount+.
- The Crime Is Mine: better after Huppert shows up. In arthouse theaters.
- Cypher: the year’s most original movie? Hulu.
- Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy: a movie and its time. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu,YouTube.
- The Killer: interior monologue. Netflix.
WATCH AT HOME
From my Best Movies of 2023:
- OPPENHEIMER: creator of a monster controlled by others. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube.
- ANATOMY OF A FALL: family history, with life or death stakes. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube.
- PAST LIVES: a profound and refreshing romance. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube.
- THE MAN WHO DID NOT WANT TO SEE TITANIC: wow – laughs, thrills, love. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube.
- RETURN TO SEOUL: brilliantly crafted and emotionally gripping. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube.
- BARBIE: a marriage of the intelligent and the silly. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube.
- FREMONT: self-discovery and a fortune cookie. Amazon, Vudu.
- THE DISAPPEARANCE OF SHERE HITE: revoking one’s own celebrity. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu.
- MAY DECEMBER: a seat-squirmer of a psychodrama. Netflix.
- HANNAH HA HA: what makes for human value and fulfillment? Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube.
