film recommendation Archives - Karen Keltz

Velvet

keltzster — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 20:12:20 +0000

This week, post surgery, I’ve been relegated to mostly sitting or lying about which usually drives me batty. I’m not a sitter by nature, but pain meds and healing have necessitated repose. I have enjoyed my sedentary self, however, thanks to streaming from PBS. I have especially enjoyed one series in particular, which I recommend… Read More »Velvet

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diversity cinema

keltzster — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 23:28:27 +0000

In my quest to watch as many awards-nominated films as I could before The Oscars, I recently watched Queer. Daniel Craig did a sterling job of acting. I felt the heat with him and could feel the sweat trickling down his back. I felt his sadness at being not needed and his propensity for being clingy.… Read More »diversity cinema

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a complete unknown

keltzster — Sat, 25 Jan 2025 18:53:14 +0000

If you were a young person during the 60’s, then you are going to appreciate watching Timothée Chalamet portray Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown. He has captured Dylan perfectly, both in voice and in body—his gestures and facial expressions spot on. As an actor, Chalamet is a wonder. The film took me back immediately… Read More »a complete unknown

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Passing

keltzster — Sun, 28 Nov 2021 15:55:00 +0000

I watched the film “Passing” on Netflix several days ago. It is not the typical, formulaic American movie. From the beginning, the way it was shot felt familiar, and then I realized why. Director Rebecca Hall had chosen to film Passing in the same way as Jean Cocteau had his film “Orphée” in 1950, the… Read More »Passing

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This is what happens when I watch a film

keltzster — Sat, 23 Oct 2021 20:22:06 +0000

I have just finished watching a wonderful Britbox series, called “Time.” Not only is it well-acted, but the story line reveals much of the problems with the effects of trauma in our society today; how prisons and jails have to deal with the mentally ill because there are too few mental health facilities and the… Read More »This is what happens when I watch a film

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