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Monthly Archives: November 2026

WICKER  (in theatres)

A prickly, positively delightful mature fairy tale starring Olivia Coleman as an engaging “Fisherwoman” and Alexander Skarsgard as “Wicker Husband”; writers/directors Alex Huston Fischer, Eleanor Wilson and Ursula Wills designed a period piece “tailored” to proselytize a man’s superiority in domination of, a lifetime of skullduggery, a woman’s destiny. Fisherwoman gives short shrift to these niggardly precepts and hires “Basket …

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THE ONLY LIVING PICKPOCKET IN NEW YORK & WILD HORSE NINE  (in theatres)

Seeing these two films one after another I was struck by the masterful performances of seasoned actors whose age exponentially, awesomely pulverized viewers; John Turturro, approaching seventy, maneuvers dexterously as well as an athletic quinquagenarian; he stunned in 1991 as “Barton Fink”, winning at Cannes Film Festival Best Actor, in 1992 in Cannes, as director of “Mac”; awards have tracked …

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LA BOLA NEGRA (THE BLACK BALL)   Spanish  (English subtitles)  in theatres

A miraculous, multi-generational film that wildly weaves three interconnected lives of gay men through eras of 1932, 1937, 2017 in Spain. Directed by Javier Calvo and Javiar Ambrossi it is catastrophically choreographed, poignantly profound, revelatory in its sadness, heartbreaking in the hubris of men not given a choice in their proclivities. Commencing with “Carlos” (Milo Quifes) a man with an …

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YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING (in theatres)

Visiting this film, realizing my hubris with the debasing of the word “like” was a lost campaign; intelligent people (director Nathan Fielder, Elizabeth Holmes, Billy Evans) soar in the debasement; the documentary/movie would have been 30 minutes shorter if half of the “likes” had been eliminated. Fielder’s creative approach centers on riveting conversations with Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes just 34 days …

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