Little Richard Feels Pretty
I just heard Little Richard’s version of “I Feel Pretty” from “West Side Story,” and can’t get it out of my head. So, I have to share this wonderful oddity with you.
MYMNK: “Cinema Paradiso”
For some reason, I had never gotten around to seeing this 1988 classic, but I’m glad I watched it last night so I can add it to my Movies You Might Not Know list today. Here’s my review.
Seven Great Documentaries
Here are seven documentaries from this year I heartily recommend to you, with subjects including Bill Russell, Albert Brooks, Yogi Berra, and why we should look again at nuclear power.
Worst Movies Of 2023
It can be fun ripping really bad movies to shreds, but I hate that I wasted so much time watching these, the ten I most disliked in the last twelve months.
Best Movies Of 2023
Here’s my list of the ten movies that impressed me most in the last twelve months, regardless of platform. Most of them did not earn big numbers at the box office, but they all put a smile on my face.
“American Fiction”
Here’s my rave review of a clever, funny new movie about a frustrated Black author fed up with the way the publishing world treats people who look like him.
“Maestro”
Here’s my review of Bradley Cooper’s biopic of composer/conductor Leonard Bernstein and his longtime marriage to his wife, Felicia.
“Immediate Family”
If you bought rock albums during the singer-songwriter era of the 1970s, you often saw the names of four extraordinary musicians on the back covers. Here’s my review of a new documentary about them.