October Pick: Judy

In what's being called a triumphant, virtuoso comeback, Renee Zellweger stars in Judy as, of course, the legendary Judy Garland. Suffice to say that RZ got a jubilant standing O at TIFF a couple weeks ago and nearly unanimous rave reviews.

We'll see the film on October 8 for the 1:50 screening at the Dundas/Yonge Cineplex.

SYNOPSIS:  Thirty years after starring in "The Wizard of Oz," beloved actress and singer Judy Garland arrives in London to perform sold-out shows at the Talk of the Town nightclub. While there, she reminisces with friends and fans and begins a whirlwind romance with musician Mickey Deans, her soon-to-be fifth husband.

TRAILER:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4ynUq8TjYA

REVIEW:  https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-reviews/judy-movie-review-889110/

INTERVIEW with Renee:  https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a29026941/renee-zellweger-judy-garland-interview/

THE REAL JUDY GARLAND:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcT2GqU47Kc  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUY2GEV4AY0

September Pick: The Goldfinch

Just days after The Goldfinch premiered at TIFF, we'll be seeing the film at what, for us, is an unusual venue: the Yonge/Eglinton Cineplex on Tuesday, September 17, for the 12:30 pm screening. Be aware that it is extra-long at 135 minutes.

SYNOPSIS:  If you've read the Pulitizer Prize-winning novel by Donna Tartt, you won't mind reading the following spoiler. If not, you might want to skip it:

Theodore Decker was 13 years old when his mother was killed in a bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The tragedy changes the course of his life, sending him on a stirring odyssey of grief and guilt, reinvention and redemption, and even love.  Through it all, he holds on to one tangible piece of hope from that terrible day -- a painting of a tiny bird chained to its perch. 

TRAILER:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcG06hZooHM

REVIEWS:  They've been mixed between ecstatic and dismissive, but Movie Club members, I believe, prefer to make up their own minds - which is why I've chosen not to publish links to any of them.