What I’m Seeing This Week: I *still* haven’t succeeded in getting to a screening of The Zone of Interest at Cinemapolis, but I think I may be running out of chances, so I’m finally going to make it happen this week! I’d also like to see The Taste of Things and Best International Feature Film Oscar nominee Perfect Days before I start working on my top ten list for Movie Year 2023 on March 2. Which: if you are thinking to yourself, “what is Movie Year 2023 and why are you doing this in March and not January?” then stay tuned to this blog!
Also in Theaters: I’m still focused on 2024 Oscar contenders, so the other films I’d highlight in addition to the ones mentioned above are Best Picture nominees Poor Things, which continues its run at Cinemapolis this week, and American Fiction, which is there and at the Regal Ithaca Mall. You can also see all the Oscar-nominated short films at Cinemapolis all throughout the week and the documentary shorts at Cornell Cinema tonight. Your best bets for repertory fare are The Godfather Part II at the Regal tonight or The Watermelon Woman at Cinemapolis on Wednesday.
Home Video: I was wrong about Dune: Part One playing at the Regal all the way up until when Dune: Part Two opens there next Thursday, but you can still watch it on Netflix until next Friday, which is when I’m planning to revisit it. Many thanks to Jason Bailey in the New York Times for the tip!
Previous “Ithaca Film Journal” posts can be found here.
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