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THE BULLETIN • JANUARY 13 - 19, 2022
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“Movie: SquadGoals”
Kennedy Lea Slocum (“The Kids Are
Alright”) stars in this 2018 thriller
as Samantha, a high school reporter
investigating a series of deaths that her
school is trying to cover up. As the
death count of scholarship finalists
mounts, she learns she and her friends
may be next. Sheryl Lee, Paris Berelc
and Alexa Mansour also star for
director Danny J. Boyle (“Killer Daddy
Issues”).
BY JAY BOBBIN
“It Happened One Night”
“Mr. Deeds Goes to Town”
“You Can’t Take It With You”
“Movie: A Sort of
Homecoming”
“Movie: A Hero”
A return home to Louisiana and a
reunion with her high school debate
coach conjures a New York news
producer’s memories of her eventful
senior year, when she and her partner
were on the national debate circuit and
vying for scholarships, in this 2015
drama from Maria Burton (“Temps,”
“Just Friends”). Michelle Clunie, Laura
Marano and Katherine Wilhoite head
the cast.
Things don’t go as planned when
Rahim (Amir Jadidi), an Iranian on
leave from debtor’s prison, tries to
convince his creditor to withdraw
his complaint in return for partial
payment in this thriller movie from
Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi
(“Everybody Knows”). The film
was a hit this past spring at Cannes,
where it won the Grand Prix Award.
(ORIGINAL MOVIE)
“As We See It”
Jason Katims (“Roswell,”
“Parenthood”) is the creative force
behind this comedy series that follows
three 20-something roommates on the
autism spectrum as they strive to get
and keep jobs, make friends, fall in
love and navigate a world that eludes
them. Rick Glassman, Albert Rutecki,
Sue Ann Pien and Sosie Bacon head
the cast. (ORIGINAL SERIES)
BEST FRANK CAPRA MOVIES
“It Happened One Night” (1934) One of the
greatest of all “road” movies, this Capra-directed
saga of a reporter (Clark Gable) and a fugitive
heiress (Claudette Colbert) swept its year’s Oscars for
best picture, director, actor and actress.
“Mr. Deeds Goes to Town” (1936) A simple
fellow (Gary Cooper) finds his life drastically changed
when he inherits a fortune. This is one of several films
Turner Classic Movies will show Wednesday, Jan. 19,
to highlight the collaborations between Capra and
female lead Jean Arthur.
“Lost Horizon” (1937) Airplane passengers
are stranded in the mystical land of Shangri-La in
Capra’s excellent adaptation of the James Hilton
novel; Ronald Colman, Jane Wyatt and Sam Jaffe
are among the stars.
“You Can’t Take It With You” (1938) The
complications between two families about to be
united by marriage fuel this screen adaptation of the
stage comedy, with Jean Arthur and James Stewart
heading the great cast.
“Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” (1939) To
what famously was one of Hollywood’s best years for
movies, Capra contributed the comedy-drama about
a novice politician (James Stewart, working again
with Jean Arthur here) determined to keep his peers
in the United States Senate honest.
“Meet John Doe” (1941) Gary Cooper
reteamed with Capra to play a man hired by a
newspaper to embody a fictional person created in
a bid to get attention for its social commentary of
the era.
“Arsenic and Old Lace” (1943) The stage
hit remains great fun on film as Cary Grant plays a
newly engaged author who leads some rather drastic
information about his beloved aunts (Josephine Hull,
Jean Adair).
“It’s a Wonderful Life” (1946) Well, of course.
Long a holiday-season perennial – particularly on
Christmas Eve – Capra’s saga of ne’er-do-well
George Bailey (James Stewart) and novice angel
Clarence (Henry Travers), who saves him from taking
very permanent action in the belief that others would
have been better off without him – is as poignant
and affecting as ever. With as beloved as the film
has become, it’s amazing to think it didn’t make such
of an impact on critics or audiences when it first was
released.
“State of the Union” (1948) Spencer Tracy
and Katharine Hepburn are in top form together in
Capra’s comedy that smartly mixes marriage with
politics.
“A Hole in the Head” (1959) Frank Sinatra is
hugely engaging as a Miami hotel operator trying to
raise his young son (Eddie Hodges) while debating
whether to change the pattern his social life. The
movie introduced the song “High Hopes.”
“Pocketful of Miracles” (1961) The last
fictional film Capra directed is a “My Fair Lady”-ish
tale of a dowager (Bette Davis) who becomes the
object of a makeover effort by a mobster and his
girlfriend (Glenn Ford, Hope Lange).