An Office and a Gentleman, La Chimera, Femme

Movie 1: An Officer and a Gentleman

We hadn’t seen this movie since it opened in theatres in 1982. Last week AMC had a $5 showing. It holds up surprisingly well. A naval pilot candidate (Richard Gere) falls in love with a Puget Sound paper mill worker (Debra Winger). As the drill sergeant, Louis Gossett, Jr. earns a well deserved Academy Award. If you see it in theatres or streaming on TV, it’s still a really good movie.

Rating:

Movie 2: La Chimera

To make a living, several friends rob 2,000 year old Etruscan tombs near Rome. It’s a familiar theme of a ‘one last’ heist movie. The cinematography is really good, almost dream like. Yet we found the movie not consistent and confusing. It seems movie critics liked it much more than we did. Always good to see Isabella Rossellini. Italian and some English, with English subtitles.

Rating:

Movie 3: Femme

This is a very well done, complicated, tense revenge thriller. At times difficult to watch because the hatred and anti-LGBTQ+ violence is brutal and, unfortunately, all too realistic. Set in London, a drag performer gets beat up by a closeted, recently released from prison gay man, trying to impress his drug dealing friends. Months later they both meet again under different circumstances. Subtitles would have been helpful because of the heavy British accents.

Rating:

One thought on “An Office and a Gentleman, La Chimera, Femme”

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.