This week on The Movie Gourmet, as we are on the verge of what looks like a rich fall movie season, I’m recommending another look at an overlooked little movie from earlier this year, the endearing family drama Ghostlight, available to watch at home on Amazon, AppleTV, YouTube, Fandango (included). The acting in Ghostlight, which won the audience award at SCSW, is superbly authentic. The actors playing the family members are an actual dad, mom and daughter. One of the best movies of the year.
CURRENT MOVIES
- Thelma: too proud to be taken. Amazon, AppleTV, YouTube, Fandango.
- Perfect Days: intentional contentment. Amazon, AppleTV, YouTube, Fandango, Hulu (included).
- How to Come Alive: addicted to his own turmoil. In theaters.
- Didi: learning to get out of his own way. In theaters.
- Between the Temples: prodded out of his funk. In theaters.
- Hit Man: who knew self-invention could be so fun? Netflix.
- I Saw the TV Glow: brimming with originality. Back in some theaters and Amazon, AppleTV; Fandango.
- The Bikeriders: they ride, drink and fight, and yet we care. Amazon, AppleTV, YouTube, Fandango, Peacock (included).
- Ghostlight: a family saves itself, in iambic pentameter. Amazon, AppleTV, YouTube, Fandango (included).
- Challengers: three people and their desire. Amazon, AppleTV, YouTube, Fandango.
- La Chimera: six genres for the price of one. Amazon, AppleTV, YouTube, Fandango.
ON TV
Cynda Williams and Billy Bob Thornton in ONE FALSE MOVE
On September 21, Turner Classic Movies presents the gripping contemporary neo-noir One False Move. This is a fundamentally noir story – there are guys overreaching for greed and ambition, a femme fatale, and a very dark secret. America’s original sin – race – is at the core of One False Move.
The tale begins with a home invasion in Los Angeles. Two vicious professional robbers, with one’s beautiful girlfriend, steal money and cocaine, leaving a trail of corpses. The crime is solved right away – the cops know who did it and that the murderers are headed to a small town in Arkansas. The LA cops fly to Arkansas and lay in wait with the local constabulary. One False Move is a ticking time bomb as we wait for the criminals to drive across the Southwest to the inevitable confrontation.
One False Move features a great performance by the late Bill Paxton. It’s one of my Overlooked Neo-noir, and can also be streamed from Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu and YouTube.
