Week In, Week Out Movies of the Week #22 (2021) 4 Jun 202111 Jun 2021 Automated podcast here. The Duke of Burgundy (2014): Peter Strickland wowed me with his 2018 feature In Fabric, but his best received movie was this surreal relationship drama starring Sidse…
Week In, Week Out Movies of the Week #21 (2021) 28 May 202128 May 2021 Automated podcast here. My Octopus Teacher (2020): This year's best documentary Oscar winner tells a touching story about the connectedness of nature and our ability to draw from that. Pippa…
Week In, Week Out Movies of the Week #20 (2021) 21 May 2021 Tropic Thunder (2008): To be fair, I didn't really rewatch the movie - I rewatched the director's commentary, which is definitely a first for me. Tropic Thunder itself is a…
Week In, Week Out Movies of the Week #14-19 (2021) 14 May 202114 Jun 2021 Another Round (2020): I shied away from watching Thomas Vinterberg's Academy Award nominated movie because of it's predictably...sobering subject matter - "Four friends, all high school teachers, test a theory…
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.…
