![]() There’s no topping the art-pop majesty of “Branded to Kill,” but the surreal and endlessly protean likes of “Zigeunerweisen” and “Yumeji” offer broader insight into one of the 20th century’s most irrepressible film artists.īridging the gap between Japan (along with the rest of Asia) and the Western world is curator Brian Wu’s absolutely unmissable series devoted to the Asian American films of the 1980s. ![]() “Youth of the Beast,” “Tokyo Drifter”) have been staples of the Criterion library since the company’s inception, but his even more unclassifiable late-career freak-outs have proven more elusive. The fun starts with a 14-film series devoted to the anarchic Japanese director Seijun Suzuki Suzuki’s deliriously cool Yakuza masterpieces (e.g. Seijun Suzuki, 1967)īased on quantity alone, Criterion Channel’s May slate might not seem as robust as their average monthly lineup, but a quick look under the surface reveals a rich and typically well-curated array of essential movies that should be able to keep anyone happy from now until June. It’s not without some of the conventional beats of a star-driven documentary, but it also refuses to turn maudlin when it so easily could.” As he grapples with his denial about the challenges his body faces he also dodges gunfire in ‘Mars Attacks!’ These images of Fox frequently running and doling out punchlines with his perfect timing stand in stark contrast to the footage of Fox in the present day where his mind seems to work faster than his ability to express himself and his legs consistently fail him. Scenes from ‘Family Ties’ and ‘Bright Lights, Big City’ show his courtship with Tracy Pollan. Keaton and Marty McFly act out Fox’s ascent to fame. The wise conceit Guggenheim (‘An Inconvenient Truth’) uses to tell Fox’s story involves recutting the actor’s movie and TV appearances to fit his narration about his real life. ![]() Fox’s body, the actor is nothing if not a likable figure, and he and Guggenheim have crafted a likable film about both his suffering and resilience without turning him into a martyr. “Upsetting as it is to confront the pain that Parkinson’s Disease has wrought upon Michael J. Here’s what Esther Zuckerman wrote about the film from its Sundance premiere in January: Fox Movie” may not have quite the same cachet as Martin Scorsese’s imminent “The Killers of the Flower Moon,” this sensitive and unflinching doc is very much worth a watch. This May might very well become the month that Apple TV+ starts turning into a must-subscribe for movie fans - not because of anything that’s premiering on the platform over the next few weeks, but rather because of what’s premiering in Cannes during the same time period as a preview of things to come.īut while Davis Guggenheim’s “Still: A Michael J.
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