Start with “The Hunger,” an erotic tango that finds David Bowie, Catherine Deneuve and Susan Sarandon enacting a vampiric love triangle. Then cool off with “Let the Right One In,” a moody horror masterstroke centered on a bullied 12-year-old outcast who befriends a little vampire girl. They’re weird and atmospheric in very different ways, playing around with ideas about the appetite for human connection, which can manifest in the form of lustful cravings or unearthly companionship.
As they and the world around them move forward, the duos slowly break apart — but not without slipping in a few dance grooves along the way. These dramedies have a cynical core that nonetheless allows for plenty of heart, as well as career-best performances from all involved. “The Last Days of Disco” is available on iTunes, Amazon Prime Video, Google Play, YouTube and Vudu.
Robert Redford is one of America’s greatest matinee idols, a blue-eyed hero archetype who set the standard for a generation of leading men. In “All the President’s Men,” he’s a journalist taking down a criminalistic White House, there to save the day through diligence. And in “The Old Man & the Gun,” whichthe criminal, but with a twist: He’s a gentle charmer who robs banks for kicks.
“Josie and the Pussycats” nor “Richie Rich” is high art, but who cares when you’re having this much fun? “Josie,” which has inspired a deserved cult renaissance since its release, focuses on a girl group whose record label hides subliminal messages in their music, and the antics-filled “Richie” hails from the height of Macaulay Culkin’s stardom. Both began as illustrations, the former issued by Archie Comics in 1963 and the latter introduced by Harvey Comics in 1953.
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