{"id":12779,"date":"2023-03-12T19:36:29","date_gmt":"2023-03-12T23:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=12779"},"modified":"2023-03-12T19:36:29","modified_gmt":"2023-03-12T23:36:29","slug":"weekly-movie-roundup-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=12779","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Movie Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"<table>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt13669038\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1-1-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"Women Talking\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1-1-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1-1-691x1024.jpg 691w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1-1-768x1138.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1-1-1037x1536.jpg 1037w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1-1-1383x2048.jpg 1383w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1-1-scaled.jpg 1728w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt19652910\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2-1-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"EO\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12781\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2-1-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2-1-693x1024.jpg 693w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2-1-768x1134.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2-1-1040x1536.jpg 1040w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2-1-1387x2048.jpg 1387w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2-1.jpg 1693w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0050306\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/3-1-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"Designing Woman\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12782\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/3-1-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/3-1-672x1024.jpg 672w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/3-1-768x1169.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/3-1-1009x1536.jpg 1009w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/3-1-1345x2048.jpg 1345w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/3-1-scaled.jpg 1681w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt13669038\/\">Women Talking<\/a> is a powerful and moving film, but also incredibly cinematic and joyous, given its dark and difficult subject matter.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt19652910\/\">EO<\/a> doesn&#8217;t fully anthropomorphize the donkey for which it&#8217;s named, but it does ask you to empathize with it&#8230;which isn&#8217;t exactly hard, given how brutal and cruel most of the human characters he encounters are to him. And yet there are also moments of strange beauty throughout.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0050306\/\">Designing Woman<\/a> is amiable enough, with some nice chemistry between its stars, but it&#8217;s also very dated and incredibly contrived.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt21307994\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/4-1-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"Skinamarink\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12783\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/4-1-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/4-1-692x1024.jpg 692w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/4-1-768x1136.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/4-1-1038x1536.jpg 1038w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/4-1-1384x2048.jpg 1384w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/4-1-scaled.jpg 1730w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0042276\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/5-1-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"Born Yesterday\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12784\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/5-1-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/5-1-663x1024.jpg 663w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/5-1-768x1187.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/5-1-994x1536.jpg 994w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/5-1.jpg 1286w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0080711\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/6-1-191x300.jpg\" alt=\"Fade to Black\" width=\"191\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12785\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/6-1-191x300.jpg 191w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/6-1-653x1024.jpg 653w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/6-1-768x1204.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/6-1-980x1536.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/6-1-1307x2048.jpg 1307w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/6-1-scaled.jpg 1633w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 191px) 100vw, 191px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt21307994\/\">Skinamarink<\/a> feels like being trapped in a nightmare. Not nightmar<i>ish<\/i> exactly\u2014although there are some (mostly implied) gruesome moments late in the film\u2014but the terror and dread that can come only from being trapped by dream logic. I don&#8217;t think the movie needs to be as long as it is, but there are rewards for your (much-needed) patience, and it&#8217;s a fascinating work of experimental horror.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li>Judy Holliday is just a delight, top to bottom, in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0042276\/\">Born Yesterday<\/a>.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0080711\/\">Fade to Black<\/a> is interesting but also very uneven, never really deciding what kind of movie it wants to be, or being any of its choices entirely convincingly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0059314\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/7-1-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"Inside Daisy Clover\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12786\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/7-1-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/7-1-691x1024.jpg 691w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/7-1-768x1139.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/7-1-1036x1536.jpg 1036w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/7-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/emptymovie-1-206x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/emptymovie-1-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/emptymovie-1-704x1024.jpg 704w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/emptymovie-1-768x1117.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/emptymovie-1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/emptymovie-1-206x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/emptymovie-1-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/emptymovie-1-704x1024.jpg 704w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/emptymovie-1-768x1117.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/emptymovie-1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<ul>\n<li>There are some striking images and good performances in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0059314\/\">Inside Daisy Clover<\/a>\u2014and maybe it felt more transgressive and shocking in 1965 to say that old Hollywood was a sham\u2014but it feels a little too obvious and trite at times.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I also re-watched Barry Levinson&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0083833\/\">Diner<\/a>, which I really enjoyed. (It was interesting seeing a young Mickey Rourke in <i>Fade to Black<\/i>, made just the year before.) The movie is certainly sentimental and nostalgic, but it also does a good job of frequently undercutting that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Women Talking is a powerful and moving film, but also incredibly cinematic and joyous, given its dark and difficult subject matter. EO doesn&#8217;t fully anthropomorphize the donkey for which it&#8217;s named, but it does ask you to empathize with it&#8230;which isn&#8217;t exactly hard, given how brutal and cruel most of the human characters he encounters &#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=12779\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12779"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12779"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12779\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12791,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12779\/revisions\/12791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}