the funk is its own reward
Awards screeners are starting to come in hard & fast now, so here’s a hectic (and almost certainly incomplete) roundup of movies I’ve watched these last few weeks. In order of preference!
My Mother, My Bride, and I/Die Zweite Frau
Another cross-cultural love story from Europe, this time bridging Bavaria and Romania. Erwin Kobarek (Matthias Brandt) picks [...]
Old-fashioned in its morals but offering up-to-date commentary on contemporary celebrity culture, Max Ophüls’ last film tells the tragic story of femme fatale Lola Montès (Martine Carol), lover to famous artists, aristocrats, and kings the world over. When we meet her at the end of her career, she has taken the humiliating role of reenacting [...]
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