This busy week on The Movie Gourmet – new reviews of Monkey Man and Matter of Mind: My Parkinson’s, plus first looks at the upcoming SFFILM and SLO Film Festivals.
CURRENT MOVIES
- Matter of Mind: My Parkinson’s: real, uplifting, essential. On PBS and the PBS App.
- Monkey Man: a massacre, one bad guy at a time. In theaters.
- Love Lies Bleeding: obsessions and impulses collide. In theaters.
- The Taste of Things: two passions – culinary and romantic. Amazon, AppleTV.
- Golden Years: when dreams diverge. Amazon, Vudu, YouTube.
WATCH AT HOME
The most eclectic watch-at-home recommendations you’ll find ANYWHERE:
- They Shall Not Grow Old: technology transforms film and ressurects a generation. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube.
- Ma Belle, My Beauty: a simmering romantic reunion. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube. redbox, KinoNow.
- Summer of Soul (…O When the Revolution Could Not Be televised): concert with context. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube.
- Charley Varrick: his wits vs. the mob. Netflix, Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube.
- Driveways: authentic, brilliant, heartfelt. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube.
- Lucky: Harry Dean Stanton and the meaning of life Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube, redbox.
- He Walked by Night: nerd hunt. Amazon, Vudu.
- Locke: a thriller about responsibility. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube.
ON TV
On April 18, Turner Classic Movies will present one my Overlooked Noir, a young Stanley Kubrick’s Killer’s Kiss; it will be on Noir Alley with an intro and outro by Eddie Muller. It doesn’t take long to realize that Killer’s Kiss is not a typical film noir – there’s Kubrick’s own bracing visual style, an interracial relationship and a comically absurd fight to the death. The cast matched a couple one-hit wonders with the pioneering African-American actor and civil rights activist Frank Silvera.