Julie Keeps Quiet: Leonardo Van Dijl’s riveting psychological drama, Un Certain Regard (Cannes Film Fest 2024, Good Film)

Highlights of Critics Week, Cannes Film Fest 2024: “Julie Keeps Quiet” (Belgium)

Keep, The (1983): Michael Mann’s Sophomore Jinx (after Promising Debut “Thief”), Supernatural Horror

Michael Mann directed The Keep, a disappointing supernatural horror tale, starring Scott Glenn, Gabriel Byrne, Jürgen Prochnow, Alberta Watson, and Ian McKellen.

Pop Culture 2024: DeGeneres, Ellen–This is the End, “The Last Time You’re Going to See Me”

“This is the last time you’re going to see me. After my Netflix special, I’m done.”

Monster: Hirokazu (“Shoplifters”) Kore-eda’a Episodic Tale of Bullying (Cannes Film Fest 2023, Mediocre Films)

“Monster” certainly represents an improvement, if not a complete return to form., and improvement on the previous year “Broker.”

Lovin’ Molly (1974): Lumet’s Poor Version of McMurtry’s 1963 Novel, “Leaving Cheyenne,” Starring Blythe Danner Title Role, Anthony Perkins, Beau Bridges, Susan Sarandon

“I should have taken a year to prepare it, because I wasn’t at all familiar with life down South–Lumet