Flick Filosopher weekly digest Oct 12–18
Links to everything I posted at Flick Filosopher between Monday, October 12th, and Sunday, October 18th, in the plague year 2020.
I didn’t write much this week...
...but I did watch more films than I have in a while, during the mostly virtual London Film Festival. (There were some public screenings in cinemas. I did not go to any of them. It still feels like a bad idea to sit for several hours in a poorly ventilated inside space, even wearing a mask.) Actually, lots of movies filled the past two weeks for me. Not as many as in a normal year, when LFF means a solid month of screenings for press — I’ve done as many as five in a single day — plus lots of socializing with other critics, comparing notes on what we’ve seen, what’s worth skipping, and what not to miss. It’s a crazy time that’s fueled by caffeine, adrenaline, friendship and professional camaraderie, and sheer love of film.
Of course it was wonderful to see so many great new films, which I’ll be reviewing — promise! — asap. But it wasn’t the same. I’m so ready for the world to get back to normal...
—MaryAnn
new at flick filosopher, Oct 12–18
new and ongoing dvd/blu/vod releases, US/Can, Oct 13–16
get the full rundown...
new and ongoing dvd/blu/vod releases, UK/Ire, Oct 12–16
get the full rundown...
Totally Under Control documentary review: detailing Trump’s coronavirus catastrophe [pictured]
If you’ve been paying attention, not much is surprising in muckraker Alex Gibney’s timeline-driven rundown of Trump’s COVID crimes. But there is immense value in seeing it all laid out so clearly.
read the review...
Crying helps me slow down and obsess over the weight of life’s problems.
—Inside Out
coming up this week...
reviews coming this week maybe:
postapocalyptic dramedy Love and Monsters
historical drama Radium Girls
documentary Naughty Books
Netflix’s Enola Holmes
the Charlie Kaufman mindbender I’m Thinking of Ending Things
writer-director Jon Stewart’s political dramedy Irresistible
some London Film Festival flicks