Week In, Week Out Movies of the Week #13 (2021) 3 Apr 20215 Apr 2021 This week's automated podcast is available on Anchor. The Father (2020): Dementia (particularly Alzheimer) has been a theme in many successful movies during the last decade or so, clearly a…
Week In, Week Out Movies of the Week #11-12 (2021) 26 Mar 202127 Mar 2021 Check out the automated podcast here. Aliens (1986): Although I've seen Aliens many, many times, this was the first time I watched the special edition, which is about fifteen minutes…
Week In, Week Out Movies of the Week #10 (2021) 13 Mar 202115 Mar 2021 Automated podcast here. Nomadland (2020): Chloe Zhao's The Rider was a revelation and I'm glad to write that Nomadland is an equally accomplished piece of filmmaking. Telling the story of…
Week In, Week Out Movies of the Week #9 (2021) 5 Mar 20216 Mar 2021 Listen to the (automated) podcast version of this week's review at Anchor. Fourteen (2019): This is a powerful, lesser known drama about two friends, Mara and Jo, one sober and…
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 202127 Mar 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…
