oh by the way: le mepris actually came to mind way more watching DILLINGER IS DEAD. did any of you get to it? i owe myself ferreri films now.
― deveraux billings (schlump), Friday, 13 March 2009 16:01 (fifteen years ago) link
last Kuchar programs tnite at 7 & 9
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 17 March 2009 20:34 (fifteen years ago) link
What should I see from the BAM series of Nagisa Oshima films?http://www.bam.org/view.aspx?pid=1017
― mizzell, Tuesday, 17 March 2009 20:51 (fifteen years ago) link
as much as possible.
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 17 March 2009 21:02 (fifteen years ago) link
S/D: Nagisa Oshima, renegade filmmaker
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 17 March 2009 21:09 (fifteen years ago) link
since my week is insanely imploding already, I'll probably screw it and go to the Dreyer silent at BAM tnite:
http://onfilm.chicagoreader.com/movies/capsules/6016_MASTER_OF_THE_HOUSE
― Past a Diving Jeter (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 24 March 2009 13:45 (fifteen years ago) link
planning on BAM Oshima tomw & Thurs.
― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 1 April 2009 03:10 (fifteen years ago) link
forgot about that. i will probably randomly pick a couple. has anyone ever seen that bresson film that's really hard to get that's called something like four nights of a dreamer or something? one of the oshima pics reminded me of it, synopsis wise
― corps of discovery (schlump), Wednesday, 1 April 2009 03:17 (fifteen years ago) link
As posted on Rolling Documentary thread, you guys need to see this, imo it's one of the best documentaries of the past couple years (/ever). Don't do any research at all before you go to it, it could kinda ruin the experience.
― Someone Still Loves You Evan and Jaron (Tape Store), Wednesday, 1 April 2009 03:28 (fifteen years ago) link
Also, I'm starting to dip my toes into the distribution world. What theaters do you guys recommend for documentaries? Rooftop? IFC? BAM?
― Someone Still Loves You Evan and Jaron (Tape Store), Wednesday, 1 April 2009 03:48 (fifteen years ago) link
IFC deffo (not that i go to many of them but they've got the whole stranger than fiction series)
― the pains of being melissa joan hart (donna rouge), Wednesday, 1 April 2009 03:55 (fifteen years ago) link
Film Forum premieres a lot.
― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 1 April 2009 04:04 (fifteen years ago) link
Oooh, forgot Film Forum, I've heard good things!
I might as well get into specifics (I should point out that I'm not actually distributing either of these films, but I am trying to give advice). The first is a ridiculously well-shot film about poor br4zilian boys, looks amazing on a big screen. Kinda like Kiarostami. The director is a colleague of the Dardenne brothers. The other film is a surprisingly well-shot and well-edited coming-of-age doc that follows these Jackass-obsessed kids...sorta feels like cult classic material?
Does that change any answers?
― Someone Still Loves You Evan and Jaron (Tape Store), Wednesday, 1 April 2009 04:20 (fifteen years ago) link
the first of those sounds like FF, second IFC.
― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 1 April 2009 04:24 (fifteen years ago) link
Thanks!
― Someone Still Loves You Evan and Jaron (Tape Store), Wednesday, 1 April 2009 04:52 (fifteen years ago) link
If you need to contact anybody at the Film Society At Lincoln Center these days, you'll have to go straight to the top, Richard Peña, as he seems to be the only one left over there.
― moe greene dolphin street (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 1 April 2009 13:34 (fifteen years ago) link
you/someone mentioned the dardenne/french film before, and i remember struggling to find much of a presence online. good luck anyhow.
― corps of discovery (schlump), Wednesday, 1 April 2009 13:53 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, that's mostly because it's being promoted under its Portuguese title in France. Also because it's obscure.
― Someone Still Loves You Evan and Jaron (Tape Store), Friday, 3 April 2009 02:06 (fifteen years ago) link
Also, another reminder: Forbidden Lie$ is playing at Cinema Village and you need to see it. Without doing any research, really, i'm not joking.
― Someone Still Loves You Evan and Jaron (Tape Store), Friday, 3 April 2009 02:12 (fifteen years ago) link
Also, Time Out's review is painfully wrong, perhaps the worst blurb of the year.
― Someone Still Loves You Evan and Jaron (Tape Store), Friday, 3 April 2009 02:15 (fifteen years ago) link
"Yesterday's news"? Like WTF, did you even get the point of the film? Or watch past the first 25 minutes?
― Someone Still Loves You Evan and Jaron (Tape Store), Friday, 3 April 2009 02:18 (fifteen years ago) link
Ayo, http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/forbiddenlies
― Someone Still Loves You Evan and Jaron (Tape Store), Friday, 3 April 2009 05:58 (fifteen years ago) link
think i will get to Oshima 4:30 @BAM, Three Resurrected Drunkards
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 7 April 2009 17:45 (fifteen years ago) link
dr spaceman was excellent as norma's husband in forbidden lies
― corps of discovery (schlump), Tuesday, 7 April 2009 20:31 (fifteen years ago) link
Chaplin Essanays @ NY Hist Society on CPW at 2
http://www.silentclowns.com/nowshowing.html
― Dr Morbius, Sunday, 19 April 2009 15:53 (fifteen years ago) link
any tribeca plans?
― corps of discovery (schlump), Monday, 20 April 2009 15:09 (fifteen years ago) link
nope! :D
― zurück zum Traphaus (donna rouge), Monday, 20 April 2009 15:18 (fifteen years ago) link
looks like i am going to see moon... blank city... the eclipse... defamation?
what else is good playing at tribs? honestly the line-up is not wowing me.
― s1ocki, Monday, 20 April 2009 15:18 (fifteen years ago) link
is it true they "downsized" this year? their unwieldiness i found kinda offputting in the past
― zurück zum Traphaus (donna rouge), Monday, 20 April 2009 15:19 (fifteen years ago) link
i am new to this and was totally thinking i could wait the long-ass time until denizens of the tri-state area could get tickets for things like whatever works. bummer. now i have to read through all the enthusiastic recommendations for horror imports.
― corps of discovery (schlump), Monday, 20 April 2009 15:22 (fifteen years ago) link
85 films in it, down from 200+. I've seen 3 or 4, all underwhelming. Their press screenings are barely organized.
― Dr Morbius, Monday, 20 April 2009 17:01 (fifteen years ago) link
anything in particular you're looking forward to morbs?
what have you seen?
― s1ocki, Monday, 20 April 2009 17:11 (fifteen years ago) link
Rudo y Cursi - the "Tambien" brats in an even MORE insufferable comedy!
Easy Virtue - wrongheaded Noel Coward adap where they try to make the characters REAL.
Might try that Brit In the Looop today.
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 23 April 2009 13:20 (fifteen years ago) link
the line-up isn't that inspiring i gotta say. there's not that much to tempt me away from chillin with my nyc friends and eating things... one or two movies a day max
― s1ocki, Thursday, 23 April 2009 13:21 (fifteen years ago) link
have you seen Treeless Mountain? or do you want to see Viridiana at Film Forum maybe Friday?
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 23 April 2009 13:24 (fifteen years ago) link
i haven't! and when is viridiana playing?
― s1ocki, Thursday, 23 April 2009 13:26 (fifteen years ago) link
it starts at Film Forum on Friday. Treeless Mt just started there too.
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 23 April 2009 13:30 (fifteen years ago) link
also, there's a Shirley Clarke fest @ Anthology.
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 23 April 2009 14:03 (fifteen years ago) link
I can unreservedly recommend In the Loop, but IFC is releasing it in May.
― Dr Morbius, Friday, 24 April 2009 03:05 (fifteen years ago) link
Someone else told me the same thing. Thinking about seeing it at the FF members brunch, but might take the kids to see the Harold Lloyd instead.
― moe greene dolphin street (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 24 April 2009 03:27 (fifteen years ago) link
also John Hurt is very touching playing Quentin Crisp again in An Englishman in New York, but it doesn't approach the earlier film.
― Dr Morbius, Friday, 24 April 2009 04:05 (fifteen years ago) link
FF Members Brunch was lots of fun. Bruce outdid himself.
― moe greene dolphin street (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 26 April 2009 21:05 (fifteen years ago) link
any of you catch IL DIVO/anyone as enamoured as i was?
― corps of discovery (schlump), Sunday, 3 May 2009 04:02 (fifteen years ago) link
it sounds awesome from everything ive readhow long until its in non-snob theaters, if ever?
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 3 May 2009 04:03 (fifteen years ago) link
there's something on a blog about how it's been ghettoized into just the film center and sunshine, but will come out at some point. it's a masterpiece anyway: i like sorrentino's last two films plenty but could call him my favourite director after this - the function of the production design and cinematography, the language of the film, ahh.
― corps of discovery (schlump), Sunday, 3 May 2009 04:47 (fifteen years ago) link
I liked, gave it 3 stars outta 4, but it's sort of limited -- you keep waiting for Toni Servillo to bend his performance to let more "naturalism" at least peek through, but the only new color after the first 5 minutes is that very theatrical confession scene.
Directors' Late Films @ BAM -- I'm thinking mostly about Cracking Up on Tuesday, then Aldrich and Wellman.
http://bam.org/view.aspx?pid=1051
― Dr Morbius, Sunday, 3 May 2009 07:35 (fifteen years ago) link
"the late film" is the only may repertory thing that i'm excited about. thoughts on godard's king lear?
― we were never being butthurt (donna rouge), Sunday, 3 May 2009 07:45 (fifteen years ago) link
saw it when it came out; shrugged at it like most '80s Godard. The Burgess Meredith-Molly Ringwald scenes were at least ... something.
wow, Sarris & Haskell introducing El Dorado @BAM.
My friend Steve co-curated this MoMA series of silent comedy shorts at month's end with the magnetic title CRUEL AND UNUSUAL COMEDY!
http://moma.org/visit/calendar/films/948
Note: "Since these films touch on a number of potentially sensitive issues, each screening features an introduction that will provide context." Beware, blackface and woman-beating!
also, I plan on going to the Julien Duvivier film today at 5:30.
― Dr Morbius, Sunday, 3 May 2009 08:12 (fifteen years ago) link
I've meant to see that one for years. Sometimes I even think I've seen it, but what I'm confusing it with is something called Pattes Blanches.
― moe greene dolphin street (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 3 May 2009 14:49 (fifteen years ago) link
Wow, I guess that's Hildegard Knef in that still from Holiday For Henrietta.
― moe greene dolphin street (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 3 May 2009 14:54 (fifteen years ago) link