Last night, post wine festival, we opted to just relax and watch one of the Zip movies on hand. Smoke (imdb | rotten tomatoes) is one that I’ve wanted to see for years. It had the expected great performances by Harvey Keitel, William Hurt, Stockard Channing and Forest Whitaker, and very early career roles by Harrold Perrineau and Ashley Judd. There’s more plot & story than I had expected; for some reason I thought that it all took place in the cigar store, but that wasn’t the case. In fact, pretty much the whole movie takes place in conversations, two people at a time. There’s not that much more I can say about it, except that you should see it.

Oh, and have some wine on hand; it’s just that kind of film.