Episode 65 - Melancholia

Dragon on the Couch: The Dragon visited the art-doc corner and watched The Lost Leonardo (Rent), which she thought was an interesting look at the financial side of high-end art. She also watched a double feature, programmed by friend of the show Andrew, showing of Tim Burton's 1994 film Ed Wood (Rent) and Ed Wood's 1957 film Plan 9 from Outer Space (Tubi). She highly recommends watching this particular double feature and in that order, this is Tim Burton at his best and the film by Ed Wood is an amazing movie to watch from a film history perspective. Finally, she watched Joseph Gordon-Levitt's directorial debut Don Jon (Netflix), which she thinks is well acted, but finds baffling and does not recommend.  

Berto on the Bed: Berto saw the new William's sisters' biopic starring Will Smith, King Richard (HBO/Theatres), and was surprised by how much he liked it. On the Dragon's recommendation, he watched Willy's Wonderland (Hulu), a Nic Cage film with a weird premise and even weirder performance that he really liked. In Berto's flicks for chicks' corner, he saw Emma (HBO), the Jane Austen adaptation that he thought was very colorful, and Edge of Seventeen (Netflix), a coming-of-age movie about a teenage girl he really enjoyed. Finally, Berto watched Highlander 2 (Prime) so we don't have to.

 

Dragon at the Movies: This week's deep dive is the 2011 Lars Von Trier movie Melancholia, currently streaming on Hulu.