went to a decently packed matinee of Boy Erased yesterday and the projectionist started playing Beautiful Boy instead 😂
Skip both
― flappy bird, Monday, 12 November 2018 20:26 (five years ago) link
Jeez, Independent Spirit Award nominations are announced this Friday.
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Monday, 12 November 2018 20:30 (five years ago) link
Boy Erased is like Joel Edgerton's acting.
― I like queer. You like queer, senator? (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 12 November 2018 20:30 (five years ago) link
I thought Flea was OK
― flappy bird, Monday, 12 November 2018 21:37 (five years ago) link
I'm reading the memoir, and, boy, is it funnier/more fun than the movie
― I like queer. You like queer, senator? (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 12 November 2018 21:41 (five years ago) link
Some of the bigger dates this season, btw:
Film Independent Spirit Award Nominations (ISP) – November 16, 2018National Board of Review (NBR) – November 27, 2018New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC) – November 29, 2018Golden Globe Nominations (HFPA) – December 6, 2018Los Angeles Film Critics Circle (LAFCA) – December 9, 2018Screen Actors Guild Nominations (SAG) – December 12, 2018Oscar Shortlists Announced – December 17, 2018
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 14:28 (five years ago) link
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/how-oscar-race-became-a-referendum-netflix-1160629
Some Academy skeptics are railing against Netflix's reliance on four-walling, a strategy akin to self-publishing in the cinema world, in which a distributor pays theater owners for the privilege of screening to the general public, rather than booking a theater and sharing a percentage of the gross. By four-walling, Netflix removes the burden of revealing any unfavorable box office numbers, a privilege none of the other companies releasing their best picture contenders the traditional way will enjoy. If Netflix secures a best picture nomination for Roma based strictly on these purchased screenings, multiple knowledgeable sources say they believe the film will become the first ever four-walled movie to do so in the modern era.
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 17:40 (five years ago) link
that's an interesting wrinkle
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 17:44 (five years ago) link
It’s November 15th. pic.twitter.com/RuifiA2FpD— Mike D’Angelo (@gemko) November 15, 2018
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Thursday, 15 November 2018 13:10 (five years ago) link
John Waters is the only first list, year in and year out, to me. Nonetheless ...
http://time.com/5454739/best-movies-2018/
STEPHANIE ZACHAREK01. Roma02. Won’t You Be My Neighbor?03. First Reformed04. Eighth Grade05. The Favourite06. Can You Ever Forgive Me?07. A Star Is Born08. If Beale Street Could Talk09. Bohemian Rhapsody (!)10. Paddington 2
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Thursday, 15 November 2018 13:13 (five years ago) link
Truth be told, though, I don't know of any particular Phantom Thread or Silence proposition waiting in the wings this year. (Vice for sure ain't it.)
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Thursday, 15 November 2018 13:15 (five years ago) link
Alan Sepinwall tweeted that due to print deadlines, not only had he had to do his Best of 2018 list already, he had already seen a new tv show that deserved to be on that list.
― Frederik B, Thursday, 15 November 2018 13:48 (five years ago) link
LOL
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Thursday, 15 November 2018 13:53 (five years ago) link
i detest this premature shit more every year
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 15 November 2018 13:56 (five years ago) link
You detest everything more every year
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Thursday, 15 November 2018 13:56 (five years ago) link
07. A Star Is Born09. Bohemian Rhapsody10. Paddington 2
waht
― single bed mentality (||||||||), Thursday, 15 November 2018 14:03 (five years ago) link
P2 is a defensible choice and it'll show up on more lists
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Thursday, 15 November 2018 14:03 (five years ago) link
And Bohemian Rhapsody is a runaway hit and I'm sure she's getting heat from her editor.
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Thursday, 15 November 2018 14:04 (five years ago) link
Paddington 2 is from 2017 in my book, but if it came out somewhere in 2018, it's definitely among the best of that year.
― Frederik B, Thursday, 15 November 2018 14:19 (five years ago) link
Yeah, it's pretty securely on my list at this point, and pre-judging what's yet to come.
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Thursday, 15 November 2018 14:23 (five years ago) link
i'm certainly running away from BR
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 15 November 2018 16:11 (five years ago) link
Can You Ever Forgive Me? was good and its place in the bottom half of a top 10 is appropriate in a relatively mediocre year
― flappy bird, Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:20 (five years ago) link
Yeah, I'm not much in love with movies this year tbqh.
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:23 (five years ago) link
Feeling very 2006 to me, only this time there isn't a David Lynch to pull me out of it at the last minute. (Though there is a Cuaron.)
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:24 (five years ago) link
Damn, and 2006 was the year of sandbox, and there isn't much of a detrius thread to relive it: end-of-2006 film stuff (detrius 2, the Richard Donner Cut)
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:26 (five years ago) link
the Cuaron doesn't look like it's gonna get here until 2019 (just like Inland Empire in 2007)
otherwise i'm most excited for The Favourite and If Beale Street Could Talk
― flappy bird, Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:27 (five years ago) link
Infinite Football towers over anything else released this year, imo. But I'm guessing An Elephant Sitting Still will win most polls.
― Frederik B, Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:42 (five years ago) link
I hope everyone gets to see Transit before the year's out.
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:44 (five years ago) link
I have, but looks like 2019 for the US.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:47 (five years ago) link
I'm guessing An Elephant Sitting Still will win most polls.
You're admirably odd.
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:49 (five years ago) link
wrong adverb
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:51 (five years ago) link
lol. I do want to see it
a lot of the films that got talked about at Cannes and Venice this year looked interesting to me: 3 Faces, Asako I & II, Ash Is Purest White, Border, Burning, Cold War, Capernaum, Donbass, The Favourite, Girl, Lazarro Felice, Long Day’s Journey Into Night, The Image Book, Manta Ray, Roma, Shoplifters, The Sisters Brothers, Suspiria, The Wild Pear Tree. I haven’t seen any of them yet, probably won't until 2019
― Dan S, Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:52 (five years ago) link
I rolled up every shirt sleeve I own as I prepare to fight the "Roma fucking sucks, you lemmings" fight this season.
― I like queer. You like queer, senator? (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:55 (five years ago) link
To clarify, I'm not saying 2018's slate of movies is bad (or 2006's, in retrospect). Just saying I'm in a hibernation cycle.
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:55 (five years ago) link
Ash Is Purest White rules, at least. Burning has been slightly overrated.
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:56 (five years ago) link
xxp I don't even have a bete noir this year :(
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:56 (five years ago) link
(A Star is Born is far too slight for me to count.)
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:57 (five years ago) link
knowing the year is backloaded and i simply missed a lot of stuff, this is a pretty good shortlist of US releases for me
First Reformed8 Hours Don't Make a DayLet the Sunshine InClaire's CameraMonrovia, IndianaThe Death of StalinThe Guardians
Ash also 2019 in US.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:58 (five years ago) link
Burning hasn't been overrated, it's that no one except Reverse Shot has written well about it.
― I like queer. You like queer, senator? (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:58 (five years ago) link
That said Yeun is amazing in it and I hope he's properly recognized
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Thursday, 15 November 2018 18:01 (five years ago) link
As of right now ...
24 FramesFirst ReformedZamaLet the Sunshine InPaddington 2
I'm sure the Wiseman will sneak into the upper ranks. My screener of Burning looks like ass, so don't expect I'll see it til next year. The Death of Stalin was grim and unfunny.
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Thursday, 15 November 2018 18:02 (five years ago) link
The only things left this year I'm really interested in are the Cuaron, Coens, and Bodied, which has a surprising multi-week engagement at TIFF's venue rn
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Thursday, 15 November 2018 18:03 (five years ago) link
Zama would probably top my list this year but I caught it at TIFF '17
all 3 principals in Burning seemed like concepts, not characters, tho i found much to like in it.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 15 November 2018 18:03 (five years ago) link
did Western get US release this year? will certainly be high on my list. still have reservations about Asako i & ii, but none have stuck with me more; looking forward to hearing people thoughts.
― devvvine, Thursday, 15 November 2018 18:05 (five years ago) link
It did, and it was an oversight by me not to mention it!
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 15 November 2018 18:07 (five years ago) link
If i was still voting in a critics' group, I would give some consideration to Gary Graver's cinematography for the Welles film.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 15 November 2018 18:15 (five years ago) link
Wait, which one did you vote in before?
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Thursday, 15 November 2018 18:16 (five years ago) link
If you're talking about the same one I'm still in, it's like impossible to get kicked out of it.
I quit. It seemed honorable as I was no longer writing.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 15 November 2018 18:18 (five years ago) link
but overall,,,no
― Dan S, Tuesday, 21 May 2019 04:19 (four years ago) link