I feel bad for missing image book. Is it at Lincoln center?
― i believe that (s)he is sincere (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 3 March 2019 04:50 (five years ago) link
gone; gotta pounce on JLG, not a crowd pleaser
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 3 March 2019 05:11 (five years ago) link
take the train down to Baltimore and we'll see it together
― flappy bird, Sunday, 3 March 2019 05:22 (five years ago) link
the trailer for was sorta bad but I thought how could you possibly screw up Isabelle Huppert + CGM?
watch Greta to find out
― flappy bird, Sunday, 3 March 2019 05:24 (five years ago) link
Wrong Again (McCarey, 1929)Burning (Lee Chang-dong, 2018)Birds of Passage (Guerra & Gallego, 2018)Elmer's Pet Rabbit (Jones, 1941)In the Money (Strayer, 1933)Zama (Martel, 2017)
― Anne Hedonia (j.lu), Monday, 4 March 2019 02:58 (five years ago) link
Greta wasn't even good camp.
― Let's have sensible centrist armageddon (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 4 March 2019 03:01 (five years ago) link
trying Transit tonight and Anthropocene on Thursday; Burtynsky has a killer eye but i wouldn't be half as interested to see it on television. Scope!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBrXykjecx8
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 4 March 2019 20:40 (five years ago) link
xp Zama and Birds of Passage are among the best films of the past five years, great doubleheader!
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 4 March 2019 20:41 (five years ago) link
I'm still trying to process both films (plus Burning that same weekend).
― Anne Hedonia (j.lu), Monday, 4 March 2019 22:22 (five years ago) link
i would imagine!
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 4 March 2019 23:23 (five years ago) link
― Let's have sensible centrist armageddon (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, March 3, 2019 8:01 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
can't wait to love this movie
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Monday, 4 March 2019 23:29 (five years ago) link
its problems are structural & technical... I'd be really surprised if you like it even with reservations
― flappy bird, Monday, 4 March 2019 23:37 (five years ago) link
Zama was the most memorable film from the last couple of years for me
looking forward to seeing Birds of Passage, really liked Embrace of the Serpent
still haven’t seen Burning, Shoplifters, Lazzaro Felice
― Dan S, Tuesday, 5 March 2019 06:50 (five years ago) link
...or Claire's Camera, Girl, Transit, or Border
plan to see most of them in the next few weeks
― Dan S, Tuesday, 5 March 2019 07:03 (five years ago) link
Transit was quietly, confidently remarkable; the conceit of setting it in a contemporary world (sans cell phones and social media) gave it an immediacy that lent itself nicely to increased empathy.lots of Kafkaesque dread and a great plot twist (and closing credits music) at the end. Not much in the way of sex or violence that wasn't only keenly implied. Surprisingly engaging every step of the way.Pretty sure Franz Rogowski is gonna be a Hollywood star in three years or less.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 5 March 2019 20:12 (five years ago) link
Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion (6.5)The Stranger Beside Me (5.5)Wind River (7.0)A Woman, a Part (6.0)Rabbit Hole (8.0)The Lovely Bones (6.0)Moonrise (6.5)The Snowman (6.0)Double Jeopardy (5.5)Bleeding Heart (6.0)The Conversation (10.0)
― clemenza, Saturday, 9 March 2019 12:58 (five years ago) link
Pretty sure Franz Rogowski is gonna be a Hollywood star in three years or less.
as New Joaquin Phoenix? He's a dead ringer.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 9 March 2019 13:12 (five years ago) link
Tension (1950, dir. John Berry), TCM: "Brief SynopsisA man who had planned to murder his wife's lover becomes the prime suspect when somebody beats him to it." Narrated by wry homicide cop Barry Sullivan, a fedora hipster in the historical, trickster sense ("the Madison Avenue hipster" was a type, long before Normam Mailer arrived at the 1964 Republican Convention and immediately spotted the young operatives sporting wrap-around shades, skinny ties, skinny suits). practically bopping in the room at one point: he lovvves his job, ditto his partner, graceful fatman Willian Conrad. Won't tell you how it "ends," but like to think Sullivan ooutsmarted hinself, and nicer guy Basehart outlucked himself, when perp spills beans on stand. Audrey Totter nails her noirness, young Cyd Charisse is innocently glamorous good neighbor in nebbish druggist Basehart's other life.
Rabid(1977, written & directed by Cronenberg), TCM: "Brief SynopsisWhen Rose is seriously injured in a motorcycle accident, an experimental surgery is performed on her that saves her life. But after the operation, she finds that she craves blood, and as she seeks out victims to satisfy her craving, the city is sent into hysteria." Well not exactly hysteria: the good Canadian health system deals with the epidemic of not-exactly-rabies by sending out garbage trucks with sharpshooters. That Cronenberg twinkle, yet concern for characters (back and forth; twisted yet tasteful considering, without pulling punches). It's not Rose's fault, and she seems ont that far from young Cyd above, except for being maybe even more delusional. Wasn't Marilyn Chambers originally known as a porn actress? Never heard of rest of cast, but they're all good (starts in a plastic surgery spa, with some well-heeled addicts etc.)
― dow, Saturday, 9 March 2019 20:03 (five years ago) link
Marilyn Chambers isn't in this, where did I get her name? Sorry, movie came on really late here, TCM Underground prob.
― dow, Saturday, 9 March 2019 20:34 (five years ago) link
Marilyn Chambers is definitely the lead actress in Rabid! And yeah, she was in Behind the Green Door and lots of other porno pre and post Rabid (which was definitely her most notable 'legit' movie credit).
― Ward Fowler, Saturday, 9 March 2019 20:38 (five years ago) link
Lost in the Stratosphere (Brown, 1934)Ruben Brandt, Collector (Krstić, 2018)Cocktail Hour (Schertzinger, 1933)*Jack Frost (Iwerks, 1934)*The Vampire Bat (Strayer, 1933)Balloon Land (Iwerks, 1935)The Sin of Nora Moran (Goldstone, 1933)
― Anne Hedonia (j.lu), Monday, 11 March 2019 00:32 (five years ago) link
Polar (Akerlund, 2019)Leave No Trace (Granik, 2018)Mikey and Nicky (May, 1976)*The Seventh Seal (Bergman, 1957)The Death of Stalin (Iannucci, 2018)The Foreigner (Campbell, 2017)The Wild Bunch (Peckinpah, 1969)Milford Graves Full Mantis (Meginsky, Young, 2018)Enemy (Villeneuve, 2013)Captain Marvel (Boden, Fleck, 2019)Drunken Master II (Lau, Chan, 1994)
― 27 Discounts ILXors Get Only If They Know (WmC), Monday, 11 March 2019 02:57 (five years ago) link
Tragedy Girls (MacIntyre, 2017) - 5/10Secrets & Lies (Leigh, 1996) - 8/10A Story from Chikamatsu (Mizoguchi, 1954) - 8/10Suzanne’s Career (Rohmer, 1963) - 8/10Kings of the Road (Wenders, 1976) - 6/10The Searchers (Ford, 1956) - 8/10My Night at Maud’s (Rohmer, 1969) - 10/10Shoot the Moon (Parker, 1982) - 9/10The Passion of Anna (Bergman, 1969) - 6/10La Collectionneuse (Rohmer, 1967) - 8/10Tout Va Bien (Godard, 1972) - 6/10Dry Summer (Erksan, 1963) - 9/10Love in the Afternoon (Rohmer, 1972) - 7/10Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One (Greaves, 1968) - 10/10Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take Two ½ (Greaves, 2005) - 7/10Nights of Cabiria (Fellini, 1957) - 9/10I, Daniel Blake (Loach, 2016) - 9/10The Manchurian Candidate (Frankenheimer, 1962) - 10/10De L’origine du XXIe siècle (Godard, 2000) - 9/10Je Vous Salue, Sarajevo (Godard, 1993) - 9/10Meek’s Cutoff (Reichardt, 2010) - 5/10Viridiana (Buñuel, 1961) - 5/10The Old Place (Godard & Miéville, 2000) - 9/10Liberté et Patrie (Godard & Miéville, 2002) - 9/10The Lady from Shanghai (Welles, 1947) - 6/10Á propos de Nice (Vigo, 1930) - 10/10Taris (Vigo, 1931) - 9/10What’s Up, Doc? (Bogdanovich, 1972) - 9/10Zéro de conduite (Vigo, 1933) - 7/10Notre Musique (Godard, 2004) - 6/10Bob le Flambeur (Melville, 1956) - 8/10L’Atalante (Vigo, 1934) - 10/10
― flappy bird, Monday, 11 March 2019 04:59 (five years ago) link
Saw "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" with the kids, who liked it a lot. I hadn't seen it in close to 20 years. It held up well, but I remembered there being more to the story than what was there. I think I might have been conflating it with "House of Flying Daggers."
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 11 March 2019 11:51 (five years ago) link
And boy, First Reformed was really something.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 11 March 2019 17:51 (five years ago) link
so I finally watched Stuart Little 2 in full with the kids (only 80 minutes!) and I'm left with a lot of questions. so the mice & birds can talk to humans *and* animals, but the cats can only talk to other animals? why is Stuart so horny for the bird? what kind of fucked up offspring would they produce? has Geena Davis ever acted before?
― frogbs, Tuesday, 12 March 2019 20:09 (five years ago) link
Á propos de Nice (Vigo, 1930) - 10/10
This is a gem.
― jmm, Tuesday, 12 March 2019 20:13 (five years ago) link
Climax - 8/10Katie Tippel - 6/10La Salamandre -9/10Charles, mort ou vif - 8/10)h! Soo-jung -7/10Night And Day - 9/10Castaway - 8/10L'Alliance - 8/10The Shop Around The Corner - 9/10
― Carly Jae Vespen (Capitaine Jay Vee), Tuesday, 12 March 2019 22:02 (five years ago) link
Climax has been getting panned; I take it you think unjustly?
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 13 March 2019 03:53 (five years ago) link
Pather Panchali (Ray, 1955) 10/10Aparajito (Rqy, 1956) 10/10The Music Room (Ray, 1958) 10/10
― Dan S, Wednesday, 13 March 2019 04:41 (five years ago) link
Knife + Heart (Gonzalez, 2019) 7/10Ash is Purest White (Jia, 2019) 7/10What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael (Garver, 2019) 6/10The Nightingale (Kent, 2019) 6/10Greta (Jordan, 2019) 5/10Leaving Neverland (Ross, 2019) 6/10* Six Degrees of Separation (Schepisi, 1993) 8/10* Mother Küsters' Trip to Heaven (Fassbinder, 1976) 8/10
― Let's have sensible centrist armageddon (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 13 March 2019 12:01 (five years ago) link
xpost Climax hasn't been getting panned, has it? it's actually getting some of his better reviews, iirc. It's definitely more of the same, but miles better than Love and better than Into the Void (as much as I can remember it), where the opening credits were the highlight.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 13 March 2019 12:04 (five years ago) link
As far as Noe goes it's an 8/10. I think the contained space in which the film takes place suited him, helped concentrate the direction - if that makes sense. I liked it much more than any of his previous films. Also: the soundtrack was absolute fire.
― Carly Jae Vespen (Capitaine Jay Vee), Wednesday, 13 March 2019 13:34 (five years ago) link
Yeah, even during the extended freakout section the non-stop music only adds to the manic hallucinogenic horror.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 13 March 2019 13:49 (five years ago) link
Brody for the New Yorker and Scott for NYT not positive:
https://www.newyorker.com/goings-on-about-town/movies/climaxhttps://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/28/movies/climax-review.html
i think the "as far as Noe goes" covers a lot of my question there; i think he's a fun time but he's sure not for everyone!
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 13 March 2019 15:48 (five years ago) link
this was a good way to kill an hour last night; not much new to be learned but great archival footage of Ruth Brown (who has a lot of the performance tics and look of Cardi B, btw)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdOp3usR7sI
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 13 March 2019 15:50 (five years ago) link
The Eyes Of Orson Welles - 7/10Tokyo! - 7/10 (8/10 for Carax's segment)Boy Meets Girl - 9/10
― Carly Jae Vespen (Capitaine Jay Vee), Wednesday, 13 March 2019 16:41 (five years ago) link
*Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956, Siegel) 10/10 *A Shot in the Dark (1964, Edwards) 8/10 Too Beautiful for You (1989, Blier) 6/10 *The Magnificent Ambersons (1942, Welles) 9/10 Hello, Sister! (1933, Stroheim, Crosland, Werker) 6/10mother! (2017, Aronofsky) 6/10 Quick Millions (1931, Brown) 7/1024 Frames (2017, Kiarostami) 5/10 Sweet Charity (1969, Fosse) 6/10 *Our Man in Havana (1959, Reed) 7/10
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 14 March 2019 15:38 (five years ago) link
Thunder Road lived up to the hype; really well acted. On Amazon Prime now btw.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 14 March 2019 17:32 (five years ago) link
The Towering Inferno (Irwin Allen, 1974) 4/10Airport (Seaton and Hathaway, 1970) 3/10; square and wooden; even the younger actors look oldAirport 1975 (Smight, 1974) 3/10; corn instead of wood; starring everyone alive in the 1970sEarthquake (Robson, 1974) 4/10Juggernaut (Lester, 1974) 6/10
I suspect that The Poseidon Adventure, which I watched last year, is the best of the 70s disaster movies.
― adam the (abanana), Friday, 15 March 2019 20:45 (five years ago) link
Juggernaut!
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 15 March 2019 20:47 (five years ago) link
Dan S: Have you seen The World of Apu, the third part of the trilogy? I give the whole trilogy a 10, especially if you're lucky enough to see all three films in one sitting; if I break it down by film, it's probably the weakest of the three, but only slightly--and it has Sharmila Tagore.
― clemenza, Saturday, 16 March 2019 01:12 (five years ago) link
the wife (2017 bjorn runge) 7.5/10three identical strangers (2018 tim wardle) 7.5/10in a relationship (2018 sam boyd) 7/10*michael clayton (2007 tony gilroy) 8/10transit (2019 petzold) 6/10struggle: the life and lost art of szukalski (2018 irek dobrowolski) 10/10papillion (2017 michael noer) 5/10dawson city: frozen time (2016 bill morrison) 10/10leave no trace (2018 granik) 5.5/10
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 16 March 2019 01:14 (five years ago) link
Xp No I’ve been so wanting to see it but haven’t been able to yet
― Dan S, Saturday, 16 March 2019 01:15 (five years ago) link
dawson city: frozen time (2016 bill morrison) 10/10
I guess I gotta see this. was going to last summer but multiple friends told me (independently of each other) that the footage was cool, but the score drove them bananas and basically ruined it. but the other day a couple other people I know were raving about it, said it was amazing esp. if you're interested in archiving & film history.
― flappy bird, Saturday, 16 March 2019 01:35 (five years ago) link
yea def, its just a really cool story & terribly well assembled imo; i enjoyed the score, thought it was fitting, nothing abt it occurs to me that would possibly "ruin" the doc
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 16 March 2019 01:38 (five years ago) link
*Les Amants du Pont Neuf : 8/10*Mauvais Sang : 9/10Puffball : 7/10Seance On A Wet Afternoon : 7/10
― Carly Jae Vespen (Capitaine Jay Vee), Saturday, 16 March 2019 03:18 (five years ago) link
dawson is on kanopy btw
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 16 March 2019 04:13 (five years ago) link
La Salamandre -9/10
I was obsessed with this for a while 15 or 20 years ago. I even made a homemade soundtrack by recording all the music cues from a VHS rental. Listening to it right now in fact. Music was by "Patrick Moraz et le Main Horse Airline". Checking now, - two tracks from the soundtrack are on Spotify/iTunes/Youtube/etc. Must see it again some day. Don't recall much about it other than Bulle Ogier acting aloof and two journalists(?) trying to get her to act less aloof. I think maybe she was a murderer? Back then I also saw "Messidor" by the same director (Alain Tanner) and meant to explore his work more but his films just weren't that easy to see. A couple of years after I saw this I found a poster for it in Paris but I passed it up because it was a bit expensive and I doubted I could get it home without squishing it.
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMzY5OGYxYjYtMTUyNi00M2MxLWFhMDctNjAxNmI4Yjc4YzAwXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNjUyMTgxNjA@._V1_.jpg
― Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Saturday, 16 March 2019 06:26 (five years ago) link
P.S. I guess I should ask - - how did you see it? If it's available somewhere I should get it
― Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Saturday, 16 March 2019 06:30 (five years ago) link