I watched just five movies last week:
- For 1931, the realistic effects and sets in Kameradschaft are phenomenal, but the movie is also (as the Criterion Collection puts it “an arresting disaster film and a stirring plea for international cooperation.”
- While Challengers can be a bit much at times, it’s thoroughly entertaining, and Zendaya is never less than captivating on screen.
- The characters in Jack Goes Boating go a little off-the-rails near the end—more than you might expect, even given where they are emotionally—but for most of it’s run, it’s very nice, well-acted character study.
- Is the ending of I Saw the TV Glow disappointing? Maybe, from a certain point of view, but that sort of seems to be the movie’s point. It’s strange and heartbreaking and haunting, and it manages to capture the feeling of ’90s YA horror TV perfectly.
- You can definitely see why Gene Tierney was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar for Leave Her to Heaven.
