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Last Tuesday was the perfect day to go to a late afternoon movie. Cold and rainy, we went to the closest theater, The Quad, to see Nuremberg. It’s about the 1946 Nazi trials, the first international tribunal ever, and stars Russell Crowe, Rami Malek, and Michael Shannon. Crowe’s performance as Hermann Göring, second in command in the Nazi party, captured and tried after WWII, is fabulous. Malek is a psychiatrist sent in to evaluate the dozen prisoners set for trial who befriends Göring. Shannon is the SCOTUS justice who tries the case.
Walking home that evening we couldn’t help but remark on the truly remarkable movies we’ve seen. When we saw Sinners, we thought, shoo-in for best picture. Then we saw One Battle After Another and thought, that can beat Sinners. And with Nuremburg, we thought, it’s going to be a helluva battle come Oscar night. Not to mention the most visually stunning movie of the year, Frankenstein, and so many others.
Nuremburg is getting mixed reviews from critics who, I can only think, are simply jaded, because it’s fabulous entertainment with exceptional performances (by Richard Grant, as well!).
We did a double header last Sunday seeing Jay Kelly, starring George Clooney as a famous actor, and Sentimental Value starring Stallan Skarsgård as a famous movie director. Notably, both films were about famous film fathers and an estranged daughter. Jay Kelly, directed by Noah Baumbach, is the better film—though both are outstanding—as we watch Clooney attempt to reconcile his life choices with the too-late understanding that he’s lost his daughter from neglect. The trailers makes it seem like a funny, feel-good movie, and though we laughed throughout, the story is actually terribly sad and poignant.
Nothing but gloom and doom and low box-office numbers is all the news, but from where we sit (at the Angelika, the Quad, IFC, Village East, so many theaters we can walk to—heavenly), it’s looking pretty damn good. And there are more movies we can’t wait to see (The Secret Agent, Marty Supreme, The New Yorker At 100, the latest Knives Out). Add to that the
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