Moulin Rouge

The first episode of a non-theme month here in June (and the 743rd overall) gets loud about Baz Luhrmann's bombastic Moulin Rouge. It's the kind of zany project where the director and star of this Paris-set movie are both Australians (Luhrmann and Nicole Kidman) while the co-lead is Scottish (Ewan McGregor) and a Colombian (John Leguizamo) plays the real-life French writer Toulouse Lautrec. Kidman and McGregor are well-matched as gaga lovers and, while she got most of the raves, he's just as good...if not even better. Baz's main hook is to use anachronistic pop hits on the soundtrack in his frantic, garish musical that's absolutely in love with love. Either you're all in...or you won't be able to put up with more than 10 minutes of it. But put up with me talking about the sickly courtesan and her idealistic writer who l'amour things up in the spectacular (spectacular) Moulin Rouge. Subscribe to "Have You Ever Seen," but also drop a 5-star rating and maybe even write a complimentary review. Contact options are email ([email protected]), Twitter (@moviefiend51), Bluesky (ryan-ellis) and Letterboxd (RyanHYES).