Week In, Week Out Movies of the Week #9 (2021) 5 Mar 2021 Fourteen (2019): This is a powerful, lesser known drama about two friends, Mara and Jo, one sober and pragmatic, the other exuberant and quirky, and the frustrating dynamic between them.…
Week In, Week Out Movies of the Week #7-8 (2021) 26 Feb 2021 Holiday (1938): It's good to see that even going back to the 1930s, there were people thinking of ways to retire in their 30s - if only they'd had some…
Week In, Week Out Movies of the Week #6 (2021) 12 Feb 2021 In & of Itself (2020): A surprising find (from the HBR podcast), Derek DelGaudio's "documentary" is the rare example of an engrossing one-man performance that's both clever and insightful, without…
Week In, Week Out Movies of the Week #5 (2021) 5 Feb 2021 The Dig (2020): A good period piece is always enjoyable and, for the most part, The Dig is just that. Ralph Fiennes and Carey Mulligan are fascinating to watch in…
Week In, Week Out Movies of the Week #4 (2021) 29 Jan 2021 Une fille facile (2019): A little dormant gem on Netflix, Rebecca Zlotowski's An Easy Girl is a coming of age story that turned out considerably more wholesome than I expected.…
Week In, Week Out Movies of the Week #3 (2021) 22 Jan 202129 Jan 2021 See You Yesterday (2019): We're back in the Bronx, this time with a time-travel story that proves considerably more impactful than last week's vampire saga. In a way it's funny,…
Week In, Week Out Movies of the Week #2 (2021) 15 Jan 2021 Minari (2020): We're getting close to awards season, Minari being one of this year's contenders - and definitely a movie I relished. Looking at familiar tales of family and patriarchal…
Week In, Week Out Movies of the Week #1 (2021) 10 Jan 202112 Jan 2021 Requiem for a Dream (2000): So why not start the year with something shocking and daunting? Twenty years ago, Aronofsky rocked our puny world with his ramped up, drug infused…
Week In, Week Out Movies of the Week #51 #52 (2020) 27 Dec 202010 Jan 2021 The End of the Tour (2015): This movie set me on a four-year adventure of reading Infinite Jest, which I finally finished last week. So, naturally, I immediately re-watched James…
Week In, Week Out Movies of the Week #48-50 (2020) 19 Dec 2020 Heroes (2020): Coming from Manish Pandey, writer and executive producer on Senna (2010), this latest documentary on the lives, careers and intertwined fates of five memorable racing drivers of the…
Week In, Week Out Movies of the Week #46 #47 (2020) 29 Nov 2020 All the Real Girls (2003): You know those movies all sweet and dripping with melancholy like your highschool crush as she pushes herself up against the edge of the swimming…
Week In, Week Out Movies of the Week #45 (2020) 13 Nov 202013 Nov 2020 During the last few days, I eked beyond the mark of 3,500 movies watched. That's over 6,000 hours, but still some way to go until I round out a full…
