Last (x) movies you saw

I would've liked to like it more. Woods is good, & has a lot to do/often in scenes by himself having to emote a lot, but it gets too unhinged as it goes idk. I also felt like there were often more compelling scenes like rt @ the edges of the action/timeline

it's a pretty solid B movie

King Lear (Peter Brook, 1971) - Great to see an adaptation of a Shakespeare play that tries to be sensitive to cinema - and likewise the auterist approach leads to pared down performances. Paul Scofield's powerful performance is captured not indulged.

Arabian Nights Vol 1 (Miguel Gomes, 2015) - a necessary doc marred by stunts etc

Louder Than Bombs (Joachim Trier, 2015) - surprisingly good aside issues w/casting of Huppert alongside Gabriel Byrne. For the lolz Eisenberg should've actually played his younger brother except he is a grown-up now DO U SEE. I liked the weight of grief never quite lifting - almost nothing happens, life as a series of uncomfortable shifts you somehow adapt and live through.

Deep End (Jerzy Skolimowski, 1975) - Loved the red and faded greens on the big screen. Such joy. A sinister love played to comedic high points.

I thought you loved stunts!

Anyway, Our Little Sister was good. Both it and Arabian Nights 1 made me cry, which feels unusual

deadpool (miller, 2016) 7/10
american movie (smith, 1999) 7/10
chinese roulette (fassbinder, 1976) 7/10
shadow of a doubt (hitchcock, 1943) 8/10
the invitation (kusama, 2016) 7/10
the guest (wingard, 2014) 5/10
night moves (reichardt, 2014) 7/10
battle in heaven (reygadas, 2005) 6/10
elgar: portrait of a composer (russell, 1962) 8/10
*24 hour party people (winterbottom, 2002) 7/10

Victoria (Schipper, 2015) 6/10
Tangerine (Baker, 2015) 7/10
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (Snyder, 2016) 4/10
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One (Greaves, 1968) 8/10
The Queen of Versailles (Greenfield, 2012) 6/10
Film (Schneider, 1965) 7/10
NotFilm (Lipman, 2015) 7/10
The Awful Truth (McCarey, 1937) 8/10 - Jerry the Nipper!
Une Femme Douce (Bresson, 1969) 7/10
Miles Ahead (Cheadle, 2015) 5/10
Son of Saul (Nemes, 2015) 7/10

Miles Ahead (Cheadle, 2015) 5/10

Watched the trailer for this - when will this shit stop?

Louder Than Bombs was way too overplotted, and Gabriel Byrne in a movie these days is like dropping a Percosat in a glass of whiskey.

Film4's Love & Sex season:

Her (Spike Jonze, 2013) 1/10
Blue is the Warmest Colour (Abdellatif Kechiche, 2013) 6.5/10
The Duke of Burgundy (Peter Strickland, 2014) 8/10

Missed the Nymphomaniacs, sadly.

Other things:

Fear of Fear (RW Fassbinder, 1975) 8/10
Population 436 (Michelle MacLaren, 2006) 3/10 -- starring FRED DURST (and featuring a character called Courtney Lovett - coincidence? Hm)
Insidious (James Wan, 2010) 4/10
Advantageous (Jennifer Phang, 2015) 7/10
Separation (Jane Arden & Jack Bond, 1968) 9/10 [rewatch for nth time recently]

So basically a lot of crap that was shown on TV punctuated by a couple of things I actually wanted to watch.

re: Louder than Bombs - there were unnecessary things in it. Although it was unexplained why everyone knew it was a suicide not an accident - the Huppert character was clearly depressed by her work...still, glad no one tried to explain that, which on reflection I very much liked.

Re: Miles Ahead - I was actually inclined to give it a lower mark than that, but I was swayed by the more measured kind-heartedness of Mark S' review in the latest S&S, which I enjoyed reading afterwards as a palette cleanser.

I'll look at that.

Just when you thought musician biopics couldn't be any worse, there is one with Tom Hiddlestone playing Hank Williams out there. I don't know if death counts as a palette cleanser. TBF it is probably just as tedious as the Miles one, or indeed any of them.

Ive heard a lot of bad reports about the Hank Williams biopic

A Room With a View (Ivory 1985)
Early Spring (Ozu 1956)
Spotlight (McCarthy 2015)
The Danish Girl (Hooper 2015)
Heart of a Dog (Anderson 2015)
The Match Factory Girl (Kaurismäki 1990)
Warrendale (King 1967)
Europa (von Trier 1991)
Poto and Cabengo (Gorin 1980)
The Young Girls Turn 25 (Varda 1993)

Also Beyoncé's Lemonade album/film, if that counts (I think it does)

High-Rise (8/10)
Triple 9 (6/10)
Kill List (7/10)
The End Of the Day (Duvivier) 8/10

Hey film ilxors, have we ever done a short films ballot poll?

No. Too many genres.

I kind of like the idea of having a whole mix of genres in there, but I get your point, it does make it harder to choose your voting criteria.

well i'd just go with Keaton/Chaplin/Ton o' Fun.

and of course WC Fields

and that kneeslapper Maya Deren

Giving High-Rise 8/10 is insane, rating it better than Kill List is doolally.

I just watched High Rise earlier and I loved it but no its not better than Kill List

I'd even rate A Field In England above Kill List! Then again -- I'm prob insane yeah. Or doolally ( whatever that is ).

Kill List is my least favourite of those three.

they're all good, a field in england the best

anyway I just saw Arabian Nights 2 and it's great just like the first one, even if the director reveals his lascivious nature a little too often

it was probably more intense and bleak, but the surreal touches were maybe even more sublime and the second section especially (the 'there's a hole in portugal's bucket' routine) i found hilarious

Kill List is p much the reason I <3 Ben Wheatley. High Rise was decent and I enjoyed it a lot. Field In England I wasn't so sure, but it definitely stayed with me somehow.

quite excited to see Evolution - the trailer puts it somewhere between Under The Skin and Upstream Colour, hopefully closer to the former in quality

*Color, w/e

Xpost. Saw it when in Paris a couple months ago. Visually striking for sure but I felt the third act let it down. Will wait to read your thoughts!

Hm, cool. I should perhaps see it on monday. Either that or Mon Roi.

anyone seen Measure of a Man?

Yeah, last week. It's worth watching! A small film, but gracious, filled with patience, and Vincent Lindon is absolutely amazing!

going to this afternoon's ma-tin-nay

i just missed it, bleeve it's gone from nyc

Measure of a Man is a bit of gem. It very easy to relate to Lindon's character if you have ever felt grateful for a shit job or been made redundant in middle age.

quite excited to see Evolution

― And the cry rang out all o'er the town / Good Heavens! Tay is down (imago)

me too. the director, lucile hadzihalilovic, made a wonderful (and rather creepy) movie called innocence back in 2004. recommended, if you haven't seen it.

Fists in the Pocket (7.5)
See How They Run (6.0)
Hockney (7.0)
1991: The Year Punk Broke (6.0)
O.J. Simpson: Made in America (8.5)
Rebels of the Neon God (6.0)
De Palma (7.5)
The Incomparable Rose Hartman (6.5)
Obit (7.5)
Stevie (7.5)

Stevie's a great film. I've developed a built-in resistance to documentaries where the filmmaker features prominently--Wiseman's my ideal--so that causes some problems for me at certain key moments. If you don't share that, it should be as celebrated as Hoop Dreams--much harder to like, for sure. Second time I've been there for a Q&A with Steve James, and there's no better story-teller I've ever seen. Best thing today was Stevie's reaction to finally seeing the film, 11 years later after his release from prison: "Well...it's no Hoop Dreams."

La Loi du Marché : 7/10. -- Vincent Lindon's face carries an entire film and it's a remarkable performance.

(aka "Measure Of A Man")

'Loi du Marché' is a much better title, but the pun is probably untranslatable.

Loi du Marc Hey

Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat in Space - not an actual cat

Xxpost Yeah, I thought the same thing. "Measure Of A Man" is somewhat of a sledgehammer.

Finished Arabian Nights btw. Wonderful achievement. Can barely see it getting beaten as my 2016 film of choice

No cartoons playing next week then?

Anime, sorry.

Evolution seems like it might be this week's xyzzzz disgust bait