Crossing Delancey (1988)

Released September 16th in the US.
Filmed in New York and New Jersey.
The story: Isabelle is a 30-something who lives a quiet life and works at a book store.
Her Bubbie would like to see her meet a nice man, be happy and get married, but Isabelle isn't interested.
Well, at least that's what she tells her Bubbie.
The next thing Isabelle knows Bubbie's friend, the local matchmaker has set up a meeting for Isabelle and a nice Jewish guy her age.
She isn't interested and is very rude to him but later he tries to woo her.
The more Isabelle tries to distance herself from liking the guy, the more she finds she actually does like him.
Stars Amy Irving , Reizi Bozyk , Sylvia Miles , Jeroen Krabbe , Peter Reigert , George Martin , John Bedford Lloyd , Claudia Silver , David Hyde Pierce , Rosemary Harris , Suzzy Roche , Amy Wright , Faye Grant , Deborah Offner , Kathleen Wilhoite
Directed by Joan Micklin Silver
Rated PG
DRAMA/COMEDY

 

Sweet November (1968)

Released February 8th in the US.

Filmed entirely in New York.

The story: Sara is a young woman who lives and works in Brooklyn Heights.

One day, while trying to cheat on a driver's test, Sara meets Charlie, a maker of boxes...

At first, Charlie doesn't really like Sara much but she makes sure to spend some time with him to get Charlie to warm up to her.

It works.

Sara convinces Charlie to stay with her for the month of November.

She claims to be someone who helps and studies the men that she asks to stay with her.

But when Charlie tells Sara he's in love with her she just avoids the situation.

This boggles Charlie's mind. 

While asking people that know her he begins to figure out what's really going on.

Stars Sandy Dennis, Anthony Newley, Sandy Baron, Theodore Bikel, Marj Dusay, Virginia Vincent, Burr DeBenning, King Moody, Martin West, Robert Gibbons, Robert Cleaves, Francis De Sales

Directed by Robert Ellis Miller

Not Rated

DRAMA/COMEDY

"All we are, are the people who remember us."

Notes for My Son AKA El Cuderno de Tomy (2020)

Made for Netflix, airing on instant streaming November 24th in the US.

Filming location(s) unknown.

Based on truths.

The story: After Maria has a hysterectomy due to having cancer she finds that her troubles are not over.

She now is diagnosed with having a very large tumor in her pancreas.

Her state is so bad there is no medical treatment to help.

Slowly, day by day, Maria is slipping away.

She begins keeping a journal of sorts for her very young son so he will know who she was.

Maria also starts tweeting about her journey on Twitter. 

The next thing she knows there is a newspaper article about her.

Then she is asked to do an interview, which she does over the phone and is broadcast live.

Everyone loves Maria but she is just trying to spend as much time with the ones she loves before she must go.

Stars Valeria Bertuccelli , Esteban Lamothe , Julian Soren , Mauricio Dayub , Malena Pichot , Monica Antonopulos , Fabian Arenillas , Paola Barrientos , Diego De Paula , Diego Gentile , Ana Katz

Directed by (& story written) Carlos Sorin

Spanish w/English subtitles

Rated TVMA

BIOGRAPHY/DRAMA

Blaze (2018)

Released August 17th in the US,

Filmed in Louisana and Mississippi.

Based on truths.

The story: Blaze is a guitarist and songwriter who lives in a treehouse in the woods.

Blaze loves his music but has no interest in being famous.

He meets and soon marries Sybill, who believes he should let other people hear his music, and gets Blaze to go on the road.

Because of Blaze's love for drink, he screws a lot of gigs up.

After losing his wife it looks like Blaze's career is going in the right direction when he gets signed.

But he quickly blows that gig and finds himself back where he always longed to be,  at home.

After a confrontation with a friend's addicted son, everything changes.

Stars Ben Dickey, Charlie Sexton, Josh Hamilton, Alia Shawkat, Kris Kristofferson, Gurf Morlix, Ethan Hawke, Alynda Segarra, Sybil Rosen, Jonathan Marc Sherman, Steve Zahn, Sam Rockwell

Directed by Ethan Hawke

Rated R
BIOGRAPHY/HISTORY/DRAMA

Spielberg (2017)

Made for HBO, airing October 7th in the US.

The story: As a child, Steven just wanted to fit in, but he never really did...

A lonely child, Steven was frightened by everything.

But there was one thing he loved and that was making movies.

Movies were his world.

He practiced by making films all the time and by the time he was 16, he found himself on the lot of Universal by his own doing.

Once he was there, he didn't leave.

Successful and talented. A brave risk-taker and intelligent storyteller, Steven directed some really big names while working with and encouraging many filmmaker friends.

With life experience and sentiment in his heart, Steven went on to make more adult, serious films, always doing everything with brilliant enthusiasm and fascinating magic.

Stars Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Richard Dreyfuss, Bill Butler, John Williams, Michael Phillips, Nancy Spielberg, Anne Spielberg, Sue Spielberg, Leah Adler, Arnold Spielberg, JJ Abrams, James Brolin, Sid Sheinberg, David Geffen, Roger Ernest, Steven Bochco, George Lucas, Francis Ford Coppola, Vilmos Zsigmond, Tony Kushner, Bob Balaban, Tom Hanks, Drew Barrymore, Peter Coyote, Melissa Mathison, Christian Bale, Leonardo DiCaprio, Holly Hunter, Kathleen Kennedy, Harrison Ford, Oprah Winfrey, Frank Marshall, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley, Janusz Kaminski, Laura Dern, David Koepp, Jeff Goldblum, Rick Carter, Robert Zemeckis, Ron Meyer, Laurie MacDonald, Cate Blanchett, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Dustin Hoffman, Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, Lawrence Kasdan, Tom Cruise, Adam Somner, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Eric Bana, Daniel Craig, Joanna Johnston, Normal Howell

Directed by Susan Lacy

Rated TVMA

BIOGRAPHY/DOCUMENTARY/HISTORY

"Movies are my therapy."

Black Christmas (2019)

Released December 13th in the US.

Filmed entirely in New Zealand.

The story: It is a day before Winter break and a lot is going on in the sorority house at Hawthorne College.

Some girls are going home for the holidays while others are staying on campus.

When one of the girls from the sorority begins getting strange DM's on her phone and then goes missing, no one really notices.

But soon others are experiencing the same thing and when one girls' mom calls looking for her, that's when sorority sister Riley believes something really strange is happening.

Stars Lucy Currey, Imogen Poots, Cary Elwes, Aleyse Shannon, Lily Donoghue, Brittany OGrady, Caleb Eberhardt, Simon Mead, Madeleine Adams, Ben Black, Zoe Robins, Brittany OGrady

Directed by Sophia Takal

Rated PG13

REMAKE/MYSTERY/THRILLER/HORROR/CHRISTMAS

Newhart : Don't Rain on My Parade (1983)

Made for CBS, airing November 21st in the US.

Season 2. Episode 6.

The story: Jim and Chester have come to ask Dick to be the director of their Thanksgiving parade.

When he declines because he is busy working, George gets to be the director instead.

On their way out the door, Jim and Chester mention that the parade is great but the part no one likes is anyone involved doesn't get a chance to have Thanksgiving dinner, because they are all so busy plus they have no place for all the people involved in the parade to have dinner together.

Dick thinks that stinks so he suggests that they all have dinner at the inn, a potluck, and Dick and Joanna will cook the turkey.

As if the situation isn't bad enough on Thanksgiving day the parade gets rained out.

Stars Bob Newhart, Tom Poston, Thomas Hill, William Lanteau , Mary Frann, Julia Duffy, Steven Kampmann, George Wallace, Peggy McCay, Iron Eyes Cody

Directed by Will Mackenzie

Rated TVG
COMEDY/SERIES/THANKSGIVING