Went to see Hustlers the other night, good stuff
― Goose Witherspeen (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 8 October 2019 12:13 (four years ago) link
I recommend the pre-Code alcoholic romance Merrily We Go to Hell, directed by Dorothy Arzner (who quit directing features in the mid '40s, but later taught F Coppola at UCLA). Fredric March is a newspaperman turned playwright (a warmup lush for his Star Is Born role), Sylvia Sidney is his 'doormat' heiress wife, and when they end up in an open marriage she takes revenge with Cary Grant (one scene). Recently issued on a Universal disc.
https://www.screenslate.com/features/172
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 21:53 (four years ago) link
^^^ watching this afternoon on Criterion Channel (recently added).
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 2 September 2020 19:02 (three years ago) link
Just watched Working Girls, which the Criterion Channel just put up as a companion to MWGtH. The screenwriters and director must have worked hard to get a happy ending for foolish sister May and wise sister June, in the big city and surrounded by men of varying morals. But they achieved it.
Related topic: Why do discussions of women in film rarely discuss female screenwriters?
― Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Thursday, 3 September 2020 01:27 (three years ago) link
well we all love rio bravo
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 8 September 2020 05:51 (three years ago) link
https://www.criterion.com/films/27854-daisies
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 17 August 2022 16:35 (one year ago) link
Great film! I saw Chytilová's follow-up The Fruit of Paradise but don't remember anything other than bewilderment.
― Halfway there but for you, Wednesday, 17 August 2022 16:39 (one year ago) link
My favourite film! Got to see it on the big screen a few times, the best was last year with a p raucous audience of mainly students who were v nonplussed but loved it
― Wiggum Dorma (wins), Wednesday, 17 August 2022 16:46 (one year ago) link
There's already an excellent blu-ray of this from Second Run, a label that's shown far greater commitment to East European cinema than Criterion. They also offer other Chytilová films:
https://www.secondrundvd.com/release_daisiesBD.html
― Ward Fowler, Wednesday, 17 August 2022 17:45 (one year ago) link
Susan Seidelman memoir: https://read.macmillan.com/lp/desperately-seeking-something-9781250328212/
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 15 May 2024 12:37 (one week ago) link
Criterion releasing an early Martha Coolidge film: https://www.criterion.com/films/33619-not-a-pretty-picture
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 15 May 2024 18:29 (one week ago) link
That looks really interesting--amazed I've never heard of it. (Liked Valley Girl when it came out, also a rewatch years later.)
― clemenza, Wednesday, 15 May 2024 19:14 (one week ago) link