Drive My Car moves into Chicago too....

Mark Kohut mark.kohut at gmail.com
Thu Dec 16 21:48:54 UTC 2021


The 'cutting' riposte to the Manchin charge is ....it's too late.

On Thu, Dec 16, 2021 at 3:28 PM Allan Balliett <allan.balliett at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Not news at all if I had read Mark's earlier post (and if I didn't screen
> for 'streaming' over 'showing) but I was excited to see that DRIVE MY CAR
> has at least 5 showings within 90 miles of  45% toothless West Virginia
> this weekend (in Baltimore and DC -environs)
>
> I'm going to hit the Baltimore Theater (The Charles) tomorrow because it's
> charming, technologically astute, and has plenty of nearly free parking
>  And,, beside, Baltimore has a much better Psychedelic Museum than DC does.
>
> -Allan in WV (Who saw the WV statistic in an anti President Manchin
> article this week asking "why won't he support adding dental care to
> Medicare?)
>
> On Fri, Dec 10, 2021 at 6:07 AM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> And many places elsewhere as well, I learn:
>>
>> https://drivemycar.film/screening-schedule
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 10, 2021 at 6:03 AM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > OPENERS
>> >
>> > “Drive My Car”
>> > <https://www.newcityfilm.com/?attachment_id=42732>
>> >
>> > A tender marvel, Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “Drive My Car,” a rich, poetic
>> > adaptation of a Haruki Murakami short story, weighs in at an effortless
>> > three hours, feeling as short as an unexpected, all-night conversation:
>> an
>> > elegant, elemental take on grief and transformation that deserves the
>> high
>> > praise it’s gotten and will continue to get. There are a few fine films
>> > I’ve seen this year that settle in and feel wholly naturalistic: not so
>> > much the subject matter or even the doings onscreen, but in its
>> existence,
>> > its form, its pace, its flow. Hey, this movie is how movies should be;
>> that
>> > sort of sensation. This story is fated, its form divine.
>> > <https://www.newcityfilm.com/?attachment_id=42732>
>> >
>> > “Drive My Car” is one of those films; plain on its face, quietly
>> confident
>> > in its construction, yet mysterious in its destination. Understated and
>> > gleaming, Hidetoshi Shinomiya’s cinematography is of a piece with the
>> story
>> > and performances. It’s the top of my list for best films released in
>> 2021.
>> > <https://www.newcityfilm.com/?attachment_id=42732>Opens Friday,
>> December
>> > 10 at the Siskel Film Center
>> > <https://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/drive-my-car>.
>> > <https://www.newcityfilm.com/?attachment_id=42729>
>> >
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