What I’m Seeing This Week: Five months ago I ranked Sentimental Value, which opens at Cinemapolis tonight, seventh on my “Cannes 2025 Films That I Am Most Eager to See” list, so that’s first up for me. I’m going to try to catch Bugonia there as well.
Also in Theaters: I will eventually take the girls to both Wicked: For Good and Zootopia 2, but they don’t seem to be in a tearing hurry, so neither am I. The former opens at Cinemapolis and the Regal Ithaca Mall tonight, and the latter opens at the Regal on Tuesday. My loving wife and I are saving Nuremberg, which continues its run at Cinemapolis and the Regal, for a future date night, but I do intend to eventually watch it, too, as well as Now You See Me: Now You Don’t and Sisu: Road to Revenge, both of which are at the Regal. I like Brendan Fraser, so Rental Family is on my list as well. It’s at both Cinemapolis and the Regal. Sticking just to first run fare I’ve already seen, my top recommendation would appear to be Frankenstein, which continues its run at Cinemapolis. This week’s special events highlights include screenings of Drink and Be Merry and Occupy Wall Street: An American Dream followed by filmmaker Q&As at Cinemapolis tonight and Sunday respectively. Finally, repertory highlights include Casablanca at Cornell Cinema tonight; Thanksgiving classic Planes, Trains & Automobiles at the Regal tomorrow; and The Holdovers there on Wednesday.
Home Video: McCabe & Mrs. Miller, the movie which inspired my new “I’ve Got Poetry In Me” series, is currently streaming on Criterion Channel, but only until the end of the month. In addition to being generally terrific, it’s also a perfect match for the early spell of bleak midwinter weather we’ve been experiencing in Ithaca lately, so be sure to check it out before it disappears!
Previous “Ithaca Film Journal” posts can be found here. A running list of all of my “Home Video” recommendations can be found here.
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