Darling P.T.
― Fred Klinkenberg (Eric H.), Monday, 11 December 2017 16:29 (six years ago) link
not that good!
(that B'way musical starred Jim Dale and a pre-Garp Glenn Close btw)
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Monday, 11 December 2017 16:36 (six years ago) link
I hope the song about the beluga whales he boiled alive is catchy, at least.
― Simon H., Monday, 11 December 2017 16:37 (six years ago) link
remember this horror?
https://recklesseyes.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/water_for_elephants_movie_poster2.jpg
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 11 December 2017 16:41 (six years ago) link
Like Water for Elephants
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Monday, 11 December 2017 16:42 (six years ago) link
holy shit: WFE made $117 million.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 11 December 2017 16:44 (six years ago) link
I don't, mercifully
The TGS trailer makes it clear he gave the 'freaks' and little people their dignity.
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Monday, 11 December 2017 16:45 (six years ago) link
San Diego crix trying to shake things up
Best Actor: James McAvoy, SPLITRunner Up: James Franco, THE DISASTER ARTIST
Best Actress: Sally Hawkins, MAUDIERunner Up: Sally Hawkins, THE SHAPE OF WATER
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 16:42 (six years ago) link
We've got a few voters on our end who are also enthusiastic about McAvoy. The studio's certainly doing a mild push.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 16:48 (six years ago) link
Slant's "follies" of the year. (Like Reverse Shot, not calling them "worsts.")
https://www.slantmagazine.com/features/article/the-20-worst-film-follies-of-2017/
― Fred Klinkenberg (Eric H.), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 18:52 (six years ago) link
here is Film Comment's list
https://www.filmcomment.com/best-of-2017/
― Dan S, Tuesday, 12 December 2017 18:53 (six years ago) link
We're to the point in the year where I can accurately predict what will appear in the top reaches of these polls but still be properly surprised by what order they come in. Wouldn't have guessed that #1.
― Fred Klinkenberg (Eric H.), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 18:56 (six years ago) link
i am going to guess before I click on it
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 18:57 (six years ago) link
I was wrong! Good, Jeff Wells may have a stroke.
still mystified by the Personal Shopper love.
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 18:59 (six years ago) link
I kind of liked Clouds of Sils Maria, what did you think of that one Dr. Morbius?
― Dan S, Tuesday, 12 December 2017 19:01 (six years ago) link
I loathed it! Except for Stewart.
also, Kaurismaki finishing ahead of The Orlando Rascals -- what the world needs now.
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 19:02 (six years ago) link
01. Good Time (Josh and Benny Safdie, USA, A24)02. A Quiet Passion (Terence Davies, U.K./Belgium, Music Box Films)03. Personal Shopper (Olivier Assayas, France, IFC Films)04. Get Out (Jordan Peele, USA, Universal Pictures)05. Nocturama (Bertrand Bonello, France, Grasshopper Film)06. Ex Libris: The New York Public Library (Frederick Wiseman, USA, Zipporah Films)07. The Death of Louis XIV (Albert Serra, France/Portugal/Spain, The Cinema Guild)08. Faces Places (Agnès Varda and JR, France, Cohen Media Group)09. The Lost City of Z (James Gray, USA, Amazon Studios/Bleecker Street)10. Lady Bird (Greta Gerwig, USA, A24)11. The Human Surge (Eduardo Williams, Argentina, Grasshopper Film)12. The Other Side of Hope (Aki Kaurismäki, Finland, Janus Films)13. The Florida Project (Sean Baker, USA, A24)14. Dawson City: Frozen Time (Bill Morrison, USA, Kino Lorber)15. Phantom Thread (Paul Thomas Anderson, USA, Focus Features)16. On the Beach at Night Alone (Hong Sangsoo, South Korea, The Cinema Guild)17. Wonderstruck (Todd Haynes, USA, Amazon Studios)18. Mudbound (Dee Rees, USA, Netflix)19. BPM (Robin Campillo, France, The Orchard)20. The Square (Ruben Östlund, Sweden, Magnolia)
― Fred Klinkenberg (Eric H.), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 19:02 (six years ago) link
I'm legit shocked by the #1.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 19:03 (six years ago) link
What was your guess, Morbs?
― Fred Klinkenberg (Eric H.), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 19:04 (six years ago) link
Another December, another Wiseman not screening till God knows when
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 19:07 (six years ago) link
#19! I really don't have a good sense anymore of who votes in that poll. xp
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 19:07 (six years ago) link
Ex Libris is screening at NYC MoMA on the 28th, c'mon up. (I missed its monthlong run here, which was shockingly short.)
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 19:09 (six years ago) link
I owe y'all a visit. Probably January or early Feb.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 19:10 (six years ago) link
i guess the FC voters are NYC-heavy, so that helped Good Time.
Also by rough count 14/20 played one of the last two NYFFs or opened at Lincoln Center.
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 19:12 (six years ago) link
#11 seems to have, ahem, surged from outta nowhere.
― Fred Klinkenberg (Eric H.), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 19:13 (six years ago) link
what did y'all think of The Other Side of Hope (? I'm watching it on Thursday.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 19:14 (six years ago) link
Also, fully half that list is American, which I'm surprised by at this point.
― Fred Klinkenberg (Eric H.), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 19:14 (six years ago) link
Never mind, found the Kaurismaki thread.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 19:15 (six years ago) link
Missed Human Surge but it's running at a local year-wrapup series soon.
haven't seen one of these:
https://www.filmcomment.com/best-undistributed-films-of-2017/
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 19:16 (six years ago) link
I ... have my work cut out for me in '18.
― Fred Klinkenberg (Eric H.), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 19:30 (six years ago) link
Number 1 is indeed very good, was in competition at CPH:PIX. Have only seen a couple of the other ones.
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 12 December 2017 19:30 (six years ago) link
Ex Libris is worth seeing but it's among his weaker ones tbh
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 20:11 (six years ago) link
http://lwlies.com/articles/best-original-film-soundtracks-2017/
― Fred Klinkenberg (Eric H.), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 20:12 (six years ago) link
i just watched Central Park and was disturbed to see Ed Koch and Cardinal O'Connor breathing again
xp
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 20:13 (six years ago) link
from that follies link; this nails one of my biggest issues with Three Billboards"The script's many acid-tongued speeches pander relentlessly to the film's target audience of white liberals, allowing them to get off on the cheap thrill of hearing a well-placed slur while simultaneously giving them a chance to applaud their own sense of moral righteousness."saw this at a packed house at BAM and can absolutely confirm this as truth. amazingly well acted but mostly empty.
I do think there's a good essay to be written about this film's place in one of 2017's predictably predominant themes: lack of accountability.
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 20:23 (six years ago) link
that goes double for the mostly execrable Wind River which was bad enough on more or less every level that I ended up walking out during the protracted, unnecessary and vaguely prurient rape scene. that film sucks.
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 20:26 (six years ago) link
there's always been good money in flattering your audience
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 20:31 (six years ago) link
National Film Registry Class of 2017
― Fred Klinkenberg (Eric H.), Wednesday, 13 December 2017 13:59 (six years ago) link
SCREEN ACTOR GUILD AWARDS
Supporting Female, Motion PictureMary J. Blige, MudboundHong Chau, DownsizingHolly Hunter, The Big SickAllison Janney, I, TonyaLaurie Metcalf, Ladybird
Supporting Male, Motion PictureSteve Carrell, Battle of the SexesWillem Dafoe, The Florida ProjectWoody Harrelson, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing MissouriRichard Jenkins, The Shape of WaterSam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri
Leading Female, Motion PictureJudi Dench, Victoria & AbdulSally Hawkins, The Shape of WaterFrances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing MissouriMargot Robbie, I, TonyaSaoirse Ronan, Ladybird
Leading Male, Motion PictureTimothee Chalamet, Call Me By Your NameJames Franco, The Disaster ArtistDaniel Kaluuya, Get OutGary Oldman, Darkest HourDenzel Washington, Roman J. Israel, Esq.
CastThe Big SickGet OutLadybirdMudboundThree Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri
― Fred Klinkenberg (Eric H.), Wednesday, 13 December 2017 15:19 (six years ago) link
"Supporting Female"
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 13 December 2017 15:29 (six years ago) link
Harrelson instead of Hammer, eh?
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 13 December 2017 15:30 (six years ago) link
More like Carell instead of literally any other person who's actually been discussed for the award thus far.
― Fred Klinkenberg (Eric H.), Wednesday, 13 December 2017 15:45 (six years ago) link
But, yeah, audiences at large aren't hugely into CMBYN it appears.
The Post is the more shocking exclusion, but maybe the SAG nomination body at large just hasn't seen it.
― Fred Klinkenberg (Eric H.), Wednesday, 13 December 2017 15:46 (six years ago) link
Man, poll deadlines loom and I'm struggling to think of many foreign language performances to break up the English-language monotony.
― Fred Klinkenberg (Eric H.), Thursday, 14 December 2017 21:38 (six years ago) link
BPM's leads and then ... ?
― Fred Klinkenberg (Eric H.), Thursday, 14 December 2017 21:39 (six years ago) link
Jean-Pierre Leaud
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 14 December 2017 21:40 (six years ago) link
I'm not sure it's acting but it's a performance
Oh right! That counts. (Maybe I should say non-English and non-French?)
― Fred Klinkenberg (Eric H.), Thursday, 14 December 2017 21:45 (six years ago) link
of course it's acting, he aint dead
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 14 December 2017 21:46 (six years ago) link