This week on The Movie Gourmet – new reviews of Jesse Eisenberg’s A Real Pain and the indie Chasing Chasing Amy. My top recommendation in theaters this week is still Anora, and my streaming pick is The Remarkable Life of Ibelin.
REMEMBRANCE
British actor Timothy West became recognized in the US for his titular performance in the imported mini-series Edward the King, as the son of Queen Victoria, who simmered for decades, waiting for his chance to become King Edward VII. I loved him one of my favorite movies, Day of the Jackal. West’s 151 screen credits included three portrayals of Winston Churchill. As prolific as he was in television and the movies, he had even more of an impact on stage. He was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Prospect Theater Company, served as artistic director of the Old Vic Theater, and, at age 81, played the role of King Lear for the fourth time.
CURRENT MOVIES
- Anora: human spirit vs the oligarchs. In theaters.
- Conclave: explosive secrets? in the Vatican?. In theaters.
- The Outrun: facing herself without the bottle. In theaters.
- The Remarkable Life of Ibelin: totally unexpected. Netflix.
- A Real Pain: whose pain is it? In theaters.
- Emilia Pérez: four women yearn amid Mexico’s drug violence. Netflix.
- Kneecap: sláinte! Amazon, AppleTV.
- Chasing Chasing Amy: the origins of love, fictional and otherwise. In theaters.
- Carville: Winning Is Everything, Stupid!: rascal truth-teller. In theaters.
- In the Summers: they mature, he evolves. Amazon..
- Will & Harper: old friends adjust. Netflix.
ON TV
On November 23 (tomorrow), Turner Classic Movies airs the 1950 western The Gunfighter, which I recently watched and enjoyed. Gregory Peck plays the gunfighter Jimmy Ringo, notorious throughout the West, he is a target for others who want to become famous for killing him. reconcile with his estranged wife (Helen Westcott), who has been keeping her marriage to the gunfighter a secret, The town sheriff is a gunfighting pal of Ringo’s, since reformed, concerned about the inevitable violence that follows Ringo to every town Millard Mitchell, Hollywood storytelling so well – in a taut 85 minutes, one of Peck’s best performances (right upyhere with Atticus Finch), Karl Malden, Ellen Corby, Richard Jaeckal, Alan Hale,Jr., and former child star Skip Homeier, who plays one of the best punks you’ll ever despise