{"id":2718,"date":"2021-12-14T14:57:02","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T14:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/?p=2718"},"modified":"2021-12-14T14:58:21","modified_gmt":"2021-12-14T14:58:21","slug":"ken-and-robin-consume-media-power-of-the-dog-die-and-classic-lubitsch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/index.php\/ken-and-robin-consume-media-power-of-the-dog-die-and-classic-lubitsch\/","title":{"rendered":"Ken and Robin Consume Media: Power of the Dog, DIE, and Classic Lubitsch"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ken and Robin Consume Media is brought to you by the discriminating and good-looking backers of the Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff Patreon<\/a>. Each week we provide capsule reviews of the books, movies, TV seasons and more we cram into our hyper-analytical sensoriums. Join the Patreon to help pick the items we\u2019ll talk about in greater depth on a little podcast segment we like to call Tell Me More.<\/i><\/p>\n

Recommended<\/h2>\n

Cluny Brown<\/a> (Film, US, Ernst Lubitsch, 1946) Suave Czech emigre (Charles Boyer), lightly on the run from Hitler, befriends a sweet young woman (Jennifer Jones) whose love of life is about to be crushed by the English class system. If you ever want to know what the famous \u201cLubitsch touch\u201d for light, elegant comedy looks like, point yourself toward this gentle romantic comedy of manners.\u2014RDL<\/p>\n

DIE Vol. 4: Bleed<\/a> (Comics, Image, Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans, 2021) The kidnapped gaming group discovers what it takes to leave Die. The dismount was always going to be the hardest part of this book to pull off, and Gillen wisely does it in rocket stages honoring each character rather than try for One Big Ending. Hans still arts the big fantasy reveal as well as anyone ever has, while using color like a film score throughout. \u2013KH<\/p>\n

The Pursuit of Love (Fiction, Nancy Mitford, 1945) Romantic illusions lead the charismatic daughter of eccentric country nobles to a pair of marriages to unsuitable, undeserving husbands. Pointed yet sympathetic social observation propels this bittersweet comedy of manners and changing mores.\u2014RDL<\/p>\n

The Power of the Dog (Film, New Zealand\/UK, Jane Campion, 2021) When his kinder, introverted brother (Jesse Plemons) unexpectedly marries, an insecure, hypermasculine rancher (Benedict Cumberbatch) bullies his sweet-natured bride (Kristen Dunst), arousing the protective instincts of her sensitive med student son (Kodi Smit-McPhee.) Sweeping pictorial beauty counterpoints the subtle authority of direction and performance in this noir-themed Western drama.\u2014RDL<\/p>\n

Too Late For Tears<\/a> (Film, US, Byron Haskin, 1948) Status-conscious housewife (Lizabeth Scott) lets her ruthless streak come out when she and her cautious husband (Arthur Kennedy) receive a bag of cash meant for blackmailer Dan Duryea. Acid-etched noir places its femme fatale dead center as its anti-heroic protagonist.\u2014RDL<\/p>\n

Not Recommended<\/h2>\n

Doctor Who: Flux (Season 13) (Television, UK, BBC, Chris Chibnall, 2021) An engineered space-time collapse destroys most of the universe, pitting the Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) against sundry chrono-villains as she and her pals struggle to reverse it. A breathless mish-mosh of plotlines, overstuffed with antagonists and supporting characters, answers the unasked question, \u201cWhat if the whole season played like the set-up to a two-parter?\u201d\u2014RDL<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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