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The Herald Scotland
09-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Herald Scotland
Murder, monsters, sex and food: the 10 best summer movies of all time
Steven Spielberg, 1975 The first summer blockbuster and still the best. Spielberg's film transformed Hollywood in terms of both content and delivery. Some might argue not for the better, of course, but this is a 'perfect engine' of a movie, helped, perversely, by the fact that the film-makers couldn't get the mechanical sharks to work. As a result, for large stretches of the film, Spielberg was forced to intimate rather than show. It didn't hurt at all. The menace of the unseen, accompanied by John Williams's ominous title music, was to be the making of the movie. Fidel Castro called Jaws 'a Marxist picture.' Boris Johnson - showing his uncanny ability to be a blithering idiot at all times - said Amity Island's mayor was the hero of the movie by keeping the beaches open even when he knows there's a Great White snacking down on holidaymakers. For the rest of us it's about that combination of fear and excitement we get whilst sitting in the dark. It's the very why of cinema. Oh and it's worth noting that this, perhaps the greatest of summer movies, was released in the UK on Boxing Day. Summer Interlude Ingmar Bergman, 1951 Bergman's reputation as the forbidding father figure of European art cinema rather glosses over his early films which contain the fleeting heat of Sweden in July and August. Summer with Monika (1952) was Bergman's breakthrough film and Smiles of a Summer Night (1955) proved an inspiration for both Stephen Sondheim and Woody Allen, but let's go for Summer Interlude. Told in flashback, it's the story of a ballerina (played by Maj Britt-Nilsson) remembering a teenage summer romance. Full of light and life, the result is a hazy, will-of-the-wisp movie that sparkles and glitters like sun on the water (Gunnar Fischer's black and white cinematography shimmers impeccably), before catching you out with a punch to the gut. A Summer's Tale Eric Rohmer, 1996 More teens in love. The cinema of French director Eric Rohmer can be damned with the epithet 'intelligent'. It's true his films are talky to the point of verbose and have a seemingly casual, almost offhand, approach to staging and notions of plot. What they require you to do is enter into his world. But once you do they have a compelling pull to them. A Summer's Tale -set in Dinard on the Breton coast, which looks idyllic, quite frankly - follows Gaspard, a shy but handsome young man on holiday who becomes involved with not one but two young women whilst waiting for his girlfriend to join him. It's a movie about male stupidity and greed. Aren't most movies, come to think of it? Body Heat Lawrence Kasdan, 1981 William Hurt and Kathleen Turner in Body Heat (Image: unknown) And talking of male stupidity … Lawrence Kasdan's amped up neo-noir set during a Florida heatwave hardly hid its debt to postwar cinema, and Double Indemnity in particular. But it was able to throw in a measure of late-20th century sexual candour into the mix. It was dismissed by some as a reheated (and heated up) throwback, another example of the Movie Brat generation's greater interest in movies than life. As if that was a bad thing. And the truth is William Hurt and Kathleen Turner are both noir types (the priapic male and the femme fatale) and believable humans at the same time. I mean, it seems pretty credible that you'd at least consider committing murder if Kathleen Turner was asking you to. Or is that just me? Do the Right Thing Spike Lee, 1989 New York summers take some bearing when the temperature rises. Funny and angry and thrilling all at once, Lee's incendiary drama may now be getting on for 40 years old, but its heat-flushed take on racial tensions in a Brooklyn neighbourhood still feels depressingly timely. You could say that it predicted what happened to George Floyd by more than two decades, but the truth is there have been a lot of George Floyds in America over the years. Aftersun Charlotte Wells, 2022 Paul Mescal in Aftersun (Image: unknown) Powered by two knockout performances from Paul Mescal and Frankie Corio (just 12 when the film was released), Scottish director Charlotte Wells's debut might seem a slight, splindy thing to begin with; an account of a father and daughter's holiday in all its nothing-much ordinariness. But Wells's clear-eyed observation lets the drama grow organically and by the end of the film - when Under Pressure by Queen and David Bowie plays over a nightclub scene - you can feel your heart clench in your chest. A little masterpiece. My Neighbour Totoro Hayao Miyazaki, 1988 I have a confession to make. I'm not a big fan of Pixar movies. Oh, I can see the craft and care that goes into them. But that never seemed enough. And I always thought the Toy Story movies in particular seemed far more aimed at Boomer parents lamenting their kids growing up than the kids themselves. You can't say the same of the Studio Ghibli movies which are films aimed at children and are full of the mystery, strangeness, surprise and limpid beauty of childhood. My Neighbour Totoro may be the simplest of the Ghibli films, a story of two young girls spending summer in the country to be near their ailing mother only to encounter fantastic woodland creatures. But it has a charm to it that is beguiling. Here, summer - and childhood, for that matter - is reconfigured as dreamtime. Rear Window Alfred Hitchcock, 1954 James Stewart in Rear Window (Image: unknown) 'Hot town, summer in the city …' Jimmy Stewart is trapped in his apartment in a wheelchair with a broken leg. At least he has the solace of the occasional visit by Grace Kelly (looking like she has just walked off a Vogue cover) and snooping on his neighbours. Only thing is, the more he watches the more he is convinced one of them might have done away with his wife. The result? Hitchcock's puritanism and voyeurism both in plain view La Piscine Jacques Deray, 1969 Murder and Mediterranean sun go well together. Deray's late 1960s film stars Alain Delon and Romy Schneider at their most beautiful (which is saying something). They play a couple who are languorously spending their summer in a villa in the south of France. It's a life that - like them - looks perfect. But the more we see the more we realise there is something not quite right. And when Schneider's ex-lover turns up with his teenage daughter (played by Jane Birkin), things take something of a turn. It will not end well. Luca Guadagnino's 2015 film A Bigger Splash, starring Tilda Swinton and Ralph Fiennes, is loosely based on Deray's original. Both movies capture the sense of rot hiding in the bud of summer. Mid-August Lunch Gianni Di Gregorio, 2008 The inspiration for the recent James McArdle film Four Mothers, Mid-August Lunch seemed an unlikely debut for Di Gregorio, the writer of the uncompromising Italian mafia drama Gomorrah. It is essentially an OAP sleepover movie. Di Gregorio himself stars in the film as a son (called Gianni, just to make it simple) who is looking after his elderly mother in a stickily hot Rome. Fate dictates that he is soon looking after another three old women too. It's a film about food and Roman sunshine and love and tolerance, and it's full of sweetness and light. That's a recipe for a perfect summer, come to think of it.
Miami Herald
23-06-2025
- Business
- Miami Herald
Lake Worth Beach celebrity restaurant with movie history shuts down
It's been a really tough road for restaurants in recent years. The trouble started back in 2020, when restaurants were forced to shutter to guests during the pandemic. Don't miss the move: Subscribe to TheStreet's free daily newsletter Although those restrictions were temporary, restaurants then faced a series of challenges. First, there were labor shortages, due partly to the generous unemployment benefits stimulus bills had allowed for. Then, it was supply chain interruptions that made it hard to load up on ingredients. Related: Iconic mall food chain makes massive change The most recent challenge has been ongoing, and it's none other than inflation. Inflation has not only driven up costs for restaurants, but forced many consumers to change the way they spend their money. As a result, a lot of people have cut back on in-person dining, driving a decline in sales. A number of big-name restaurant chains have filed for bankruptcy and closed their doors as consumer demand has waned. Similarly, a number of popular standalone restaurants have been forced to close permanently. Lula's - a popular restaurant in the Palm Beach, Florida, area - has officially closed its doors. Its menu featured Italian favorites that included handmade pastas, seafood dishes, steaks, and meatballs. Before it was Lula's, the location in Lake Worth Beach hosted a number of famous restaurants, including Callaro's Steakhouse, which met its demise during the pandemic, and L'Anjou, which had been open to customers in that space for more than 30 years. The name Lula's was created by combining the names of two main streets in Lake Worth Beach - Lucerne and Lake Avenues. Related: Legendary local restaurant closing saddens fans The location even had a moment in the spotlight when it was featured in the 1981 film Body Heat. At the time, it was the L'Anjou name that appeared on the big screen. Given that the location was in the heart of downtown, it's surprising that Lula's didn't last longer than it did. It opened in October of 2024, lasting less than a year. The brains behind Lula's wasn't just any old chef. Rather, it was celebrity chef Todd English. English has appeared on a number of well-known cooking shows. He's also a James Beard winner and has authored several cookbooks. Related: Popular Mexican restaurant closes after 45 years Lula's wasn't English's only foray into Palm Beach County. He also opened his popular Figs restaurant at The Gardens Mall, but it shuttered in 2016 after seven years. Now, the famous space Lula's occupied has a new name on the lease. It's the owners of famous restaurant Ravish, located a few miles south in Lantana. Operating partner Alexandra Dupuis was stingy with details but said there are plans in the works to open a new restaurant called Pomona where Lula's once served customers. The aim is for Pomona to open this summer. Of course, if a Todd English restaurant struggled to stay afloat, it's questionable whether a replacement will thrive. More Fast Food & Restaurant News: Starbucks makes shocking pricing move customers will loveBankrupt restaurant chain offers new deal, stiff drinkNew Taco Bell menu items combines multiple classics The sad reality is that consumers are shying away not just from casual dining, but high-end dining as well. A lot of people are having a hard time justifying the higher cost given general economic uncertainty. That's bad news for consumers who do have the budget for the occasional high-end meal. Losing a favorite restaurant is always a big blow. And unfortunately, Lula's may only be one of many beloved establishments to shutter this year. Related: After closing 600 locations, fast-food chain has many more planned The Arena Media Brands, LLC THESTREET is a registered trademark of TheStreet, Inc.
San Francisco Chronicle
16-06-2025
- Entertainment
- San Francisco Chronicle
This is the best moving ending of the decade
Dear Mick: For me, the end of a movie is what makes it memorable or forgettable. Some powerful endings that come to mind for me are 'Chinatown' and 'Body Heat,' neo-noirs that were allowed to have authentic endings as opposed to the moralistic ones required under the Production Code. What are your picks? Catherine Bator, San Francisco Dear Catherine: The best ending of a movie in the last decade is the ending of ' Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood.' (Spoilers ahead, if you haven't seen the film.) Writer-director Quentin Tarantino teases you for over two hours, making you dread that you're about to witness the Manson murders. Then he diverts from the true history and has the Manson family killed by two fictional characters, played by Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt. The audience is exhilarated, but Tarantino doesn't stop there. Tarantino lets the energy settle back down. He has Sharon Tate invite the DiCaprio character to her house, and he makes the pace relaxed enough that we go back to remembering that this is just a movie, and that in real life Tate and her friends were murdered in the most horrific ways imaginable. So we experience a complicated mix of emotions, in which we're happy for the people in the movie, but sad about the real world — and sad that we have to live in that real world, even as we appreciate that movies can make it a little better. In this, Tarantino celebrates cinema in a brand-new way, and touches on an essential sadness in the disconnect between art and life. Hi Mick: You wouldn't include Stanley Kubrick as one of the greatest of American directors? 'Dr. Strangelove,' 'Lolita,' 'The Shining,' 'A Clockwork Orange,' '2001: A Space Odyssey.' Steve Ventrello, Napa Hi Steve: He might very well be great, but to make my Mount Rushmore, I'd have to love his work, and I just don't. He's too cold for me. Dear Mick: Your obsession with Gene Hackman's personality is starting to sound a bit peculiar. Is his friendliness, or lack of, really relevant to his work as an actor? If being a nice guy were a qualification for creative achievement, there would be many fewer actors, painters, musicians, etc. Thomas Wood, Nicasio Dear Thomas: I think the two of us need to track down this peculiar fellow who is obsessed with Gene Hackman's personality, who thinks his friendliness or lack thereof is relevant to his work as an actor, and who thinks that being a nice guy is a qualification for creative achievement. Then we can both disagree with him! In the meantime, you haven't found that peculiar fellow, and I have no idea why you're sending me his mail. For the record, I didn't give any thought to Gene Hackman or his personality since I wrote his obituary 10 years ago (we write them in advance); don't think his friendliness to strangers in art galleries is of any importance; and I'm the guy who's ready to welcome back Kevin Spacey — though Bill Cosby is a bridge too far. Dear Mick LaSalle: I read your piece in the Chronicle and wonder why ' The Penguin Lessons ' didn't come to mind as a good movie about animal-human friendship. Suzanne Cross, San Francisco But thank you for bringing up penguins, because I'd totally forgotten about ' My Penguin Friend ' (2024), which is a wonderful, fact-based movie about an old fisherman (Jean Reno) and his friendship with a penguin who comes to visit him every year. That made my top 10 list in 2024. Dear Mick LaSalle: ' The deft Lepard '? Ouch! Larry Schorr, San Francisco Dear Larry Schorr: You're referring to my praise of Nick Lepard, who wrote the movie ' Dangerous Animals.' I thought of it this way: Since the guy did a deft job, why, just because his name is Lepard, should I hesitate pouring some sugar on him? If I held back, I'd be f-f-f-fooling, or, even worse, I'd be bringing on the heartbreak.
New York Post
15-06-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
NY judge censured for comparing other jurist, worker to steamy ‘Body Heat' stars
He's the one feeling the heat now. An upstate judge is in hot water for suggesting another jurist was having a steamy relationship with a local government worker — a la William Hurt and Kathleen Turner in the flick 'Body Heat.' Rossie Town Judge Philip Gentile was presiding over his St. Lawrence County courtroom in January 2023 when he claimed on the side to a prosecutor that a jurist and code-enforcement officer in a neighboring town were 'very tight' — comparing their relationship to the racy 1981 hit movie, according to the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct on Friday. 3 An upstate judge suggested another jurist and a local government worker were acting as if they were in the flick 'Body Heat,' state officials said. The Legacy Collection/THA / Shutterstock Gentile had appeared before the unnamed other judge on a private zoning matter, which the enforcement officer was a part of, the Times Union reported. 'It was kind of like … Kathleen Turner and William Hurt in 'Body Heat,' you know, because they were so … close in the court that they were finishing each other's sentences and stuff,' Gentile said of the other judge and the enforcement officer — comments picked up on his own court's recording device. The commission's report on the incident included a footnote that described Hurt and Turner's characters as being in 'a passionate affair' and involved in a 'plot to murder the latter's husband,' the outlet said. 3 The 1981 movie 'Body Heat' was steamy enough to earn an R rating for its series of raunchy sex scenes. Corbis via Getty Images Gentile's comments earned him a censure, or formal reprimand. 'It undermines the judicial obligation to be fair and impartial when a judge bases decisions on outside conversations to which one or more parties are not privy and cannot counter,' the commission said in its ruling. 'Nor does it enhance the integrity of the court for a judge to utter profanities on the bench or spread baseless gossip about other judges or public officials. The commission expects Judge Gentile to be more sensitive to these and his other judicial obligations going forward.' 3 Upstate Judge Philip Gentile admitted he made the off-color comments, state judicial officials said. New Africa – According to the judicial commission, Gentile 'has acknowledged that his conduct was improper and warrants public discipline.' The wisecrack comment wasn't the only thing that has gotten Gentile in trouble. Between November 2022 and March 2024, Gentile also spoke to a prosecutor in an assault case but refused to share the conversation with a defense lawyer, balked at modifying an order of protection after having a private conversation and 'uttered profanities in court,' the commission said. Gentile, who is not a lawyer — and is not required to be by local law — has served as a judge in Rossie since 2018. His current term runs out in December.
Metro
11-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Metro
Tom Cruise praises Mickey Rourke after CBB star slammed him as 'irrelevant'
Tom Cruise has praised Mickey Rourke as a 'brilliant' actor after the controversial Celebrity Big Brother star infamously slammed the Hollywood icon as 'irrelevant'. During an appearance on Piers Morgan Uncensored in July 2022, Rourke made headlines for accusing Cruise of 'doing the same effing part for 35 years', adding that he had 'no respect for that'. When Morgan then pressed the actor and former professional boxer on whether he thought Cruise was a good actor or not, the past Oscar nominee announced Cruise was 'irrelevant in my world'. But there appear to be no hard feelings on the part of Cruise, who appeared at BFI Southbank on Sunday for a special in conversation event to celebrate his career and new release, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, ahead of being given the organisation's highest honour, the BFI Fellowship. The Top Gun actor and producer, 62, reflected on the busy start to his career, which saw interest 'happen fast' after the release of just his second credited role, in 1981 military cadet drama Taps. However, he told host Edith Bowman that his 'opportunities grew' after his breakout role in Risky Business two years later, which he chose over working with Francis Ford Coppola a second time on Rumble Fish – a movie in which Rourke ended up starring alongside Matt Dillon and Dennis Hopper. Reflecting on the whirlwind of his career during the early 80s, Cruise told the audience – including Metro – that he had undertaken workshop-style auditions and rehearsals for Coppola to work on their collaboration, The Outsiders. And this is where Cruise remembers crossing paths with Rourke, now 72, and being impressed – even a little starstruck – by the older actor. 'We all rehearsed, and it was an amazing experience – here we are, two generations of actors and actresses are all doing workshops together, and it's an audition process. So I saw all of these incredible young actors,' Cruise recalled. 'Mickey Rourke came in. He was older than us, he was like 26, and he was, like, Mickey Rourke ! You know, Body Heat – and just a brilliant actor. Yeah, he was amazing,' the Mission: Impossible star enthused over his fellow actor. Rourke impressed in small roles in Heaven's Gate (1980) and 1981's Body Heat, where he played a bombmaker, before winning acclaim for Diner in 1982 and bagging his first leading role in Coppola's Rumble Fish. He didn't end up co-starring with Cruise, though, who opted to do Risky Business instead, but shared that he was still grateful to have worked with Megalopolis filmmaker Coppola so early in his career. 'I saw Francis recently again, and I – again – thanked him for that opportunity,' he added. Elsewhere, Cruise also shared that he has been 'global' in his moviemaking approach for over 40 years – desperate to travel and work around the world. 'At that time, Hollywood was very Hollywood. It was about America, and I was very much about global – and I wanted to go to these places, you know, I wanted to work there, so I wanted to be there and watch these movies,' he explained. He then spoke about bringing the 'Hollywood culture' to Europe and the rest of the world with red carpet premieres, a concept which predates him by decades – but with which he is credited with popularising it around the world. His BFI Fellowship recognises Cruise's long and varied career – including films like Jerry Maguire, A Few Good Men, Rain Man and The Edge of Tomorrow – as well as his 'huge contribution to the UK film industry as a producer'. Cruise has produced most of his recent Mission: Impossible movies among other films largely in the UK – but refused to be comment earlier this week on Donald Trump's proposed 100% tariff on non-US movies 'produced in foreign lands'. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Rourke – whose film career stalled in the 90s before a comeback which included Sin City, Iron Man 2 and winning a Bafta and Golden Globe for his turn in 2008's The Wrestler – has recently made headlines for his stint on Celebrity Big Brother. He is currently in his reality TV era – following an appearance in 2020 on The Masked Singer US – having appeared more in indie films and direct-to-video titles in recent years. More Trending The Rainmaker actor was kicked off the show after less than a week – reportedly missing out on his rumoured £500,000 fee – following a series of incidents and warnings. Rourke sparked more than 1,000 Ofcom complaints for his 'unacceptable' behaviour and language, which included displaying 'creepy' behaviour towards host AJ Odudu during the live launch show. He then used a homophobic slur against pop star JoJo Siwa, saying: 'If I stay longer than four days, you won't be gay anymore.' After being given a warning by Big Brother, he was then axed just a day later after his behaviour and language towards Love Island star Chris Hughes during a task were considered to be threatening and physical, though no physical altercation took place. Got a story? If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@ calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we'd love to hear from you. 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