I’m Still Here: Walter Salles’ Fact-Based Tale of Survival, Starring Fernanda Torres

I’m Still Here tells the true story of the Paiva family, whose lives were torn apart by the Brazilian military dictatorship in the 1970s, but it somehow managed to rebuild through resilience.

Sweet November (1968): Romantic Comedy, Starring Oscar Winner Sandy Dennis and Anthony Newley

It is poorly directed by Robert Ellis Miller–very much like a static play–who in the same year also made The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, arguably his best feature in a long and undistinguished career

My Dinner with Andre: Louis Malle’s Dramedy Conversation with André Gregory and Wallace Shawn (Playing Themselves?)

Devoid of cliches, the film’s dialogue covers the nature of theater and of life, and contrasts Andre’s spirituality with Wally’s humanism.

Salome (1953): Dieterle’s Kitschy Biblical Spectacle, Starring Rita Hayworth and Stewart Granger

The film stars Rita Hayworth as Salome, as well as Stewart Granger, Charles Laughton and Judith Anderson, with Cedric Hardwicke, Alan Badel and Basil Sydney.

Red One: Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans’ Christmas Film–Negative Reviews, Middling Box-Office

Red One is the first proper Christmas movie to play in theaters since before the pandemic, when The Grinch opened in 2018.