FlixChatter Review: BONJOUR TRISTESSE (2025) – this slow-burning drama is visually lush with an evocative summer vibe but lacks a satisfying ending

Bonjour Tristesse is the ultimate Summer movie as it’s set during a Summer holiday in the South of France, where 18-year-old Cécile (Lily McInerny) is spending time with her father Raymond (Claes Bang) and his latest girlfriend, stunning dancer Elsa (Nailia Harzoune). Cécile spends her days swimming and relaxing with her new French boyfriend Cyril …

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Trio Trailer Spotlight of female-directed + female-led movies: Materialists, Bonjour Tristesse, Ballerina – all released in June

We're just days away from June, so the Summer Movie season is heating up! While temps have been trending lower than normal here in Minnesota (normal high is early 70s), it's going to be much warmer later this week. It might even hit 90 by June 1st! Well, I haven't done a trailer post in …

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Musings on AMERICAN PSYCHO (2000) – released 21 years ago today

Yesterday I stumbled upon the fact that American Psycho was released on April 14, 2000, which was 21 years ago today. I can't remember when I saw this movie exactly, but for sure it was before Christian Bale became the caped crusader. So before he became Batman, his big break was playing Patric Bateman. Written/directed …

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FlixChatter Review – Dead Don’t Die (2019)

Written & Directed by: Jim Jarmusch In The Dead Don't Die, the quiet small town of Centerville is thrown into chaos as the dead begin rising from their graves and feasting on the citizens' flesh. The few police in town (Bill Murray's Chief Cliff Robertson, Adam Driver's Officer Ronnie Peterson, and Chloe Sevigny's Officer Mindy …

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FlixChatter Review: Love & Friendship (2016)

You already know I LOVE period dramas and I adore Jane Austen. This was one of the Sundance films I couldn't wait to see and it absolutely didn't disappoint! Love & Friendship is an adaptation of Austen’s short epistolary novel Lady Susan that was published posthumously in 1871. Writer/director Whit Stillman changed its name but the focus is still on Lady Susan, played …

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Everybody’s Chattin + Trailer Spotlight: Love & Friendship w/ Kate Beckinsale + Chloë Sevigny

Happy Midweek everyone! Can you believe it, when we thought Spring is finally here, it's snowing outside! Not just snow flurries or just a coating, this is a pretty big one that it's like a Winter Wonderland all over again outside. I'm actually not feeling well today and I pulled a muscle on my left …

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