Lee Winkelman Says

March 14, 2020 – Cabaret (1972) Amazon Prime

This famous Bob Fosse musical was not my pick. It is stylishly shot, and the musical numbers are well done, but I am in general not a fan of Broadway musicals and in particular not a fan of Liza Minelli, who I find overly broad and unappealing.  Wendey and Henry loved it though. Wendey has seen it a million times. And it gets bonus points because every time I saw Liza on screen, I thought of “Lucille Two” and her extreme vertigo from Arrested Development.  

March 13, 2020 – Landline (2017) Amazon Prime

Today is the first full day of lockdown. I am worried that being home all the time with nothing to do will drive me and my family crazy. In an effort to forestall anxiety, I am organizing the Shelter-In-Place Streaming Festival for me, Wendey and Henry. Leaving nothing to chance, I have given them about 100 choices for films we can watch and encouraged them to add their own choices.  Our film festival started on a low-key note. We watched this small indie film about two sisters — a teenager and a young adult — who discover that their father is having an affair. We enjoyed Landline fine while it was playing, but then it faded away like the wisp of a dream when we finished watching. May this plague fade away as quickly as the memory of this film did. I am already worrying about the success of this streaming festival. It seems that the more people involved in selecting the film, the worse the selected film turns out to be.