Can't remember if I mentioned it on here or not (October was a fucking whirlwind) but I got to breathe the same air as Mike Leigh at the New York Film Festival's Opening Night party and it's shit like that that keeps me going -- similarly Mike Leigh's movies are the sort of shit that keeps me going, and it's kinda excrutiating knowing that we might have seen his very last movie now! Well me, that is -- probably not "we" because I saw Tender Loving Care at NYFF and unless you've also seen it at a film festival you'll have to wait until it hits theaters on December 11th. (And that's just 'select theaters" -- you know how it goes.) Anyway I happened to be standing in the hall as Leigh walked by towards the exit at the end of the night and I couldn't help myself, I just blurted out "Thank you!" at him -- thankfully I didn't scare him. He's old! Imagine... no I won't even make that joke. It's Mike Leigh we're talking about here. Anyway the trailer for TLC dropped today and y'all should clear your schedules to see this lovely, funny, artful and humane movie as soon as you can. It's a gorgeous note for Leigh to end his career on, if this is indeed the end.
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I am just in from a preview screening of „Wild Horse Nine“. While it’s not McDonagh’s best, it’s still one of the best films I’ve seen this shitty year. Come awards time, I think it will certainly get a lot of nods for Picture, Actor, Supporting Actor, Original Screenplay; maybe Director, maybe Cinematography. Malkovich gives probably the best performance of his career, and that is saying a lot. In fact, he may be the winner. For McDonagh fans, you can easily forgive the very few missteps because there is so much more good stuff. It is also his most politically-charged film to date, and that may put some people off (I don’t see hints of it in the trailers), but I definitely embrace its message. Aside from all that, it is howlingly funny.
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