#honestly for a blum house movie it's pretty good

[highlifeboat]

Watched movie They/Them. It's a horror slasher, set in gay conversion camp :p

It's kinda reminds me of Sleepaway Camp. Partially because of the setting, but also because it has very distinguished feel between slasher parts and normal camp parts.

Honestly, I got a feeling, that whole slasher angle was unnecessary. All Camp parts were very strong and had they own very specific to queer kind of horror. Hell, they even had a full on musical number out of nowhere :p

In comparison, slasher parts looked forced :p They really were unnecessary for whole story. Even kills were not all that great, most of them off screen, with blood splashes. On the other hand, it added to feel of the movie. Like you watch one of those old slashers, where plot sometimes just wonders off on its own, until killer doesn't show up again :p

But, like i said, stuff related to camp itself was interesting to watch, so i overall liked the movie)

Don't... Know why I just tell you all that... Guess i just didn't had anyone else to share with :p

Okay, I watched this movie a few months ago and I feel like we're gonna have different opinions pff. (Also, a side note, it is worth noting that I think this movie is PG 13+, so I think that's why the kills are off screen)

I really liked this movie when I watched it.

I kind of love the concept of a person affected by a conversion camp coming back and killing the people that run it as revenge. I think that's a better concept that just.... "Conversion camp tortures queer kids/Conversion camp bad" - which is what I actually expected it to be. (And, mind you, there still is that idea to it, which is great. A bit of physiological horror)

Like, I expected this to be the guy who runs it and his wife killing queer kids because of who they are, and it wasn't. So maybe it's just because my expectations were low, but I kind of love the whole "Queer Revenge" angle they went with, without making all the innocent queer teens out to be like "Oh good fucking riddance they're dead".

Like there's no real villanising of queer people as a whole. Just one person who wanted revenge for the torture she suffered. Which is also like... a decent way of having a sympathetic antagonist who's still clearly kind of crazy tbh. I dunno, I just enjoy that little twist, very fun.

Is it a GOOD movie? ...Eh. I'll probably never watch it again. But I did think it was an interesting idea and for whatever it's worth, I thought it was executed pretty well.

It ain't as good as Sleepaway Camp is I'll tell you that.

[fivnas]

🌦  «  dakota johnson.  cis female.  she/her.  33.  »  was  that  FIONA  MILLER  walking  through  the  doors  of  amorelux  ?  i  heard  they  just  moved  in  to apartment 605  from  NEW YORK CITY  and  work  as  a  record store owner.  they  seem  eccentric  &  loyal  but  don’t  get  on  their  bad  side  !  they  can  be  sporadic  &  irresponsible  which  makes  sense  since  they’re  a  CAPRICORN.  you  know  they’re  home  when  you  see  a  flash  of having a smoke on top of a balcony with cool air surrounding , sitting on top of a kitchen counter while eating ice cream from the tub , & pulling out a duct tape wallet from high school.

hi hi ! i’m sim and i’m super uper excited to be here ! i’m playing a pretty new character and it’s gonna be so much fun to develop her with all of y’all ! a few things about me - my tummy be hurting , i bearing noise cancelling headphones , and i talk about traffic a lot ! i’m a more hc type of girl so below find a bit about fiona’s bg but mostly a bunch of fun little hcs ! if you’re interesting in plotting hit me up on my disco ( sprite#7124 ) !! 

@amoreluxintro​

PINTEREST - WANTED CONNECTIONS

background

fiona is from nyc born & raised ! she’s a pretty big trust fund baby but had a falling out with her parents during college. she was ultimately cut off completely and basically had to learn life skills at the age of twenty one. she was on her own , without her parents trying to live her life and let’s just say it got pretty funny. once she needed to find a new income she decided to work for the place she was basically always at - the championship vinyl. as time went on her relationship with the owners ( an older couple ) became stronger. they both easily became a parental figure to fiona and she basically owed who she was to them ! as of recent the owners wanted to expand the shop across the nation to seattle. BUT the catch was they asked fiona to essentially own and overlook the shop over there. kinda like caring on their legacy ! and ever since she’s been in seattle and working over at championship vinyl and living at amorelux !

parallels: nick miller ( new girl ) , max blum ( happy endings ) , charlie kelly ( it’s always sunny ) , eleanor shellstrop ( the good place ) , steven hyde ( that 70′s show ) , ben wyatt ( parks & rec ) , robyn brooks ( high fidelity )

headcanons

fiona does ballet ! she might be a clutz but it’s the one thing that suck around with her from the past

honestly is able to take care of herself , but has a niche way of doing so ( e.g, she’s gotta shake the prndl a bit before turning on her car

is the biggest music and movie geek. her favorite artist is fleetwood mac and her favorite movie is house bunny. 

literally only owns margarita glasses in her studio , so when you come over expect water in a marg glass

always has mismatched socks  , always. at this point when she does laundry to makes sure she pairs them mismatched

every other day she probably wears her shirt inside out and only notices when someone points it out at the shop

never really acts like she owns championship vinyl. she is always there from morning to night , working behind the register and walking around

eats popcorn like its her life. has the big old costco one but like 4 of them at all times

go to drink is a glass of whiskey bc she’s a weirdo

the bangs are her personality

she’s a big planner person but she doesnt just keep one. she has like 5 , one at work, one by her bed, one in her car, one with her at all times. oof 

blow up - with all those planners she fr be forgetting a lot of things

listens to the twilight soundtrack when she’s sad :/ 

doesnt own an umbrella and refuses to buy one ..  i kNOW WEIRD RIGHT like babe you’re in seattle

her favorite color is orange because she felt bad not a lot of people liked the color

always wins thumb wars - not sure why or how but she slays 

added lol to the end of every sentences thru text like it’s a punctuation mark

[geek-gem]

FNAF Movie News I Seriously Missed

12:12 am weird shit to say went to photo by mistake one time and time out and in of submit thing. Yet just saying I was looking for a link and I'm typing on my phone. I actually missed this and found out on the Wikipedia page for the FNAF franchise after watching Dawko's audio reading of chapter 1 of FNAF The Silver Eyes. Their was littertly a sad quiet just I gas just now or some shit. But in the words of Lori Loud littertly I actually littertly went oh my God in a sad toned voice. The news of Gil Kenan the man who was the original director for the film was not the director anymore when the FNAF movie rights went to Blumhouse Productions. I even looked at his Twitter and this one Tweet. So I looked online and here's a post talking not just about that yet even more. https://www.google.com/amp/www.player.one/five-nights-freddys-movie-director-confirm-five-nights-freddys-4-94977%3famp=1 Let me tell you this and I'm gonna sit down again and turn off my light in case think my dad is showering so okay got that shit done. I wanna talk about the part with Gil and think I've got his name wrong just wait. Looked on Google screen no I got his last name right. Looked at last time I spelt his name yeah the a is there. Honestly this news saddened me a bit. Because I didn't know about this and I talked about it in my live action fan casting for the franchise. Including what is sad during the day which was yesterday it's Tuesday now. My mom, her sister, my cousin T's baby girl, forgot if bro was there. Monster House was on and Gil directed that. It was honestly my biggest hope and well reasons to get hype well it was one of them. Along with Scott being on board. Had to fix the bro thing but okay just..... Really I was quite sad I didn't know about this said in my head it sucks and oh random shit. Because I remember when I first heard about the news he would direct he was teasing the inspirations for the animatronics and other stuff. Okay I don't wanna sound rude yet I wanna be honest. I was also worried because after Monster House okay not Loud House oh head his films seems like they were getting worse. I don't wanna sound stupid. Mainly it's the Rotten Tomatos score for the other films he's made. Such as City Of Amber and the Poltergeist remake with rotten scores. Honestly I make my own opinions these days I do think Rotten Tomatos is a okay site. I just disagree with certain stuff it's just the power all of a sudden it has now on films. Including it's just a site where they collect scores I'm not gonna explain it. Rotten Tomatos is a different site. Seriously I liked how he seemed to have passion for the project and wanting to work with Scott. But it's nice he still likes FNAF and he hopes for a great movie. Also honestly I was thinking when I saw this news. I'm gonna sound stupid. I do feel no not out of the way Gil I really liked Monster House sorry your not part of it anymore. But to be honest I'm kind of glad we will get another director. Including with my mindset on some FNAF stuff. I do feel it's also a nice thing to search for a director with some more experience and their reception in Hollywood. Really a pick I thought of is James Wan. The only film I've seen from him is Furious 7 and I liked that film. Also it's mainly his work on The Conjuring franchise. I'll be honest and only told someone on here. Ever since seeing Annabelle Creation and how I was honestly impressed and my first real exposure to the franchise. But James Wan didn't direct that I think he produced it. Gonna look it up. So yeah he produced it. Still liked what the director did with that movie. Even at times from what I hear producers at times have a big or little impact on films. From what I've heard and seen what people think of the main films The Conjuring 1 and 2 and right now rewrote and typed the latest film in the franchise name itself. Yet I've even looked on Tumblr just random shit I'm mentioning. Including James Wan loves practical effects a lot. Almost put including again sorry but Gil was talking about of making the animatronics real and teasing inspiration for them. That's a good thing. Also he seems to be a very good director. He's mainly my top pick and I hope he understands the franchise. No offense I kind of want someone who has had more experience with horror mainly in modern times right now. Including if he was chosen hope he would work with Scott well. Seriously The Conjuring franchise I'm very interested in it. Thinking this Halloween might just watch some stuff just...I'm thinking okay. Yet as of now James Wan is filming Aquaman. Including he seems to be heavily involved with The Conjuring franchise. Along with The Conjuring 3 might be in production soon when ready because they've talked about it. Also the other cool things he's involved with the Mortal Kombat reboot mainly producer if I'm right and a reboot to the Resident Evil franchise. I'll just link you to Wikipedia despite it's not the best source for stuff. Because I wanna check it out a bit. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Wan So I looked at mainly filmography, career, and future projects. Seriously he has a lot of experience with horror. Yeah it's decided he's my top choice and I need to see the first two Conjuring films. Another director that I honestly like it a fan choice. Including just over time mainly this year I'm a fan of his work you might hate me Zack Snyder. He made the Dawn Of The Dead remake which was good said awesome in my head. Okay I'm not the biggest fan but it was brutal and it was good kick ass said in my head stop. Including have seen lots or bits almost left buts and but ha sorry. Yet seen lots and bits of films like 300, Watchmen, and I've talked about these films Man Of Steel, Batman V Superman Dawn Of Justice the ultimate edition I like those films. I can't wait for Justice League this year. Yes the jokes symbolism and the visuals are beautiful. If it almost left toes just if it goes like that. Really honestly with the right script we could be pretty okay and I think he might be okay with working with Scott. Yet with the shit that happened this year and the DCEU. Really I don't wanna stress him out. Also I love James Wan just I like that choice much more. No offense Zack and hey their both in the DCEU too. I just also wanna talk about the other stuff such let me look. Went to the link and forgot to link to James Wan's Wikipedia page. But Jason Blum has talked in here. Also random shit Gil likes the FNAF community which is nice farewell just oh head. Yet Jason Blum talks about the series has a rabid fanbase and without Scott it wouldn't be a good movie. Also just exit out other tab that was James Wan's Wikipedia page. But Jason Blum says Scott has a clear idea of what he wants the movie to be and I like that a shit ton. Including Jason says and I looked and just looked again using the same creator of the game he thinks it will be a great movie. That's really cool and this year with Get Out doing very well and seeming like a great movie. Also Split doing well not just in box office like Get Out yet also critical even in the 70's percentage on Rotten Tomatos. Yet seriously I feel even as a Autistic person I didn't go see the film and haven't seen it yet due to people not liking it because of how the movie portrays split personalities. Yet it's nice it got some fresh score and M Night making better movies now which is also great. From what I remember think it was let me look so checked yes The Visit. So M Night is making better films again. Yeah I got off the link screw it I'll check it just on Midnight's Edge's channel like usual. So checked it it also says Jason Blum feels secure about the film. Checked again and says Scott will be heavily involved since day one. That is really sweet and for some reason hearing Jaeroar's voice. Also I'm gonna be honest about me talking about directors. These were my choices and I really like James Wan to be involved. Because just I feel it fits. Including just I'm feeling and thinking good things of The Conjuring franchise. Yet it's Scott choice and I keep thinking. Because I think he personally chose Gil when looking for a director. Including since Scott being heavily involved in day one. I feel like Jason Blum and anyone with Scott will want to understand and listen what Scott thinks which director and who else fits to direct the film. It's what I said in the post about the live action fan casting and other stuff mentioned in that. I will respect if Scott wants to chose another director I don't know if they are doing that right now. Even if I think James Wan and Scott Cawthon would work perfectly for a great FNAF movie. If Scott wants someone else I'll respect that even the other idea Zack Snyder and Scott Cawthon weird combination of talent yet it was on my mind. Because really I'm gonna say FNAF is not perfect and Scott isn't perfect. Yet the respect I have for Scott as a person and someone who makes games including when I was more obsessed with the franchise. Such as understanding his reasons to make the novels sperate from the games. Really I thought of a funny thing. It's like the In Snyder We Trust quote but here's this quote. In Cawthon We Trust. Now just thinking of David The Film Junkee love his videos of the easter egg video spoiler of him praying to a pic of Zack Snyder.....I put Scott and I was gonna put Snyder holy shit. Sorry about this yet I wanted to share this. So I hoped your not bothered by this. Including looked below comments below Dawko's videos of him talking about FNAF The Twisted Ones and the comments below reading the first chapter of that novel. Read some spoilers a bit hoping it's not much I've only heard one main opinion from someone I know I mentioned her in the last FNAF post fine. @vanessa-the-traditional-artist sorry. Got tags done and sorry to disturb wanted to share 1:13 am

[weekendwarriorblog]

WHAT TO WATCH THIS WEEKEND – Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again, The Equalizer 2, Unfriended: Dark Web and More

Last weekend didn’t prove as interesting as hoped as Hotel Transylvania 3 won the weekend easily and Skyscraper bombed badly, well below even the lowest expectations. That’s actually good news for this weekend where we see three new sequels, but bad news for a summer where we’re so full of sequels that only two of the three will likely stand out, at best.

MAMMA MIA: HERE WE GO AGAIN (Universal)

First up is one of the new sequels I haven’t seen, and if there’s anything good and right in the world, I will NEVER see it, because I saw the original Mamma Mia ten years ago, and my brain still hasn’t fully recovered.

The original movie opened pretty much on this same weekend in 2008, opening with $27.7 million but going on to make $144.1 million in North America and $465 million worldwide, and that was on a mere $52 million budget. Clearly, the success of the adaptation of the hit Broadway musical based on the tunes of ABBA warranted a sequel, and most of the original cast is back, including Meryl Streep, who received her 500thGolden Globe nomination in the convenient musical/comedy category for her performance, though not another Oscar nomination. (As if she needs another one.)

Although the original movie was written by Catherine Johnson, based on the stage musical, and directed by Phillida Lloyd (who went on to direct Streep to an Oscar win playing Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady), the sequel is written and directed by Ol Parker… a MAN!!!! (Cue incidental music.) Parker is best known for writing The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, but he previously directed the lesbian rom-com Imagine Me and You, starring Lena Heady (from Game of Thrones) and Matthew Goode.

While ABBA’s music and Streep* might be the movie’s biggest draw, there are other elements to consider, such as the always wonderful Lily James (Baby Driver) playing the younger Streep as well as the inimitable Cher as Streep’s mother (despite being only three years older in real life… okay, then). There are a bunch of hunkie young actors playing the younger versions of Stellan Skarsgard, Pierce Brosnan and Colin Firth’s Streep suitors, plus Amanda Seyfried and Preacher star Dominic Cooper are back as the young lovers, now married and expecting a child. (*Is it just me or is Streep being played down in the movie’s marketing, as if maybe she has a much smaller role?)

Obviously, there’s a lot going on here in terms of appeasing fans of the first movie, and ABBA fans of all ages, but there is a question whether the 10-year gap between movies might make this a sequel that arrives too late for its own good. Certainly, the popularity of ABBA really hasn’t diminished much since the first movie, and there will be plenty of women and gay men rushing out to see this on Thursday and Friday nights.

There aren’t a ton of comparisons other than maybe the Pitch Perfect movies (also released by Universal), the first one opening moderately with $5 million before grossing $65 million total, though it had five years of people seeing it on cable and DVD that the sequel opened with $69 million, more than the previous movie’s total. It grossed $184 million, but then the recent third and final movie ended up with $80 million less domestically. Another comparison might be the sequel Sex and the City 2, which opened two years after the original with $31 million, considerably less than the original’s $57 million opening, and grossed over $50 million less domestically. 50 Shades of Grey had a significant drop from the first to second and second to third movies, although they all still grossed at least $100 million domestically. I feel that Mamma Mia: Her We Go Again will fall more into the Pitch Perfect model, first of all because it’s a musical but also because it’s getting decent reviews so far.

The Mamma Mia sequel should be good for an opening over the $30 million mark, probably closer to $35 million or even more, since there isn’t much in theaters targeted towards women of varying ages. This definitely feels like the type of movie that can bring them out in force, at least opening weekend.

THE EQUALIZER 2 (Sony)

Denzel Washington and director Antoine Fuqua reunite for their fourth outing together after 2001’s Training Day, for which Washington won his first Oscar in a leading role, and then 2014’s The Equalizer (for which this is a sequel… duh) and 2016’s The Magnificent Seven remake.

The Equalizerwas a welcome reunion of the actor and director after having that earlier hit, and despite being a reimagining of an old ‘70s show (which has been hit or miss over the past few years), it opened with $34.1 million and grossed $101.5 million domestically. At a quick glance, that would make it Denzel’s fourth highest grossing movie after Remember the Titans (’00, $115.6 mil.), American Gangster (’07, $130.1 mil.) andSafe House (’12, $126.3 mil.).

There’s no question that Washington is one of the most reliable box office stars making movies, although he’s only doing one movie a  year at this point, similar to Will Smith and other big stars. His 2017 offering Roman J. Israel Esq., an odd “indie” (from Sony Pictures) that bombed, grossing $12 million, about half what Washington’s movies usually open with. That followed Fences, an adaptation of August Wilson’s play directed by Washington, which grossed $57.6 million and earned four Oscar nominations with Viola Davis winning her first well-deserved award.

I honestly haven’t seen as much marketing or commercials for the movie that one might expect, plus Sony are giving it a mid-to-late summer release rather than the prestigious Sept. release of Washington-Fuqua’s last few movies (which also debuted at the Toronto Film Festival). I’m not sure why this might be other than Sony thinking the movie will sell itself, although this is only Washington’s FOURTH movie in 20 years to get a wide summer release. There might be a good reason for that, such as not wanting to compete with bigger summer tentpole fare, but those other three summer releases ended up grossing between $65 and 75 million.

I was supposed to see this sequel earlier in the week but didn’t get the chance – I’ll be using Moviepass to see it sometime soon, I hope – and reviews were held under embargo until Wednesday, maybe for obvious reasons as the reviews aren’t as good as for the first movie.

Because of the above things, I’m thinking The Equalizer 2 might not match the $30 million plus opening of the original Equalizereven with Denzel’s noticeable absence from theaters since last year. If this ends up somewhere in the mid-$20 millions this weekend, it will probably end up grossing $70 to 75 million total, ‘cause it’s gonna get slaughtered by Tom Cruise and Mission: Impossible next week.

UNFRIENDED: DARK WEB (BH Tilt)

The third sequel of the weekend isn’t really a sequel as much as it’s another movie in a series? With everyone using the internet, it was only a matter of time before using the internet would become a regular subject of horror, and Jason Blum’s Blumhouse has capitalized on it greatly after messing around with various cameras in the Paranormal Activity movies.

Unfriended: Dark Web involves a guy who “finds” a laptop that turns out to be the property of a member of a bizarre hacker death cult that gets him and his friends into deep and deadly trouble. And it all takes place on a laptop screen...what innovation!

The original Unfriended opened in April 2014, directed by the unknown Levan Gabriadze with Timur Bekmambetov producing. After a solid $15.8 million opening, it pretty much tanked with consecutive 61% drops to the point where it only grossed $32.5 million domestically. It did about the same overseas, but that’s $64 million for a movie that cost a million dollars to make and so…. PROFIT! Which leads to a SEQUEL (of sorts)!

I say “of sorts” because none of the characters from the first movie are back, similar to the Ouija franchise, which replaced everyone for the prequel Ouija: Origin of Evil two years later. This one is the directorial debut by screenwriter Stephen Susco, who wrote The Grudge remake and its sequel. The most recognizable star in the cast is probably Betty Gabriel, who famously did the “No, no, no” bit in Jordan Peele’s Oscar-winning 2017 thriller Get Out. This movie isn’t nearly as good. The film’s main “star” is probably Colin Woodell, who had a small role in Steven Soderbergh’s Unsane and will be in BLumhouse’s upcoming The Purge television series. 

While I don’t feel like writing a full review, the movie is just okay, and I much prefer the upcoming Searching, also produced by Bekmambetov, which also has all of its action taking place on a computer screen. By comparison, Unfriended: Dark Web is kinda of mean-spirited and gets a little too dark to be enjoyable for my tastes, and that’s coming from someone who is probably going to see Hereditary again this weekend.

Regardless, I think Unfriended: Dark Web should be able to make $7 to 8 million this weekend in a little over 1,500 theaters, roughly half the theaters in which Universal opened the original. Not having the Universal backing for this semi-sequel won’t help matters.

Last week’s movies should quickly drop away to give room for this week’s two bigger releases with a similar showing as last week’s Hotel Transylvania 3 vs. Skyscraper, but in this case Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again should do significantly better than The Equalizer 2 for reasons mentioned above. Hotel Transylvania 3 will probably be affected the least by the new offerings, since none of them are kid or family-friendly.

Here’s what the Top 10 should look like…

1. Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again (Universal) - $38.2 million* N/A

2. The Equalizer 2 (Sony) - $28.2 million* N/A

3. Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (Sony Pictures Animation) - $24.2 million -45%

4. Ant-Man and the Wasp(Marvel/Disney)  - $15 million -48%

5. Skyscraper (Legendary/Universal) - $11.3 million -55%

6.The Incredibles 2(Disney-Pixar) - $9.8 million -40%

7. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (Universal) - $8.4 million -48%

8. Unfriended: Dark Web (BH Tilt) - $7.3 million N/A

9. The First Purge (Blumhouse/Universal) - $4.7 million -50%

10. Sorry to Bother You (Annapurna) - $4 million -6%

(*Surprise, surprise! The Equalizer 2 is opening in slightly more theaters than Mamma Mia, but it’s still likely to get slaughtered this weekend as the musical sequel has a lot more anticipating fans.)

If you’ve spent the last few weeks seeing movies at the New York Asian Film Festival then I envy you, since I haven’t gotten a chance to see anything, but Asian film enthusiasts can look forward to JAPAN CUTS, beginning July 19 at the Japan Society in New York City. The 12thannual film series will features some of the recent films from the land of the Rising Sun with lots of special guests. It opens Thursday with Ramen Shop, and you can check out the full line-up on the official site.

LIMITED RELEASES

Easily the most significant specialty releases this weekend is Blindspotting (Lionsgate), written and starring Hamilton star Daveed Diggs and co-written and staring Rafael Casal as best friends and co-workers at a moving company who are frustrated with the way their Oakland neighborhood is changing. When Daveed’s character Collin spots a white police officer shooting a black man, he’s conflicted about reporting it. Although there are serious and personal issues covered in Blindspotting, there’s also humor and a good deal of freestyle rap from the Hamilton star. I really liked the film when I saw it at Sundance back in January, and it’s a terrific feature directorial debut for Carlos López Estrada, although it’s really about Diggs and Casal. Blindspotting will open in 14 theaters in 5 cities – New York, L.A., Chicago, DC and San Francisco – and the movie will expand nationwide next weekend.

I also saw some great docs being released this weekend, and my favorite among them is Rachel Dretzin’s Far from the Tree (Sundance Selects) based on Andrew Solomon’s best-selling book of the same name. It’s a fascinating doc that looks at families where the parents are very different from their children for one reason or another. In Solomon’s case, it was that he was a flamboyantly gay child whose parents tried to “correct” him, but it deals with incredibly interesting looks at parents who have severely autistic children (such as Jason, pictured above, who is obsessed with Elsa from Frozen) and other things that make them unique.  It’s a wonderful film that will open at the IFC Center with a special preview Thursday night, and both Dretzin and Solomon will be doing QnAs throughout the weekend. It’s also a great follow-up if you loved some of the recent docs like Won’t You Be My Neighbor.

Generation Wealth (Amazon Studios) is the new documentary from photographer Lauren Greenfield (The Queen of Versailles), this one examining the current generation’s proclivity for living beyond their means, something I can sadly relate to, although I didn’t think the doc worked as well as Greenfield’s other doc. It’s certainly a far more personal film, pulling together her photography and filmmaking work from the past 25 years, and there are some interesting subjects for sure, but it didn’t come together quite as easily as Queen of Versailles. Either way, Generation Wealth will open in select cities on Friday.

I balked at my chance to see Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui’s doc McQueen (Bleecker Street), mostly because it wasn’t about Steve McQueen (either the late actor or the living filmmaker), but actually about fashion designer Alexander McQueen. Anyone who knows me will realize that I know absolutely nothing about fashion other than when someone is on a red carpet and says that Alexander McQueen designed their dress/suit (a good thing since actor Steve McQueen is dead).  Apparently, McQueen has had a fairy tale like story of rags-to-riches that might interest some, but sadly, not me.

The last doc of the weekend is Lisa Immordino Vreeland’s Love, Cecil (Zeitgeist Films/Kino Lorber), which opens at the Landmark Nuart in L.A. on Friday after playing at Film Society back in June. (Sorry for that oversight, New York!) The Cecil of the title is Cecil Beaton, the costume designer, painter, photographer and writer who did the production design for Gigi andMy Fair Lady. Narrated by Rupert Everett, the latest film from the director of Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel and Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict should be one fans of old movies won’t want to miss.

Japanese auteur Hirokazu Kore-eda, whose previous films Like Father, Like Sonand Our Little Sister were hot festival and awards hits, returns with his 2017 movie The Third Murder (Film Movement), which won 7 Japanese Academy Awards earlier this year including Best Film. In theory, that would make it Japan’s submission for next year’s Oscars? (Kore-eda’s next film Shopliftersjust won the Palm d’Or at Cannes in May.) This one is a crime procedural about a defense attorney that reluctantly takes on the case of a factory worker accused of his killing his employer. This opens at the Quad Cinema in New York City on Friday. (Oh, and the Quad is also continuing with the second part of its Hammer’s House of Horror series, covering the “decadent years.”)

As far as other retrospective stuff, my beloved Metrograph will be screening a restoration of Barbara Loden’s 1970 film Wanda (Janus Films), in which she plays a young mother from Pennsylvania coal country who shacks up with Michael Higgins’ bad-boy “Mr. Dennis.” I haven’t seen this yet, but it sounds like another movie perfectly suited for the times rediscovered by Metrograph and Janus for younger present-day audiences. I’ll be checking it out for sure.

Other releases include Deborah Haywood’s mother-daughter drama Pin Cushion (Cleopatra Entertainment), as well as Damascus Cover (Vertical Entertainment), Daniel Zelik Berk’s Pin Cushion (Cleopatra Entertainment), a spy action-thriller starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Olivia Thirlby and the late John Hurt.

As far as Netflix series, this Friday will see the release of Dark Tourist, a new 8-part series from New Zealand’s David Farrier, the director of 2016’s Tickled, which takes a look at the more offbeat side of “tourism.” Should be another fun work of non-fiction from the filmmaker.