Rancho Deluxe (1975)

Rancho Deluxe (1975) is a hang-out movie but also a wavelength. Whether you enjoy it or not is dependent on your taste for something plotless, loose and low-key. Plus if you find a young Jeff Bridges and a young Sam Waterson to be a charismatic pair of actors to hang out with (though you will […]

The Swimmer (1968)

I’d always wanted to see The Swimmer (1968) on the basis of its rather unique story: a man decides to swim home through all the suburban pools in his neighbourhood. Based on a short story by John Cheever, Burt Lancaster gives a brilliant, captivating performance as the strapping man brimming with confidence in only his […]