by Sam Juliano
Internet issues at the Number 3 Annex, where I am stationed prevented me from posting this week’s Monday Morning Diary on the preceding Sunday, but it is just as well there was a delay, so I could post the American Library Association winners.
The “Three Chinas” polling launched on Friday, and ballots submission have been rolling in. Each voter is asked to list fifteen (15) films from three countries: China, Taiwan and Hong Kong chronologically, alphabetically or numbered order.
The Caldecott Medal winner was Watercress, illustrated by Jason Chin. It was one of the books I reviewed in my shortened Caldecott Medal series this past week. The four honor book winners are Have You Ever Seen a Flower?, Mel Fell, Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre and Wonder Walkers.
Lucille and I saw two films via streaming this past week. Joel Coen’s visually spectacular The Tragedy of Macbeth featured only passable performances by Denzel Washington and Francis McDormand. I realize some others feel otherwise, and I greatly respect that position. Macbeth has always been my personal favorite Bard play. The Iranian film A Hero, by Ashgar Farhadi is a powerful drama.
A Hero (Amazon Prime) **** 1/2
The Tragedy of Macbeth *** 1/2
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Heads up, arthouse junkies. Tarkovsky’s momentous “Andrei Rublev” screens on TCM this Friday at 9:45 p.m. In PRIMETIME.
Mark, although I didn’t give you a timely answer here, I did read what you said. I have the Criterion blu ray, but it is always a good idea to follow TCM to watch as well!