In Case You Missed Them

by Adam Riske

Heat or The Town. The greatest pleasure of Widows is it’s populated by interesting actors giving terrific performances (especially Viola Davis, Elizabeth Debicki, Brian Tyree Henry, and Daniel Kaluuya) and has not just one but two equally fascinating stories being told on-screen (the crime A-story and the political B-story). The third act, in my humble opinion, doesn’t quite match the first two stronger ones, but it doesn’t matter much. Writer-Director Steve McQueen made a good Chicago movie and does one of my favorite things in the world which is give a genre movie enough heft and importance to make it a big saga. P.S. I love that Colin Farrell (an actor I think is great) decided to be the only person in the cast to do a Chicago accent. It’s so bad. I could listen to it all day. And there’s a Robert Duvall shouting scene that made me laugh because no one shouts more amusingly than Robert Duvall.

Rating: 3.5 out of 4 Riskes

the original Suspiria and the work-to-date of Luca Guadagnino, I was stunned how much I loved his remake of Suspiria. It shares plot elements with Dario Argento’s horror classic but goes its own way in style and especially mood, owing more to the slow-pace creepiness of The Shining. It’s a movie I loved getting lost in. The trio of performances by Tilda Swinton are ballsy and awesome, the makeup effects are great, the setting is unsettling, and the climax is so crazy that I sat in awe watching it. I also can’t say enough good things about the score and original songs by Thom Yorke which add a great deal to the sad, tired weariness of the movie. In a strange way I had a blast during Suspiria (2018) because it’s such exciting and personal filmmaking. I didn’t want it to end which is the greatest compliment I could give to a movie running 152 minutes.

Rating: 4 out of 4 Riskes

What did you think of these movies? Have you seen anything else lately that you recommend?