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What I’m watching
Wherein our movie critic periodically shares what DVDs he’s been viewing in his spare time …
- “Underworld USA” (1961; Sam Fuller): A crackling revenge story told with pulpy brio by the uncompromising Sam Fuller. Violent, raw noir.
- “Moolaade” (2004; Ousmane Sembene): The women in a Senegalese village foment mutiny against the Muslim elders, decrying the barbarous tradition of female circumcision. Cathartic agitprop by late, great Senegalese auteur Sembene.
- “The Room” (2003; Tommy Wiseau): Some call this love-triangle melodrama the worst movie ever made. Me, too. Twelve thumbs up. (Read more.)
- “Julia” (2008; Erick Zonca): This totally implausible crime/road thriller, with a mesmerizing if overbaked performance by the awesome Tilda Swinton, still manages to fully entertain.
- “Three Monkeys” (2008; Nuri Bilge Ceylan): A driver willingly goes to prison for a crime his boss committed, unraveling his family and life. The sharp Turkish drama won Ceylan best director at Cannes. The Austin Film Society is screening the film Feb. 16 at the Alamo South. Details.
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