Sweet Charity is a crossover between classic and contemporary musicals. After a bit of a wait for a region B blu-ray release, and then a bit of a wait while UK company Indicator sorted through some rights issues, my copy arrived today. While the advertising posits it as ‘The Musical Excitement Of The Seventies’ it …
The movie Rams seems almost self-consciously current, while dealing with some very timeless themes. A remake of an Icelandic film of the same name, it deals with bush-fires and infectious disease control. How 2020 is that? It also deals with themes that resonate in rural Australia. A decades long rift between two brothers hangs as …
The Barefoot Contessa begins and ends at a cemetery. That should be a hint. Characters that evoke pity rather than sympathy. A most unromantic view of the lifestyles of the beautiful, the famous, the rich, and the privileged. Part of my Humphrey Bogart collection.
With Stockholm Syndrome being in the news during these days where people seem to be developing affection for the authority figures holding them hostage it seems as good a time as any to watch Seven Brides For Seven Brothers again. No one in this whole movie makes good decisions, by the way.
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