that's my birthday! good birthday movie?
― surm, Wednesday, 13 May 2015 04:38 (nine years ago) link
if you like sadistic house parties, i think? (haven't seen it, read the book)
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 13 May 2015 10:57 (nine years ago) link
Comfort of Strangers didn't seem all that special at the time - the Venetian setting and air of menace couldn't help but bring to mind Don't Look Now, to which it is markedly inferior - but I wouldn't be surprised if it's actually aged quite well. Pinter screenplay, iirc.
― sʌxihɔːl (Ward Fowler), Wednesday, 13 May 2015 11:01 (nine years ago) link
interesting. i'm kind of fascinated and want to go. might be a funny way to spend a bday.
― surm, Thursday, 14 May 2015 12:51 (nine years ago) link
last full day of Pather Panchali at FF (scattered screenings through remaining 3 weeks of the Apu series)
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 14 May 2015 17:06 (nine years ago) link
think i'm going to see Dior and I at Film Forum tomorrow night instead, followed by dessert and a martini
― surm, Sunday, 17 May 2015 17:38 (nine years ago) link
Nick Pinkerton on the current Anthology series of that writer (?) Philip Yordan (need to hit that Ryan-Ives western):
http://artforum.com/film/id=52176
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 20 May 2015 16:33 (nine years ago) link
i liked Dior and I a lot
― surm, Wednesday, 20 May 2015 17:06 (nine years ago) link
foreign B&W scope at BAM
http://www.bam.org/film/2015/black-and-white-scope-international-cinema
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 28 May 2015 19:17 (nine years ago) link
and a 35mm fest at Anthology, from Borzage to V Gallo
http://anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screenings/series/44254
http://www.wsj.com/articles/classics-return-to-the-screen-at-celluloid-celebration-1432767565
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Friday, 29 May 2015 02:21 (nine years ago) link
two months of Technicolor at MoMA
http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/films/1583
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Monday, 1 June 2015 19:12 (nine years ago) link
last day for Gueros at FF
http://filmforum.org/film/gueros-film-page
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 2 June 2015 18:26 (nine years ago) link
Thought it was pretty good.
― Faron Young Folks (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 2 June 2015 19:09 (nine years ago) link
it was!
another key series at MoMA, on the Great Migration... good luck ever seeing these projected again:
http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/films/1580
and theater 2 fills up quickly!
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 3 June 2015 18:36 (nine years ago) link
and the great DP Gabriel Figueroa (Bunuel, Huston, Siegel et al) gets his own retro at FF
http://filmforum.org/series/gabriel-figueroa-series
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 3 June 2015 21:27 (nine years ago) link
Yay! 16mm print of Maria Candelaria, though.
― Faron Young Folks (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 3 June 2015 21:48 (nine years ago) link
i've seen it there before
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 3 June 2015 21:56 (nine years ago) link
Print is from MoMA, apparently.
― Faron Young Folks (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 3 June 2015 22:04 (nine years ago) link
who has seen Victims of Sin, that is the question
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 4 June 2015 11:14 (nine years ago) link
and has the FF 2-for-1 admission disappeared?
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 4 June 2015 11:15 (nine years ago) link
Didn't notice.
― Faron Young Folks (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 4 June 2015 11:37 (nine years ago) link
Perf Arts Library, Sat at 2:30:
When sound arrived, the folks at Roach sometimes looked back at their silent output for ideas for new productions. Two fascinating side-by-side examples are films in which both Laurel & Hardy appear in both the originals and the sound remakes! Our line-up includes DUCK SOUP ('27) and ANOTHER FINE MESS ('30), plus CHICKENS COME HOME ('31) and LOVE ‘EM AND WEEP ('27)!
http://www.silentclowns.com/nowshowing.html
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 4 June 2015 15:31 (nine years ago) link
New screen name in honor of that Film Forum series
― Maria Felix Kept On Walking (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 5 June 2015 03:54 (nine years ago) link
And this upcoming cine negro series:https://www.moma.org/m/calendar/film_series/1589
― Maria Felix Kept On Walking (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 7 June 2015 14:59 (nine years ago) link
Hondo in 3D, also a rarities program
http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/films/1587
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 11 June 2015 16:24 (nine years ago) link
http://www.filmlinc.com/films/series/new-york-asian-film-festival-2015
!!
― 龜, Friday, 19 June 2015 20:18 (eight years ago) link
taking a quick breeze through city on fire and cold war are both great
― 龜, Friday, 19 June 2015 20:19 (eight years ago) link
NYAFF 2015 Schlump in Attendance
― tender is the late-night daypart (schlump), Friday, 19 June 2015 20:29 (eight years ago) link
I would really like to see Chasuke's Journey. Yeah, City on Fire is good. Tokyo Tribe is a must see as well, batshit crazy, though I preferred Why Don't You Play In Hell.
― Frederik B, Friday, 19 June 2015 20:43 (eight years ago) link
city on fire w/ ringo lam q+a tomorrow night, got my tickets, psyched to see a 35mm print as i've only ever seen it on vhs
― adam, Friday, 26 June 2015 16:11 (eight years ago) link
adam i might be at that!
― 龜, Friday, 26 June 2015 16:13 (eight years ago) link
House Party showing tonight at momi
― 龜, Friday, 26 June 2015 16:18 (eight years ago) link
do any of you have a subscription to the paper version of cahiers du cinema? if so i have a question.
― wizzz! (amateurist), Friday, 26 June 2015 16:39 (eight years ago) link
i didn't realize aaron kwok was in town and at both last night and today's screening of port of call :(
― 龜, Saturday, 27 June 2015 19:34 (eight years ago) link
i understand city on fire's influence but it's not a great film
'full alert' was full stop great and i hope a blu ray gets released at some point
― 龜, Monday, 29 June 2015 00:23 (eight years ago) link
couldn't make it to full alert, sadly. were you at city on fire? ringo lam sat right in front of me! until he bailed after the shower scene
i think the stuff that city on fire does right (stylish bits, danny lee) outweighs the bad stuff (tonal insanity)
― adam, Monday, 29 June 2015 21:34 (eight years ago) link
tonal insanity kind of comes w/ that era of HK movies though. do you not like john woo either?
school on fire is even better than city on fire IMO.
― wizzz! (amateurist), Monday, 29 June 2015 22:55 (eight years ago) link
speaking of tonal insanity, i just re-watched "8 diagram pole fighter." man, does that film have some mood swings. it's also kind of the ne plus ultra of one kind of kinetic filmmaking. i think i'll watch it again tonight.
― wizzz! (amateurist), Monday, 29 June 2015 22:56 (eight years ago) link
i still am waiting for world film culture to catch up w/ HK action cinema. i know it's a big deal and has been for a while, but it still seems very "niche." maybe that's all it'll ever be.
for example on that sight & sound poll from a few years back barely any critics mentioned films by lau kar-leung, cheng cheh, tsui hark, etc. -- even king hu (the wu xia director who everyone likes) didn't really make a strong showing.
― wizzz! (amateurist), Monday, 29 June 2015 22:58 (eight years ago) link
― adam, Monday, June 29, 2015 5:34 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark
Yeah I was 3rd row dead center
― 龜, Monday, 29 June 2015 23:43 (eight years ago) link
am i think the tonal insanity is part of the charm but i also think that may be stockholm syndrome after imprinting very heavily on hard boiled as a kid
― adam, Tuesday, 30 June 2015 00:54 (eight years ago) link
tonal shifts are a feature, not a bug! Or at least, yes, you have to "put up with it" if you're interested in a lot of popular cinema. popular indian cinema will make your head spin. when i first encountered the so-called "masala" films from the 80s-90s (which are, self-consciously, even more tonally diverse than your typical 3-hour bollywood extravaganza), i was a little shocked, not to say outraged, by the way the films would seemingly turn on a dime from searing social critique to sadean violence (minus the graphic-ness of some HK films) to insipid romance. not to mention the musical numbers! i still find myself a little unsettled by it, but less so.
― wizzz! (amateurist), Wednesday, 1 July 2015 17:10 (eight years ago) link
i always found it kind of interesting that john woo was the HK filmmaker who had the greatest success in Hollywood. obviously, as a stylist he's extremely accomplished. but the thematics and emotional appeals of his films are far from the most "sophisticated" (putting that in scare quotes b/c by saying this i don't mean to disparage them) in HK. i find that students sometimes laugh at the more over-the-top stuff in "a better tomorrow" and "the killer". woo cannily modulated that for his hollywood films... but not /that/ much. i would have thought that tsui hark would have had more success in hollywood but i guess he was just too much of a manic control freak to work easily within that system. (also, his filmmaking powers were already waning by the time he made it to los angeles.)
― wizzz! (amateurist), Wednesday, 1 July 2015 17:15 (eight years ago) link
Village Voice (Michael Atkinson) assessment of NYAFF today was 'it aint what it used to be'.
MOMI does 'essential' Pappy:
http://www.movingimage.us/films/2015/07/03/detail/the-essential-john-ford/
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 1 July 2015 17:17 (eight years ago) link
had a dream that a few more of ford's early westerns at universal were discovered (most are lost). woke up really excited, then grudgingly went back to sleep when i realized it wasn't real.
still, too bad they aren't showing 'straight shooting'. i don't know if it's 'essential,' but it's fantastic.
― wizzz! (amateurist), Wednesday, 1 July 2015 17:19 (eight years ago) link
― wizzz! (amateurist), Wednesday, July 1, 2015 1:15 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark
part of this is the fact that the male-bonding, brotherhood aspects of his films don't translate super well into western culture (not to say that bro-iness isn't a thing in the_west but it's done on very different terms)
― 龜, Wednesday, 1 July 2015 17:22 (eight years ago) link
I thought guns were the reason Woo did better in America.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Wednesday, 1 July 2015 18:49 (eight years ago) link
unscientific ranking of the fords i've seen (NB some of these i've seen only once, others probably one or two dozen times)
how green was my valleymy darling clementinethey were expendablethe searchersshe wore a yellow ribbonfort apachethe sun shines brightwagon masteryoung mr. lincolnthe quiet manwee willie winkiesteamboat 'round the bendjudge prieststagecoachthe man who shot liberty valancerio grandetwo rode togetherdrums along the mohawkair mailthe long voyage homepilgrimagethe long gray linestraight shootingjust pals7 womenthe horse soldiersthe grapes of wrath3 godfathersthe prisoner of shark islandmogambo3 bad menfleshthe last hurrahfour sonsthe whole town's talkingthe iron horsehangman's housegideon's daythe informerbucking broadwaycheyenne autumn (this has some beautiful things in it, but it also rehases stuff from his earlier films in a very coarse way that makes me embarassed for ford)the lost patrollightnin'mother machreesalutethe fugitivedonovan's reefarrowsmith (redeemed--barely--by some excellent cinematography)four men and a prayerwhat price glorythe plough and the starsup the riverthe world moves onborn recklessmary of scotland (hoo-boy)
i don't even know /what/ to do with 'tobacco road' btw
― wizzz! (amateurist), Wednesday, 1 July 2015 18:52 (eight years ago) link
btw the first four or five of those rank with the best films made by anyone anywhere anytime
i do like the title of this Tadanobu Asano vehicle
http://www.filmlinc.com/films/on-sale/ruined-heart-another-love-story-between-a-criminal-a-whore
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 2 July 2015 17:44 (eight years ago) link