Last (x) movies you saw

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

It was good, but it's pretty much the same film as Innocence. But wow at the colors and the underwater photography.

We haven't seen Victoria yet either - a film that seems wholly designed to piss yer man off

No cartoons playing next week then?

― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, May 11, 2016 11:34 AM (57 minutes ago)

Anime, sorry.

― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, May 11, 2016 11:34 AM (57 minutes ago)

The time stamp says 2016, but I'm sure this barb came direct from 1990.

I'll make sure to place a hashtag next time for the update

^ keeping up

Victoria was pretty good! Loved the first 40 minutes, and the return to the club especially. And the ending was nice enough I guess

"Victoria" is compelling and obv brilliantly made but I found the ending incredulous

the night was over, man

ah sure we've all been there

The ending wasn't the problem.

you actually saw this

ctrl + F

I liked it fine, the lead guy is cute, and the ending was disappointing.

The Measure of a Man (Brizé, 2016) 7/10
Louder Than Bombs (Trier, 2016) 6/10
Everybody Wants Some!! (Linklater, 2016) 8/10
Born to Be Blue (Boudreau, 2016) 5/10
My Golden Age (Desplechin, 2016) 6/10
Three Monkeys (Ceylan, 2008) 7/10
* Lost Highway (Lynch, 1996) 6/10
Presumed Innocent (Pakula, 1990) 6/10
Let’s Get Lost (Weber, 1988) 7/10
* The Searchers (Ford, 1956) 5/10
* Orpheus (Cocteau, 1950) 9/10
* Gilda (Vidor, 1946) 8/10
Port of Shadows (Carne, 1938) 8/10

The Searchers (Ford, 1956) 5/10

THAT'LL BE THE DAY

The New Girlfriend (2014, Ozon) 7/10
Little Man, What Now? (1934, Borzage) 9/10
Air Mail (1932, Ford) 6/10
King of Jazz (1930, Anderson) 7/10
History Lessons (1972, Straub, Huillet) [W/O 0:50]
The Man I Love (1947, Walsh) 8/10
The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach (1968, Straub, Huillet) 7/10
James White (2015, Mond) 6/10
*Güeros (2014, Ruizpalacios) 7/10
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015, Abrams) 6/10
The Seduction of Joe Tynan (1979, Schatzberg) 5/10
Brooklyn (2015, Crowley) 6/10
*The Projectionist (1971, Hurwitz) 6/10
A Touch of Zen (1971, Hu) 7/10
Victim (1961, Dearden) 9/10
The Case of Mr. Lin (1955, Segel) 8/10
My Hustler (1965, Warhol) 7/10
The Captive (2000, Akerman) 8/10

I love early Borzage.

thanks for reminding me that I gotta check out the Basil Dearden Eclipse series (I saw Victim years ago in college: a bit stiff around the neck iirc. But it's been long enough).

it's pretty plainspoken and blunt for the era, and one of Bogarde's best performances

what'd you think of Brooklyn? A 6 is about right, with Cohen responsible for at least three points.

I found too much of it "familiar" both in cinematic and personal terms, having Irish immigrant grandparents meself. Among the actors I thought Ronan's character was just a little too dull for her chops, but liked the underplaying of Gleeson (just before i saw him shouting his way thru that nothing role in Star Wars) and the actress playing the mother (in contrast w/ Julie Walters' scenery chewing as the landlady).

local TV used to show Dearden's Sapphire a lot in my teens but i haven't seen it since

also, Little Man, What Now? was put out on DVD in the Universal Vault Series a couple years ago -- i didn't imagine the Brooklyn library would have it, but it does. (Saw it yesterday at MoMA.)

History Lessons (1972, Straub, Huillet) [W/O 0:50]

lol

Knight of Cups (Malick, 2016) 9/10
Son of Saul (Lazlo Nemes, 2016) 7/10