Directed by Andy Muschietti It Chapter Two is a strange, long mess of a horror movie that is nevertheless at times effective and affecting. It tells the back end of the story begun in It (2017), with the Losers Club more than a little grown up. Where they were just children in the first film, with … Continue reading It Chapter Two (2019)
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Brewster McCloud (1970)
Directed by Robert Altman The dreamers don't win in Robert Altman's mind bending, logic-defying, establishment-challenging Brewster McCloud. The slapstick story, complete with gags straight out of Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner (similar to Peter Bogdanovich's What's Up Doc?) combines farce with pathos. It's the story of Brewster McCloud (Bud Cort), a lonely young man who doesn't … Continue reading Brewster McCloud (1970)
They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead (2018)
Directed by Morgan Neville Morgan Neville has had quite the year, and the subjects of his two 2018 documentaries, this and Won't You Be My Neighbor? couldn't be more different. One was Mr. Rogers, the man you wish was your grandpa, and the other is Orson Welles. This documentary chronicles the struggle for Welles to finish … Continue reading They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead (2018)
The Other Side of the Wind (2018)
Directed by Orson Welles So Orson Welles finally came around and made a Netflix movie. Okay that's the joke, I know it's already well-tread, but still, it's kind of crazy to see something like this, right? The Other Side of the Wind was shot on and off between 1970 and 1976, and a lot had … Continue reading The Other Side of the Wind (2018)
