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Won’t You Be My Neighbor? — The Golden Rule

Written by diana on March 17, 2019. Posted in movie reviews, Unhealed Wound. No Comments on Won’t You Be My Neighbor? — The Golden Rule

There’s a lot to like about producer/director Morgan Neville’s moving, 2018 documentary Won’t You Be My Neighbor? Neville (who also created 20 Feet from Stardom – see my August 19, 2018 review) interviews just about everyone who knew Fred Rogers– his wife and two sons, his longtime cast and crew on the pioneering PBS series Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood (1968 to 2001). Some baby-boomers, their children and their grandchildren grew up on the soothing words of Mister Rogers: So, let’s make the most of this beautiful day/Since we’re together we might as well say/Would...

Bordertown, Season 2–Borderline Thriller

Written by diana on March 8, 2019. Posted in movie reviews. 7 Comments on Bordertown, Season 2–Borderline Thriller

This long-awaited Finnish noir thriller’s second season continues to feature the quirky and sullen detective Kari Sorjonen (Ville Virtanen) and his partner, Lena Jaakola (Anu Sinisalo), as they obsessively pursue a series of grizzly murders similar to the first season of 2016 (see my July 23, 2017 review of Season 1) . The format of Bordertown Season 2 is similar to the first season, namely five criminal cases, each two episodes in length. This dark and moody crime series swept Finland’s top TV awards in its first season, winning Best Drama, Best...

True Detective Season 3–Whodunit…or Not?

Written by diana on February 27, 2019. Posted in Unhealed Wound. 1 Comment on True Detective Season 3–Whodunit…or Not?

For armchair sleuths, the latest season of True Detective will probably not fit neatly into the category of cops-and-killers genre, buddy-cop, film noir, or police procedural. Surprisingly,True Detective’s latest season has elements of all four. True Detective Season 3 Set in the Ozarks in the ‘80s (with virulent Jim Crow traditions), the ‘90s, and the recent past (probably 2015 or 2016), True Detectives focuses on one haunted Vietnam War veteran, detective Wayne Hays (Mahershala Ali), as he investigates the disappearance of a little girl, and the death of her...

Narcos, Narcos Mexico and El Chapo–Cinema Verité

Written by diana on February 19, 2019. Posted in Unhealed Wound. No Comments on Narcos, Narcos Mexico and El Chapo–Cinema Verité

Three Netflix series -- Narcos, Narcos Mexico and El Chapo-- are gritty, raw, and bingeable. Each chronicles the most powerful drug lord and his cartel at the rise of cocaine and marijuana production in Colombia, Mexico, and other parts of the world.

Velvet Buzzsaw–Art Can Be Dangerous

Written by diana on February 12, 2019. Posted in Unhealed Wound. No Comments on Velvet Buzzsaw–Art Can Be Dangerous

In this grisly art-world satire, Velvet Buzzsaw opens with a renowned art critic, Morf Vandewalt (the sensational Jake Gyllenhaal), in his designer sunglasses, turning his pompous, gimlet eye on artwork at the highly hyped Art Basel Miami show. Pontificating about what he considers worthy or unworthy, Morf has the power to punish or reward. Everything starts conventionally with the cocktail circuit of groveling artists’ representatives, but soon it turns grisly. Velvet Buzzsaw relishes in satirizing the pompous art-world, blending horror inside an artist’s...

The Favourite–A Compelling Menage à Trois

Written by diana on February 4, 2019. Posted in movie reviews. 3 Comments on The Favourite–A Compelling Menage à Trois

Nominated for ten Academy Awards including best picture, The Favourite is perhaps one of the best revenge thrillers of 2018. Reminiscent of Downton Abbey with its opulent settings and costumes, The Favourite is also an historical drama. In the early 18th century court of Queen Anne, we see a mentally fragile and damaged queen (the sublime Olivia Colman), facing the usual suspects vying to seize the growing power of an emerging empire. The queen’s closest advisor and friend, Lady Sarah Marlborough (Rachel Weisz), governs the country behind the scenes through manipulating...