‘Movie Corner’ Archives
Movie Corner: Search Outside the Box Office
RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. Société Générale des Films By HOWARD MCQUITTER II The best films are not necessarily current box office hits. Just the other day, TCM (Turner Classic Movies) featured one of the best films in film history which is The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928). Directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer (Master of the House, 1925), the film showcases one of the most remarkable single performances by an actor in film history - Renée Jeanne Falconetti as Joan of Arc. She was known at the time for comedy routines in theater and cinema. What silent film thespians learn to master is visual expressions and body movements. In numerous closeups Falconetti does an amazing performance as the tortured Joan of Arc who is being accused of heresy by powerful ecclesiastical men. She does this for 110 minutes. It’s nothing less than extraordinary. I saw The Passion of Joan of Arc many years ago, but after seeing it again recently I realized even more than before how great her [...]
Movie Corner’s Top Ten of 2022 (And More)
Howard McQuitter II By HOWARD MCQUITTER II #1 Everything Everywhere All at Once. Fantasy/Comedy/Action/Science Fiction/Thriller. Directors: Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert. #2 Till. African American/Biographical/Drama/History/Civil Rights. Director: Chinonye Chukwu. #3 The Banshees of Inisherin. Drama/Period Piece. Director: Martin McDonagh. #4 The Whale. Drama. Director: Darren Aronofsky. #5 Elvis. Biography/Music/Drama. Director: Baz Luhrmann. #6 Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio. Animation/Claymation/Drama/Family/Thriller. Director: Guillermo Del Toro. #7 The Fabelmans. Semibiographical/Family/Drama/Period Piece. Director: Steven Spielberg. #8 Nope. Science Fiction/Science Fantasy/Thriller/Drama. Director: Jordan Peele. #9 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Science Fantasy/Action/African American. Director: Ryan Coogler. #10 The Gravedigger's Wife. Drama/Romance/Road. Director: Khadar Ayderus [...]
MOVIE CORNER: Bones and All
★★✩✩✩ Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures 2022 Horror/Romance/Drama By HOWARD MCQUITTER II Howard McQuitter How do I describe Director Luca Guadagnino's film Bones and All? Icky. Unique but macabre. Achingly prosaic. Presents an anemic romance that seems to be not natural. The chemistry between the two lovers is mostly tepid. And cannibalism is the theme where the main characters deliberately prey on other humans for food. Yes, this horror-romance-drama will not be pleasing to your palate. A young woman, Maren (Taylor Russell), realizes she has a need for human flesh (not just blood like vampires). Her propensity for snacking on human flesh gets her in serious trouble at a slumber party when she bites off a girl's finger. Her father (Andre Holland, Moonlight , Passing ) is aware of her affliction and immediately leaves with her to an undisclosed place. Soon he abandons her. Maren is 18 years old and has to fend for herself. She wanders [...]
