Please don’t get on a plane for Thanksgiving. Avoid Covid by eating your turkey dinner before your computer screen, and watching — all free! — these handpicked classic movie entertainments.
Film Review: “I Am Greta” — A Superb Love Song to a Teenager Fighting to Save the Planet
As Greta Thunberg travels the world, invited to speak to government bodies everywhere, she doesn’t every mince her words or try to build bridges. “You have messed up the environment!” is her shrill, righteous message.
Film Review: More Movies to Watch While Sheltering in Place? You Demanded Them — Stir-Crazy 11
Covid-19 goes on and on. Hang tight at home, where you can relax and watch old movies. Here’s an 11th list of disparate favorites that can easily be viewed on your computer.
Film Review: “Martin Eden” — Portrait of an Artist as a Young Egotist
In his mostly successful filmic adaptation of Martin Eden, Italian director Pietro Marcello transposes with ease London’s Oakland novel to the seaport of Naples.
Film Review: More Movies to Watch While Sheltering in Place? Yep, It’s Stir-Crazy 10
Covid-19 goes on, and, in public, our masked lives. At home, we can relax watching old movies. Here’s a 10th list of disparate favorites you can view on your computer.
Film Review: “Save Yourselves!” — A Very Likable Sci-Fi Screwball Comedy
I am a champion of “C” movie effects, the cheaper and clunkier the better. So huzzahs for Save Yourselves! and its tacky monsters from another planet.
Film Review: Yet More Movies to Watch While Sheltering in Place — It’s Stir-Crazy 9
Five more feature films of great interest and their links, lovingly chosen to get you through the continuing travails of the coronavirus.
Film Feature: Walking through Director John Ford’s Childhood Home — in Portland, ME
“Did you know that film director John Ford lived in your apartment when a boy?”
Film Remembrance: Death of a Bible “Salesman”
The cinema verite masterpiece is among the first non-fiction theatrical features to chronicle “regular” people going about their everyday lives.
Film Review: “An Easy Girl” — Finally, a Worthwhile Movie on Netflix
So what’s up with the 16 year old Naima, who has been mostly watching and listening? Is it time for her to become an “adult”?