‘Cyrano’ (2022)
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Edmond Rotand’s Late-19th-Century Play “Cyrano de Bergerac” has provided to be quite a durable textwhich should not come as much of a surprise; Few things translate as well, no matter the period or genre, than the feeling that the person you love could never feel the same. This adaptation by the Director Joe Wright (“Pride & Prejudice”), First Presented ones at the new group In 2019, changes the source of the title character’s low self-image: Instead of an oversize nose, he is or undersize height. Peter Dinklage is marvelous in the Starring Role, finding the cockiness and bluster that cyrano uses to compensate, while showing the beating heart just under that hard surface. He also provides a pleasant baritone for the songs by members of The Nationalwhich are the film’s other key deviation from Rotand’s Original. They are a master strips, beautifully conveying the longing and regret of this tragic languages.
‘The Last Stop in Yuma County’ (2024)
Three cheers for this a+ premise: the pumps are empty at the last guest station for 100 miles and the truck with the refill is running late, so beached motorists are killing time at the diner next door – Among them, two crooks who made off with a trunkful of bank. The writer and director Francis Galluppi Works from his own Swiss Watch of a script, equally influenced by “The Desperate Hours” and the Dusty Neo-Noirs of the 1990s, where the turns are unpredictable yet organic and precise, and there are chances for me. Character Actors to Shine. Snappily paced, delightfully stylish and refreshingly bleak, this movie is an assurance that we are going to hear much, much more from this gifted first-time filmmaker.