Enoch Arden (1911)
CRUMBLIES… Okay, so I hit upon this ancient short while scrolling through one of those out-of-copyright film apps on the home’s AppleTV. Classix or Classic Films or somesuch. There was … Continue Reading Enoch Arden (1911)
Broken Flowers (2005)
CRUMBLIES… Tipsy Tina was being dried out one idle weekend in the home. Well, I assume she was, because an all-new clarity of thought was bubbling out of her with … Continue Reading Broken Flowers (2005)
Family Business (1989)
CRUMBLIES… Now this is more like it! A story of three glorious generations of a criminal – or about to be criminal – family with Sean Connery as the devilishly … Continue Reading Family Business (1989)
Three Evenings / Yerek Yereko (2010)
CRUMBLIES… Young Steve found a middle-aged nightmare on Amazon Video. And it is shuddersome. Women – imagine your significant other has turned into a drunk, gotten in with another woman … Continue Reading Three Evenings / Yerek Yereko (2010)
Space Cowboys (2000)
CRUMBLIES… Here are two entirely different films stapled together by Clint Eastwood to thrill gentlemen of slow minds and great age. Space Cowboys begins in the blue-tinted past with weirdly … Continue Reading Space Cowboys (2000)
Out to Sea (1997)
CRUMBLIES… Park your brains, oldsters, this is a film of charm, creaking style and lame jokes. And it knows it, and sambas its way though them with a wink … Continue Reading Out to Sea (1997)
The Straight Story (1999)
CRUMBLIES… Now here’s a film with a simple, beautiful premise. An old, ill man determines to see his estranged brother before they die. His eyes are bad, so he can’t … Continue Reading The Straight Story (1999)
No Country for Old Men (2007)
CRUMBLIES… Time is cruel. Implacable. A great, slow, heartless beast that destroys us all. Picture it as an eclipse, shutting out our own, small suns, with the implacabilitiy of a … Continue Reading No Country for Old Men (2007)
Irreplaceable / Médecin de Campagne (2016)
CRUMBLIES… Ahhhh, more calming work from François Cluzet (here as Doctor Werner) and the goodly folk of rural France. Entirely different to the School of Life (made a year later), … Continue Reading Irreplaceable / Médecin de Campagne (2016)
Ikiru (1952)
CRUMBLIES… Oh, but this is good. You want a story of a life regretted and a scrabble for salvation, perhaps self-redemption, then you gotta go Akira Kurosawa. The man who … Continue Reading Ikiru (1952)
Is That You? (2014)
CRUMBLIES… Regret. Always best to avoid it. For instance, old Jack here got trapped in the care home lift with Mad Maud for an afternoon the other week. And she’s … Continue Reading Is That You? (2014)
Undercover Grandpa (2017)
CRUMBLIES… … AND THAT’S FOR A HALF-SMILE AN HOUR IN… Oh no. This was a mistake. In my defence, it promised to be a comic action adventure with James Caan as … Continue Reading Undercover Grandpa (2017)
The Citadel (1938)
CRUMBLIES… The Donat-watch goes on! So to his 9th film, and just one away from the great old school-master… The Citadel is a fantastic tale from A.J. Cronin – he … Continue Reading The Citadel (1938)
Everybody’s Fine (2009)
CRUMBLIES… Here’s a film that could’ve been, should’ve been brilliant. Imagine the meeting: let’s do a watered down About Schmidt, with a watered down de Niro, trying to connect with … Continue Reading Everybody’s Fine (2009)
Fences (2016)
CRUMBLIES… Earnest Ed, still serious about the world and its brutalities in his 98th year, lurched into my room one morning waving the Fences DVD. “We have to watch this!” … Continue Reading Fences (2016)
Dotty (2014)
CRUMBLIES… I mentioned the lake down by the woods, didn’t I? Our old care home is grimly set, but with that one lovely place. Before the visitors come, and sidestepping … Continue Reading Dotty (2014)
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