Adam Bowen's Talkie Talk #59 - New movies including the Spanish FF hit THE REALM and PETERLOO + classics THE MALTESE FALCON and HIS GIRL FRIDAY

NEW IN CINEMAS THIS WEEK

Me and My Left Brain– New Aussie comedy. To be avoided by people who want to Vote Tony Out.

The Realm/El Reino( 2018) – Thriller. A dodgy Spanish politician faces exposure in the media. Already reviewed favourably on the blog by Barrie Pattison. For the review Click Here 

Peterloo (2018) – in 1819 British soldiers massacre peaceful protesters. Directed by Mike Leigh.

Watch the trailer here

Warren Miller’s Face of Winter (2018) Heli-skiing doco.

Loud Krazy Love (2018) – doco about Brian Head Welch, lead singer of hard rock band KoRn.

Little Woods (2018) – Contemporary Western about two outlaw sisters (Tessa Thompson & Lily James)

Watch the trailer here

The Ideal Palace/L’Incroyable Histoire du Facteur Cheval (2018) – a late19^thcentury postman builds a palace for his daughter.

De De Pyaar De – Romantic comedy about a May-December love affair. 

John Wick Chapter 3: Parabellum – Keanu Reeves returns as everyone’s favourite super-assassin.

The Spanish Film Festival is still screening until May 26th! www.spanishfilmfestival.com

ON THE TELLY

Monday 8.30pm & Tuesday Noon Fox Classics: The French Connection (1971)– Gene Hackman plays an unpleasant undercover policeman in this gripping, gritty thriller about the busting of a narcotics ring run by Fernando Rey (excellent). Justifiably famous for its chase sequence below and on the elevated NYC subway.

Watch the 1971 trailer here

Thursday 8.30pm & Friday Noon Fox Classics: The Maltese Falcon (1941) – excellent noir, directed by John Huston. Detective Humphrey Bogart tussles with a fascinating collection of villains (Mary Astor, Sidney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre), who are backstabbing each other over a priceless sculpture. Wordy, but rich in sub-text and character complexity.

Saturday 3pm 9Gem: Ski Party (1965) –Frankie Avalon leaves the beach for the ski slopes (but with Deborah Walley instead of Anette Funicello). The only reason to record this dated collegiate farce is to see James Brown (and His Famous Flames) cavorting in lurid Fairisle knitwear. Get on up!

Maybe the trailer is enough

Saturday 10.30pm & Sunday Noon Fox Classics:  His Girl Friday (1940) - rapid-fire, black farce. Newspaper editor, Cary Grant, tries to woo back ace reporter, Rosalind Russell, to cover a murder case. All concerned at the top of their form. 

Here is a clip of the Better Offer scene

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