Year: 2020

Just Because Wednesday, Movies at Home: ’20th Century Women’

Jeff Mitchell

Every Wednesday, AHFW features one of our favorite movies, because….well, just because!  This week, we’re also picking director Mike Mills’ earthy, dreamy “20th Century Women” (2016), since Annette Bening – the film’s lead – turns 62 years young on Friday, May 29! Happy Early Birthday, Ms. Bening! “20 Century Women” is a film that you can catch in the 21st century, and hey, there’s no time like the present! ⭐⭐⭐1/2  out of  ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Here’s our review: In 2011, writer/director Mike Mills offered a heartfelt, personal tale about his relationship with…

Recognize Memorial Day and National Wine Day with these two classics

Jeff Mitchell

Monday, May 25 is not only Memorial Day, but it’s also National Wine Day.  Since we are a movie site, we think that you should recognize all notable days with a movie.  So, we recommend two.  See Best Picture Oscar winner “The Deer Hunter” (1978) today, give yourself time to recover, and catch Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar winner “Sideways” (2004) tomorrow. “The Deer Hunter” is truly filled with a who’s-who of movie stars as Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, John Cazale, John Savage, and Meryl Streep descend on rural Pennsylvania…

Just Because Wednesday, Movies at Home: ‘Les Diaboliques’

Jeff Mitchell

The cover-up is worse than the crime. Isn’t that what public relations specialists always say? Well, it applies when a politician commits adultery, but what if John or Jane Q. Citizen murders someone?  The crime is bad enough on its own, but in “Les Diaboliques” (1955), the immediate cover-up morphs into something else: unbearable paranoia and a deep mystery. Well, it’s no mystery that AHFW features one of our favorite movies every Wednesday…just because!  This week, we’re going back in time 65 years and jumping across the pond to France…