GREEN BORDER ★★★★ Director #AgnieszkaHolland’s rage is evident throughout this heartbreaker about a hybrid war on the Polish border. The stark black-and-white cinematography takes us to an area where a game of hide-and-seek goes on; it’s beautiful, but deadly.
WOLFS ★★½ The set-up is about as predictable as it is entertaining: two charming movie stars have reached a certain age where jokes about reading glasses and aching joints are natural. They’re a treat to watch. If only the convoluted plot made sense. #GeorgeClooney#BradPitt
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TURNER & HOOCH (1989) ★★ The filmmakers do the best they can with the charisma between #TomHanks’s neat cop and the wild, slobbering Hooch. But Turner’s romance with a veterinarian is about as uninspired as the murder case.
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PARIS, 13TH DISTRICT (2021) ★★★½ A collaboration with #CélineSciamma, depicting life and love for three relatively young men and women in a part of Paris. Frequently engaging and well-acted, filmed in intense black-and-white that makes the movie look realistic and poetic.
HIS THREE DAUGHTERS ★★★½ Superior performances in this intimate, dialogue-driven chamber piece on #Netflix#CarrieCoon#NatashaLyonne#ElizabethOlsen
CALIGULA (1979) ★★ #Caligula#GoreVidal’s#MalcolmMcDowell is the one who comes out of this ordeal on top.
A WOMAN CALLED GOLDA (1982) #IngridBergman’s#GoldaMeir. She captures Meir’s no-nonsense charisma, elevating a biography that isn’t brave enough to touch on more controversial aspects of her leadership.
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GOEBBELS AND THE FÜHRER ★★★ A drama focusing on the relationship between Hitler and his chief propagandist, Joseph Goebbels. The film’s emotional impact and constantly relevant, deeper message about the nature of dictatorships is somewhat muted by a mundane treatment.
TRANSFORMERS ONE ★★½ The first animated Transformers movie since the one back in 1986, has an Oscar-winning former Pixar director by the helm and a star-studded voice cast. Primarily for kids; noisy action, attractive environs in immersive 3D and an OK story. #TransformersOne
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