Great movie!
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Downeast. 2021 movie about “the seedy underbelly of Maine.”
Blow the Man Down - another great Maine-based movie.
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Watched it tonight, on your recommendation. Really good. Can’t believe we hadn’t seen it.
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We enjoyed After the Sunset, an old comedy with Woody Harrelson and Pierce Brosnan (Amazon Prime). It’s kind of silly but it made us laugh.
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We saw Napoleon yesterday at 11:30. Empty theater! (6 others). It was good. I liked it, but didn’t love it. It’s very long at 2:38. The first two hours I felt moved very quickly. Once they hit waterloo, it seemed to drag.
Napoleon was a very weird dude.
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While he was surely weird, the film is not historical so we have 5 or 6 key battles, his complicated love story with Josephine, and quite a bit of made-up stuff.
For instance, his family was old nobility and his father a respected lawyer with connections, so while not wealthy, the family was doing well for Corsica at the time… but it’d have ruined the tagline 
Or the cool quote about finding the crown in the dirt is actually from the British doctor who “guarded” him on the island of StHelen, who’d written it in his memoirs as sth Napoleon could have said. Fiction can take some license as long as it makes for a good film, eh 
In 1981 saw the old silent movie Napoleon (1927 Abel Gance director) on three screens with Carmine Coppolla’s conducting live the music he wrote for it. I’m not sure I can watch any other version of the story. I don’t think anything will ever equal that experience.
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Just saw “Saltburn”. Meh. Visually appealing but overwrought . Made me want to rewatch Talented Mr Ripley then Brideshead. Total of 7 previews. I’d check out “American Fiction”. Funny.
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Netflix - yogi Berra docu, “It ain’t over” fascinating, well made docu, even more compelling becuase I knew so little about Yogi —— highly recommend even if you aren’t a baseball fan.
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We watched Miracle again the other night. That just might be my favorite movie of all time. Every…single…time… I get so worked up and excited over who’s going to win. I KNOW who’s going to win and exactly how. But it gets me every…single…time…
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This month I saw Saltburn, Dream Scenario, The Holdovers, and Napoleon.
I agree with earlier post re Saltburn. There were some semi graphic gratuitous scenes that did not add anything to the story. The premise of class differences and longing has been done before and I too will choose to watch The Talented Mr. Ripley over this film.
Dream Scenario had an odd premise but was entertaining. There was a live Q&A with the Director after the screening that I enjoyed. He was down to earth.
The Holdovers is my top pick of the films I saw. Paul Giamati delivered a great performance, as per usual, and the other principal actors held their own. There were class differences in this film too but the focus was on what we have in common.
Saw Napoleon in IMAX in a very crowded theater. It was what one would expect—visually stunning and of course Joaquin was his usually sullen self.
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H and I saw The Holdovers yesterday. I thought it was great, H liked it. But it is sad.
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Looking forward to The boys in the boat and The boy and the heron!!
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I just can’t believe they won the gold medal that many times in a row!
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I watched “May December” on Netflix with Julianne Moore and Natalie Portman, two of my favorite actresses.
Ugh, I wasted two hours of my life on that thing, ha. Right off the bat, the heavy-handed music got tiring. “THIS IS A DRAMATIC SCENE!” “SOMETHING IS OFF HERE!” And on and on. I thought the main actor was leaden. And the ending? I did a doubletake when the credits started. Did I miss a scene? No, the movie just stopped.
Then I googled it. Ha, shows you what I know about movies. 92% positive from the reviewers on Rotten Tomatoes (although only 76% of the audience liked it). I guess the campiness was on purpose, juxtaposed with the serious subject.
I will be interested to see what others think. You can tell me where I’m wrong? 
MTA: I feel better after reading the audience reviews. A lot of people agree with me. I actually signed up for a Rotten Tomatoes account so I could write my own review!
I just saw American Symphony - a documentary about Jon Batiste creating the new American symphony that made its way to Carnegie Hall, all while traversing the ups and downs of his life and the recurring heath issues of his wife.
I loved every moment of this film. He is a beautiful soul.
I hope nothing but good things for him and Suleika.
It’s on Netflix.
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I recently read her memoir, “Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted.” Looking forward to the documentary!
DH and I watched Leave The World Behind on Netflix. While it isn’t something I would rewatch soon, we both found it thought-provoking. That said the topics it touches on are touchy and I can see how it can invoke strong reactions.
It’s dystopian fiction and watched it as such.
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We watched Midnight Run on Netflix (it’s going to be taken off at the end of the month). Actually really liked it and apparently we had never seen it from 1988.
There are so many things in society that have changed- smoking, phones, charts, etc. It was like walking down memory lane. Very entertaining movie.
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