Josh Reviews The Cotton Club: Encore
After watching The Outsiders and Rumble Fish, two 1980’s films directed by Francis Ford Coppola that I’d never before seen, I decided to move on to The Cotton Club, Mr. Coppola’s 1984 film set in and around the real-life Harlem nightclub, where African-Americans per
Josh Reviews Francis Ford Coppola’s Rumble Fish
Immediately after completing work on The Outsiders, his 1983 adaptation of the novel by S.E. Hinton, Francis Ford Coppola began making an adaptation of another of S.E. Hinton’s novels, Rumble Fish, starring several members of The Outsiders cast. Both The Outsiders and Rumble F
Josh Reviews Francis Ford Coppola’s The Outsiders: The Complete Novel
I’m an enormous fan of Francis Ford Coppola. His films of the seventies, including The Godfather Part I and Part II, The Conversation, and Apocalypse Now, are among my favorite films of all time. And yet, weirdly, despite my being a huge fan, I’d never seen a number of
Josh Reviews Together Together
Together Together was written and directed by Nikole Beckwith. The film tells the story of the unlikely bond that develops between two people, Matt (Ed Helms) and Anna (Patti Harrison). Matt is a lonely forty-something app developer who has decided he wants to have a child, even t
Josh Reviews Joy Ride
Joy Ride is a documentary/performance film directed by Bobcat Goldthwait. A perilous car accident doesn’t stop Mr. Goldthwait and his friend, comedian Dana Gould, from continuing their stand-up tour! The film alternates between clips of the two men killing it on-stage during th
Josh Reviews Finch
The film Finch is set some time in the future. A massive solar flare combined with other environmental catastrophes has mostly wiped out mankind. Tom Hanks plays Finch, an engineer who has survived underground with his dog Goodyear by living mostly in the sheltered lab of the comp
Josh Reviews The Super Bob Einstein Movie
The Super Bob Einstein Movie, directed by Danny Gold, is a joyous documentary saluting the great Bob Einstein, who passed away in 2019. Bob Einstein was a tremendously talented comedic performer with such a distinct voice and physicality, and this loving look back at his life and
Josh Reviews Peter Jackson’s Magnificent Get Back!
Peter Jackson’s epic-in-length Beatles mini-series, Get Back, is a miracle, and a source of pure joy for a hard-core Beatles fan like myself. I listed it as my favorite TV series of 2021, and that was an easy choice! The film presents a fly-on-the wall look at the 21 days in J