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Post by mikesheawright on Jan 12, 2022 1:01:01 GMT
Nice Guys rules!!
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Post by yeahokwow on Jan 12, 2022 23:59:15 GMT
Just watched The Town for the first time last night. That shit was great! Why doesn’t Ben Affleck just fucking focus on directing???
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Post by dominocorp on Jan 14, 2022 5:39:07 GMT
a weirdly perfect double bill is Claire Denis' Chocolat (not to be confused with the super corny Depp film of the same name) & George Stevens' Shane. Essentially the same movie except hyper european vs. very very USA. I also just realized the kid from Shane is the slightly older kid from Hud.
another cool double bill you can treat yourself to is Olivier Assayas Summer Hours and then Powell and Pressburger's I Know Where I'm going. Sort of opposite outcomes to similar themes. Might be the most 'boring' Assayas at a glance, but probably the one where he's most psychotically angry beneath the surface. Someone like Charbol would just kill all the characters in it, I guess, which is why people (including me) like him.
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Post by disneyweirdness on Jan 23, 2022 14:15:18 GMT
This is not really relevant to the thread but I just want to complain about the stupid future world we live in. I was trying to rewatch all the Scream movies before the reboot came out. Before New Year's we were able to access the series very easily through streaming sites, saw 1-3 over Christmas week no problem. Then on January 1, they got moved to a pay cable channel (Showtime I think?) so I never got to watch the 4th one. And my library has a que because of everybody else is in the same boat as me.
TLDR, I hate streaming and miss DVD and regular old television.
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Post by lew on Jan 31, 2022 1:31:55 GMT
Went and saw the new Almodovar film last night, Parallel Mothers. Can't say I've never not enjoyed one of his movies. They're all good to me. This felt like a small one, and I didn't think it was quite as good as Pain and Glory, but I found the drama enjoyable in its absurdity and was moved by the ending. Aitana Sánchez-Gijón was really good as a posh actress mum who chooses her career over her daughter.
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Post by grubcubman on Jan 31, 2022 18:27:24 GMT
Went and saw the new Almodovar film last night, Parallel Mothers. Can't say I've never not enjoyed one of his movies. They're all good to me. This felt like a small one, and I didn't think it was quite as good as Pain and Glory, but I found the drama enjoyable in its absurdity and was moved by the ending. Aitana Sánchez-Gijón was really good as a posh actress mum who chooses her career over her daughter.
I'm looking forward to this one. I just watched All About My Mother the other day and loved it -- he's so consistent with his colors and the realization of his characters.
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Post by BubblesZine on Feb 1, 2022 13:35:34 GMT
Red Rocket anyone?? I loved it. I love Sean Baker.
I also watched They Were Eleven last night, pretty good. I couldn't find the manga easily to read so I watched the movie. But the manga is apparently coming into print again this year.
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Post by manoopuesta on Feb 9, 2022 12:35:00 GMT
Watched yesterday The Velvet Underground documentary. I had high hopes for it because I liked other movies from Todd Haynes, especially that Karen Carpenter movie he made years ago.
I enjoyed this film very much, and there was so much rare footage. The screen tests from Warhol fit also nicely into the movie. More so than the time I saw a few of them in an Andy Warhol exhibition.
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Post by ely on Feb 9, 2022 17:24:15 GMT
watched the 2017 joseph beuys doc (BEUYS) and was disappointed by it’s overall disjointedness and lack of narrative and information (lol) but the archival footage is really great to see compiled.. worth watching if it’s sitting in front of you in your library stack. otherwise not so much. then i rewatched Christmas in Connecticut which i have watched almost every year at christmas my entire life, ha. it’s such a great christmas movie. a delightful screwball comedy w barbara stanwyck. really a classic. first time i watched it in the last few years and it really held up
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Post by johnspark on Feb 14, 2022 11:52:27 GMT
i've spent the past few weeks watching every single thing Christian Petzold has made and my life is better for it
other things I've watched and liked: Dick Johnson is Dead - I would not go so far as to say this is 'elder abuse' as some have, but of course I understand the discomfort. It's not a pretty thing but the rawness and ugliness of this movie is exactly why it should be seen as substantial and legitimate... I haven't read much press with Kirsten Johnson around the film, I wonder if she acknowledges the Kiarostami of it all.
Red Rocket - Sean Baker is such an empathetic storyteller. I really adore his stuff. Some of the shots in this felt ridiculously cutting edge and futuristic to me somehow...I think it must have something to do with the fact that this movie had a crew of around 10 people.
The Celebration (Festen) - Vinterberg knew what he was about from the jump. A true horror film set in the real world.
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Post by BubblesZine on Feb 15, 2022 5:00:02 GMT
Has anyone seen The Worst Person in the World yet? I loved it. And one of the main characters is an contemporary underground cartoonist! Maybe of a Peter Bagge era sorta. It doesn't have much to do with comics, but it's a really beautiful movie. Not a spoiler, but there's this shot of the his bookcase about 8 minutes in.
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Post by teemcgee on Feb 15, 2022 16:57:17 GMT
Red Rocket - Sean Baker is such an empathetic storyteller. I really adore his stuff. Some of the shots in this felt ridiculously cutting edge and futuristic to me somehow...I think it must have something to do with the fact that this movie had a crew of around 10 people.
One of my favourite directors working today - I like his treatment of sex work, particularly how his characters are often sex workers (of various stripes) but the sex work informs, rather than wholy constitutes, the motivations of the characters.
Starlet is one of my special favourites and I feel doesn't get as much attention as his most recent films, a simple story told with such a gentle, deft touch.
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Post by johnspark on Feb 15, 2022 18:38:14 GMT
Red Rocket - Sean Baker is such an empathetic storyteller. I really adore his stuff. Some of the shots in this felt ridiculously cutting edge and futuristic to me somehow...I think it must have something to do with the fact that this movie had a crew of around 10 people.
One of my favourite directors working today - I like his treatment of sex work, particularly how his characters are often sex workers (of various stripes) but the sex work informs, rather than wholy constitutes, the motivations of the characters.
Starlet is one of my special favourites and I feel doesn't get as much attention as his most recent films, a simple story told with such a gentle, deft touch.
I gotta get that one. Word on the street is Criterion is prepping a set of restorations of his first 3.
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Post by disneyweirdness on Mar 8, 2022 20:08:56 GMT
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Post by mikesheawright on Mar 8, 2022 23:00:34 GMT
Finally watched Come and See, it was... as advertised. Incredible astonishing filmmaking, completely ruined my day. Recommended!
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