Plus, James Caan's best performances to stream.
I was saddened to learn yesterday of the death of James Caan. A few months back, the film desk took a close look at "The Godfather" on its 50th anniversary, and though he wasn't the star, as others have noted it's impossible to imagine that classic without him. Here's a great list of his best performances available on streaming. |
Elsewhere in the film world, the summer moviegoing season is in full swing. The big release this weekend is "Thor: Love and Thunder." The director Taika Waititi was credited with reviving that franchise with the previous sequel. His new entry is getting close scrutiny, and our critic Manohla Dargis's verdict is mixed: "Waititi's playfulness buoys 'Love and Thunder,' but the insistence on Thor's likability, his decency and dude-ness, has become a creative dead end," she wrote. |
Also new in theaters this week is "Fire of Love," a documentary about the married volcanologists Maurice and Katia Krafft, who constantly filmed volcanoes despite the clearly dangerous conditions. They produced so much eye-opening footage that they could almost be considered co-directors, wrote our critic A.O. Scott, though their real passion was the killers they studied: "They risked their lives to do this, and the movie argues that their sacrifice wasn't in vain." |
Whatever you decide to watch this weekend, enjoy the movies! |
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