At the movies: C'Mon C'Mon.

 

Here's the truth about C'Mon C'Mon. It's a lovely film, subtle and sweet. It's such a relief to have Joaquin Phoenix back from Jokerville, and this is a good mesh of many feelings.

The 2021 New York Film Festival

 This year's NYFF was a whole new bundle of experiences for me. After last year's fully virtual fest, this year went back to in person (my first time not attending at Lincoln Center since 2002). I did my best with what all links I could get from helpful publicists, but it's a much more focused gathering of film herein. (No thanks whatsoever to Neon and A24, who completely ignored my eMails and whose films I was able to see through dumb luck thanks to other festivals. They don't read these, though if they did I'd like to think it might cause them a bit of shame and/or regret.)