Criterion Challenge 2022
28/52
30. Watch a film from the "America Lost and Found: The BBS Story" collection.
Bob Rafelson directed The King of Marvin Gardens, a tale of two brothers who try to make it big in Atlantic City during a time when it is in decay. Jack Nicholson plays David, a melancholic radio talk show host who lives in Philadelphia with his grandfather. His brother, Jason, played by Bruce Dern, is a con man in Atlantic City who…
Peter Bogdanovich directed this coming-of-age classic which pays homage to Hollywood classics as it chronicles the stories of a group of High school seniors who live in a fictional rural town called Anarene, Texas. The year is 1951, and the movie focuses on two football players named Sonny (Timothy Bottoms) and Duane (Jeff Bridges) as the navigate school, sports, and their love lives. They mainly hang out at the Royal Movie Theater and the pool hall, owned by Sam the…
Another great entry into the Quentin Tarantino canon, "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" yet again presents clever storytelling and visually stunning camerawork which Tarantino's fans have come to expect from his movies. Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt, veteran Tarantino actors well versed in his style, are great playing a dynamic duo, one a fading Hollywood actor and the other his stunt double. They have to navigate through the ever changing world of Hollywood. The movie contains Tarantino's signature violence,…
Letterboxd Season Challenge 2018-2019
Week 22: February 17th-23rd
Oscars Week
Alfonso Cuarón has made the film of his career with his latest masterpiece, Roma. This movie focuses on Cleo, played brilliantly by newcomer Yalitza Aparicio, a young woman of Mixteco descent who works as a nanny for a large, affluent family in the Roma neighborhood of Mexico City in the early 1970s. The movie takes place during a time of personal and political unrest. The trials and tribulations of the…
