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Hmm, I got an alert about THE KINGDOM but I guess I still have to wait a few hours.

Ran over to see Netflix’s WHITE NOISE at the Angelika at the last minute yesterday, sorry forks for not letting you know.

Was it any good? I kinda hate Baumbach’s whole steez

Thought it was really, good but I usually like his stuff.

Recent reviews on this have been a bit of an about-face from its initial TIFF/NYFF buzz

I hadn't read anything in advance. I didn't really even know who was in it except for the couple. When I blinked and figured out who was playing the nun I almost laughed.

Which experience A.O. Scott would have spoiled for me.

Likely gonna see Nanny on Tuesday night at IFC at an open captioned screening as that's what my schedule allows. "Horror-version of Sembene's Black Girl" is of interest to me.

With MUBI GO? Seems like not too many showings available.

Yeah. I wanted to go Monday but my MUBI buddy wasn't available so we pushed to the subtitles. Looks like IFC is just running this for awards season qualification which is a surprise given the substantial hype surrounding it.

ended up paying for this again because I fancied a Chan-Wook weekend. I re-watched Thirst which I've always liked (it seemed far funnier in parts than I noticed the first time) and watched Joint Security Area which is all over the place but basically v good.

DECISION TO LEAVE streaming premiere party in NYC in a half hour but I won’t be able to make it unfortunately.

It’s at https://posteritati.com/

Maybe one of you can go and pretend you are James Redd.

Nanny wasn't good btw! needed significantly more time in the oven.

RIP, Mike Hodges. May be time to re-watch CROUPIER.

Had a “your MUBI retrospective 2022” email, which informs me that I watched 14 films in 2022 - placing which me in the top 21% of MUBI users.

I wonder how much use the average subscriber makes of it.

Good question. I feel like maybe it undercounts somehow, like if you didn’t watch something to the very end it’s not in there?

l definitely didn't complete all of the films listed. I think I only saw 11 films in full.

Any streamer is more likely to do the opposite for their metrics: if you watched just a little bit it counts.

Wondering why pip doesn’t seem to work on my phone app anymore or if it ever worked and I am misremembering.

You mean this?

Heh, no. Picture in Picture.

CAIRO CONSPIRACY had me on the edge of my seat the whole time.

Guess I should watch his other one, THE NILE HILTON INCIDENT

really! It didn't look of much interest. You recommend?

Yeah, but's it's kind of up my alley, not yours I don't think. Middle Eastern things shot in other countries. See also HOLY SPIDER and Apple TV+'s TEHRAN (the first season anyway).

hm, yeah i dunno. i should deffo watch holy spider.

Holy Spider is very good indeed.

Forks, you passed on HOLY SPIDER earlier when you had the chance iirc

not so much passed, still have it on plex. just gettin in where its fittin in!

So, um, MUBI GO is starting to be a premium and the number of screenings this week is kind of limited. I think I may still keep it though.

From the current crop of Leaving In 3 Days I think my first pick for myself might be THE APPLE, by Samira Makhmalbaf.

It's a great film.

Thanks. Started.

i paid for the yearly mubi go so i should be okay through next year.
don't think i have the interest/stomach/self-hatred to see irreversible straight cut tho'.

Ha! Same pretty much. Did you go to last week's offering?

i actually got a membership at IFC and have been hitting it pretty hard. Gonna be going to a few of these this week:
https://www.ifccenter.com/series/aca-cinema-project-2023

seen at IFC in the past week: Baby Ruby, Godland, House Made of Splinters, I'm Thinking About Ending Things

Hmm.

three of em were good!

Is that membership expensive?

I feel like I should restart my Film Forum membership at some point.

Man MUBI is pushing this week's film almost as hard as DECISION TO LEAVE.

it's not cheap but it amortizes quickly if you get good use out of it

I gather you are a Cineaste?

May I say that the non-parallelism of the Carpenters t-shirt on sale at the concession kind of bothers me?

I'm a mogul. And I own that Carpenters shirt!
http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0640/9215/products/carpenterxt_grande.jpg

Note to self: All the Satyajit Ray's expiring from MUBI at midnight PST are on Criterion. Some that already expired are nowhere to be found in legit streaming.

Took them up on their recommendation to watch MODERN ROMANCE on Valentine's Day and didn't regret it.