Re-POST: Saturday Was About Women / Sunday Morning Coming Down / Sunday TBAs

SATURDAY WAS ABOUT WOMEN

It was a rare occasion on Saturday as I actually followed the plan and saw the four films that I had planned.  And the women took center stage.

Roma...I'm afraid I will be the outlier here but for me Roma takes a little too long to get grounded.  The second half is outstanding.  Non-actor Yalitza Aparicio is ridiculously good.

Destroyer...Nicole Kidman kicks ass and takes names.  Gritty and stunning.  Well done.

Can You Ever Forgive Me? ...Delightful and solidly observed.  Melissa McCarthy and Richard E. Grant are marvelous.   I was a little surprised at how much I enjoyed this.

The Favourite...Great work from actresses Stone, Wiesz and Colman.  Story lags a bit and honestly, for a film about palace intrigue, I expected more intrigue.

Fox Searchlight Party included moments with Melissa McCarthy and Richard E. Grant who were both lovely:

We meet Melissa McCarthy who is quite fantastic in Can You Ever Forgive Me?

And I talk to Richard E. Grant who is also ridiculously good

That was Saturday.


SUNDAY MORNING COMING DOWN


Plan for tomorrow is limited to catching Jason Reitman's The Front Runner and Joel Edgerton's Boy Erased.  The rest of the day...who knows?



SUNDAY'S TBAs

Herzog

7:30pm: THE FRONT RUNNER, program number 21, Cinephile

SOH

10:30pm: GHOST FLEET, 29, Cinephile

Nugget

10:00pm: BIRDS OF PASSAGE, 34, Cinephile

Masons

9:00am: THEY’LL LOVE ME WHEN I’M DEAD, 12, Cinephile

3:45pm: THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WIND, 11, Cinephile (This is not a free show.)

10:00pm: STUDENT PRINTS, 44, Cinephile, (This is not a free show.)

Pierre

9:15am: THE WHITE CROW, 30, Cinephile, Q&A

There you are...