Hamilton

4 Stars (out of 4)

Certainly one of the highlights of this nightmare of a year, the movie version of the Tony-winning Broadway sensation Hamilton is everything anyone could have hoped for, cinematic, exuberant, and dazzling. Though it deserved a big screen release, people who are stuck inside due to the COVID-19 outbreak will thoroughly enjoy it on Disney+. Directed by Thomas Kail, Hamilton is not an "opened-up" movie version of the play, but rather a record of the play, filmed in 2016. It incorporates elements from two performances in front of an audience, plus various, close-ups and tracking/crane shots that were filmed separately. It reminded me of such expert concert films as Jonathan Demme's Stop Making Sense and Martin Scorsese's The Last Waltz. What could have been static and dull magically springs to whirlwind life... (More)

Top 10 Juliette Binoche Movies

1. Les Amants du Pont-Neuf
2. Three Colors: Blue
3. Certified Copy
4. Let the Sunshine In
5. Flight of the Red Balloon
6. Cosmopolis
7. Clouds of Sils Maria
8. Mauvais Sang
9. Cache
10. Summer Hours

1. Irresistible
2. Force of Nature
3. Lost in America
4. The Cameraman (Criterion Collection)
5. Murder by Decree (Kino Lorber)
6. Scare Package
7. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
8. You Don't Nomi
9. Da 5 Bloods
10. The King of Staten Island

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