The meta bit was awesome! The whole film is so playful, I fell in love with it.
― Cherish, Friday, 4 March 2016 19:59 (eight years ago) link
The second meta bit in particular bugged me, like it was aware of itself as a cliche of Mexican cinema (I'm assuming by the dialogue, anyway) and wanted to preempt criticism in a "clever" way.
― rhymes with "blondie blast" (cryptosicko), Friday, 4 March 2016 20:19 (eight years ago) link
That assumes he thought he'd get criticism, which seems improbable. Who cares if he pays tribute to the French New Wave? Plus it's a timeless look, pre-filtered nostalgia, as if Tomás were already grown and looking back. That's the whole movie, to me: youthful resilience and brother-love.
― Cherish, Friday, 4 March 2016 21:07 (eight years ago) link
Cemetery of Splendour is starting in NYC this week, right? I'll vote for that next year, that's for sure.
― Frederik B, Friday, 4 March 2016 21:34 (eight years ago) link
Opens tonight as part of MIFF. Gonna catch it next weekend.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 4 March 2016 21:35 (eight years ago) link
"Really wanted to see The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution"It is currently on i-playerhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b071gr5h/storyville-20152016-17-the-black-panthers― calzino, Thursday, March 3, 2016 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
It is currently on i-player
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b071gr5h/storyville-20152016-17-the-black-panthers
― calzino, Thursday, March 3, 2016 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
ty, now to try and find time to watch it.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 5 March 2016 18:30 (eight years ago) link
Cemetery of Splendour is fanstastic indeed, saw right after sending my ballot.
― Van Horn Street, Saturday, 5 March 2016 18:41 (eight years ago) link
Heading to Mexico for Gueros. From what's been said, I'm hoping for a Bolañian odessey into the infinite, but charmingly so.
― tangenttangent, Saturday, 5 March 2016 20:42 (eight years ago) link
:O
― tangenttangent, Saturday, 5 March 2016 22:35 (eight years ago) link
I don't know what I can say. It was everything I wanted it to be, and my expectations are rarely met.
I want to go and write an essay about Mexican breakfasts. I need to watch it again immediately.
― tangenttangent, Saturday, 5 March 2016 22:37 (eight years ago) link
Really really cool, watched it mad high tho
― Laertiades (imago), Saturday, 5 March 2016 22:50 (eight years ago) link
i watched world of tomorrow - loved it, its a work or art imo; still would prob not have voted for it on this list tbf
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 5 March 2016 22:56 (eight years ago) link
It was everything I wanted it to be, and my expectations are rarely met.
Yay! Isn't it great?! :D
― Cherish, Sunday, 6 March 2016 01:11 (eight years ago) link
The whole film was amazing, but the way that big climactic scene ended pretty much brought our house down
― Laertiades (imago), Sunday, 6 March 2016 09:46 (eight years ago) link
I dreamt about it all night. I wish every film was that energetic and achieved that much clarity through incoherence!
― tangenttangent, Sunday, 6 March 2016 09:51 (eight years ago) link
The best thing is that it's a first film. What WILL he come up with next?
Had I seen it in time, this might have threatened my top 2
― Laertiades (imago), Sunday, 6 March 2016 09:54 (eight years ago) link
Gueros is a lovely film but for me the narrative was a bit too flimsy and rambling to get fully invested in it
― i;m thinking about thos Beans (Michael B), Sunday, 6 March 2016 12:55 (eight years ago) link
It impressed me too; it was in my top twenty.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 6 March 2016 13:04 (eight years ago) link
watched it mad high tho
disqualified
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 6 March 2016 13:26 (eight years ago) link
When I watched "The Tree of Life" I was mad high and thought it was a masterpiece. I'm afraid to rewatch it now
― i;m thinking about thos Beans (Michael B), Sunday, 6 March 2016 13:39 (eight years ago) link
as long as you didnt recommend it
i liked it sober tho bcz that's how i watch films, every single time
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 6 March 2016 13:46 (eight years ago) link
I watch 95% of films sober. This was a glorious extravagance
― Laertiades (imago), Sunday, 6 March 2016 13:47 (eight years ago) link
speaking of sobering experiences, Hard To Be a God should be placed in a double bill with The Passion of Joan of Arc in medieval lit/history courses.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 6 March 2016 13:51 (eight years ago) link
xpost watching movies high doesnt inevitably mean that a shit movie will become a good one tho
― i;m thinking about thos Beans (Michael B), Sunday, 6 March 2016 13:53 (eight years ago) link
ps i rarely get high anymore btw
I only watch films tired
― anglos with derpy phasis (wins), Sunday, 6 March 2016 13:57 (eight years ago) link
Film was obviously great enough to endure a sober watch.
― Laertiades (imago), Sunday, 6 March 2016 14:00 (eight years ago) link
I get high on sublime imagery!
― Frederik B, Sunday, 6 March 2016 14:20 (eight years ago) link
Lol I didnt even think you got high, imago...
(You guys arent in the US, are you?)
― i;m the worst poster e9er (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 11 March 2016 10:47 (eight years ago) link
nope sorry. getting high is for me a once-every-2/3-months privilege tbf
― Laertiades (imago), Friday, 11 March 2016 10:56 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, thats prob the best way to do it tbh
― i;m the worst poster e9er (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 11 March 2016 11:00 (eight years ago) link
you should get high and listen to the new oranssi pazuzu album if you haven't already fwiw
― Laertiades (imago), Friday, 11 March 2016 11:03 (eight years ago) link
Lol
(I've heard some of it; Im not as overwhelmed by it as so many others, but Im hardly done giving it a shot. Valionelu ended up in my top 5 for 2013, I think. I havent touched weed in almost 2 years, and that prob wont change any time soon, and I only thought you were maybe in the US cuz your gf said something about going to Mexico and I hadn't scanned the thread for evidence of facetiousness or any clarifying context or anything, and so thought your presence had maybe graced our fine continent. I was NOT insinuating that you and tt should roadtrip up to Michigan to smoke me down, though that may have been how it came across lol)
(Also I saw no new movies in '15, and dont belong here. Soz, foax)
― i;m the worst poster e9er (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 11 March 2016 11:47 (eight years ago) link
(the 17-minute track is incredible imo)
(also scramming)
― Laertiades (imago), Friday, 11 March 2016 11:55 (eight years ago) link
think she meant they were travelling to a Mexico of the mind, thru the magic of film~
― anglos with derpy phasis (wins), Friday, 11 March 2016 15:57 (eight years ago) link
Thought It Follows was okay. It scared me--that's easy. (Had to abandon it at night and pick up the next morning.) Some symmetrically elegant shots; if Wes Anderson made a horror film, it'd look like this. Felt cheated in the end--if there was any internal logic, which I guess I expect a little of even in a horror film, it escaped me.
― clemenza, Saturday, 12 March 2016 14:49 (eight years ago) link
Really thought I would like Diary of a Teenage Girl, and really really didn't. Somehow both too earnest and too unpleasant; it reminded me of some 90s indie film (or maybe just a bunch of 90s indie films) that I no longer remember. I don't remember the last time I wanted away from a movie character more than I did Alexander Skarsgård's here. And even though I wasn't a huge fan of Girlhood (or Gueros, for that matter) it still kind of surprises me that this is getting any praise in the same year in which those existed.
― rhymes with "blondie blast" (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 22 March 2016 16:29 (eight years ago) link
*no longer remember the name of
― rhymes with "blondie blast" (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 22 March 2016 16:32 (eight years ago) link
3/4 months in and my favourite films of the year are Godard films from '78, '96 and '98 and a Manoel De Oliveira films shot in '82.
Whatever happens a few if not all of these will go into the 2016 ballot.
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 22 March 2016 17:03 (eight years ago) link
The jokers can keep getting high.
Really thought I would like Diary of a Teenage Girl, and really really didn't.
neither did I
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 22 March 2016 17:04 (eight years ago) link
it was meh; i enjoyed Wiig's performance
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 22 March 2016 17:07 (eight years ago) link
Watching Shaun the Sheep rn lol
― Stoner Gabbneb & the Cocoon of Cluelessness (Drugs A. Money), Saturday, 26 March 2016 02:57 (eight years ago) link
:D
― Laertiades (imago), Saturday, 26 March 2016 08:32 (eight years ago) link
my late late late unweighted ballot, lots yet to see but i would add inside out in retrospect
TimbuktuIt FollowsTangerineMad Max: Fury RoadWhat Happened Ms. Simone?The Angry SkyHow to Dance in OhioThe WolfpackWhen Marnie Was Here45 YearsHard to Be a GodMeruOnly YesterdayWorld of Tomorrow
― i believe that (s)he is sincere (forksclovetofu), Monday, 28 March 2016 18:18 (eight years ago) link
id add 'carol' and '45 years' to mine, but both near the back end
― johnny crunch, Monday, 28 March 2016 18:26 (eight years ago) link
forks, Only Yesterday opened at IFC on 1/1/16 i believe
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 29 March 2016 03:44 (eight years ago) link
I done been pedanted
― i believe that (s)he is sincere (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 29 March 2016 03:48 (eight years ago) link
loved wolfpack slot it idk 7th
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 31 March 2016 01:11 (eight years ago) link
holy fucken shit @ Arabian Nights pt 1, it is absolutely incredible, made me laugh and cry uncontrollably, and it's just the first goddamn third of the movie
cannot wait for the other two. felt more legitimately close to the spirit of bunuel than anything else i've seen recently
― And the cry rang out all o'er the town / Good Heavens! Tay is down (imago), Sunday, 24 April 2016 22:42 (eight years ago) link