sadly a lot of the original movie palaces either faced the wrecking ball or became seedy third run cinemas (usually after being chopped up into multiplexes). it’s no small feat that Tarantino was able to resurrect the Vista and restore some of that single screen grandeur. i have no doubt that it’s not a commercially viable venture. but if one has the money, i could think of far worse things to do with it.
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Vista has been there a long time. My dad used to talk about foreign films he saw there in the 1940’s. My favorite movie theatre is The Arlington in Santa Barbara. When I was growing up used to see movies at the Alex in Glendale. Not sure if it’s still a theatre.
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Finished watching House of Guinness last night, unfortunately(for me) another disappointing show. The story, even though it’s fictional based on true stories, was interesting as I didn’t know much about the Guinness family, some of the music was good as was some of the acting but it just didn’t have that oomph that Peaky Blinders had. 5.5 pints of Guinness/10
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I never watched after the first episode. And I was so looking forward to it. Now I’m watching season 3 of Tulsa King.
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I thought it might get better, sadly it did not. 
Just finished The Secret She Keeps. Wow, so many twists and a great surprise ending.
Double feature @casa lingua last night to distract from toof pain. First up, The Penguin Lessons, a ‘comedy drama’ set in Argentina in1976. Steve Coogan, whom I love in almost anything (The Trip in particular) is a cynical English professor who takes a job at a college in Argentina, just as the military junta takes over. It’s a sweet movie & actually made me tear up a few times (but I’ve been weepy lately), yet terrifying at the same time — too many parallels to the present, i.e. people being dragged off the streets randomly and detained for ‘thinking’ or looking the wrong way. Definitely recommended.
The second feature was what we hoped to be a slasher movie:
It started off great, a Shudder production nostalgically set in the 80s with a few solid jump scares, but the final twist was so utterly unbelievable, illogical, and dumb it left us kinda angry 
Nothing two absolutely hilarious episodes of Beavis & Butthead’s new season couldn’t fix.
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Another vote for The Penguin Lessons.
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I forgot we also watched the fun Found Footage: The Making of the Patterson Project. I’d never heard of The Patterson Project before — German / non-believer that I am.
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Thumbs up for the Pee Wee Herman doc. Watched part one tonight.
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This. Was. In. Cre. Di. Ble.
And, as a former apartment dweller, highly relatable (to a point).
Where is it streaming?
Try this site:
It seems to be quite accurate. You can also adjust which country you’re in.
Here’s the page for Restless:
It’s available to rent or buy from appleTV+, Fandango, etc
It’s also free with ads on the Roku channel and Amazon Prime
It’s free, no ads, on kanopy, a service available through many public libraries.
I think we did Prime, where one can watch movies “without any interruptions… after these messages.”
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I tried watching “The Phoenician Scheme” last night, maybe it was too late in the evening or maybe I’m just too low brow for that kind of bizarre humor but I couldn’t get through the whole show. Maybe I’ll try watching it again earlier rather than later.
Nah. I think you either adore Wes Anderson or you hate him. I’m in the latter camp.
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Possibly.
I won’t repeat the rant I posted up in here a while ago. A few of his movies’ dialog/plot make it easier to suffer through the overly precious camera work — The Grand Budapest Hotel comes to mind… but I don’t think I’ve hated a recent-ish movie more than Asteroid City.
It’s all subjective, of course. Some of my best friends love him 
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Well, though I do mostly enjoy Wes Anderson films The Phoenician Scheme was not one of those. Not missing anything IMHO if you decide to let it go.
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