‘Movie Corner’ Archives
Out of Darkness
from the series Movie Corner 4 out of 5 Stars Bleecker Street 2024Thriller/Horror/ Mystery By HOWARD MCQUITTER II Howard McQuitter II Scottish director Andrew Cumming has crafted a most unusual film. His first full feature film Out Of Darkness occurs in prehistoric times - 45,000 years ago - where survival is of the utmost importance. Yet Cumming’s clever work does not rely on survival alone but crosses the genres of horror, thriller, and mystery. The people at that time are hunter gatherers, finding land that is not barren and has enough food and water for subsistence. When the area is barren, Adem (Chuku Modu), the group’s leader, along with Heron (Luna Mwezi), his younger brother Geirr (Kit Young), and their elderly aide Odal (Arno Luning) leave for more fertile land only to find out it is just as barren as the land they left. The group is joined by a straggler, Beyah (Safia Oakley Green) and travels to another unforgiving landscape. Beyah is worried that she [...]
Howard’s Ten Best of 2023
from the series Movie Corner By HOWARD MCQUITTER II Howard McQuitter II The Zone of Interest Director: Jonathan Glazer. Cast: Sandra Hüller | Christian Friedel | Freya Kreutzkam | Ralph Herforth. Drama | History | War. German in English subtitles. Running time: 105 minutes. PG- 13 The Boy and the Heron Director: Hayao Miyazaki. Cast: Soma Santoki | Masaki Suda | Ko Shibasaki. Animation | Adventure | Drama. Japanese in English subtitles. Running time: 124 minutes. PG-13 Killers of a Flower Moon Director: Martin Scorsese. Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio | Robert De Niro | Lily Gladstone | Jesse Plemons. Crime | Drama | History. Running time: 206 minutes. R Oppenheimer Director: Christopher Nolan. Cast: Cillian Murphy | Emily Blunt | Matt Damon | Robert Downey Jr. | Kenneth Branagh | Florence Pugh. History | Drama | Biography. Running time: 183 Minutes. R Origin Director: Ava Du Vernay. Cast: Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor | Jon Bernthal | Niecy Nash | Emily Yancy | Finn Wittrock. [...]
Movie Corner: Rustin
4.5 Stars Higher Ground Productions 2023Drama/Biography/History By HOWARD MCQUITTER II Howard McQuitter II Bayard Rustin (Colman Domingo) is a name relatively unknown in the fabric of American history, especially in regard to the Black history. Far too long, great contributions to American society – and to the world – by people of color, women and gay people have been put on (or beyond) the margins. I remember the name Bayard Rustin as an adolescent African American boy growing up in the times of the civil rights movement, Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, the Vietnam War, Gilligan’s Island, great R&B artists, and eight- track tapes. There is so much to be said for the man, Rustin, a true hero, warrior and orator. And Mr. Colman Domingo plays the role of Rustin beautifully, not to mention his likeness to the man appears on screen as if he’s still alive. Back in 1940, Rustin tried to organize a March on Washington, collaborating with A. Philip Randolph, labor and [...]
