I really liked the scene from Roma that you showed in the first post
― Dan S, Friday, 31 May 2019 01:04 (four years ago) link
then you wake up and see drool on your T-shirt.
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 31 May 2019 01:06 (four years ago) link
lol
― Dan S, Friday, 31 May 2019 01:09 (four years ago) link
I know you guys aren't enamored with it but I think it was a lovely film and it's going to be high on my list
― Dan S, Friday, 31 May 2019 01:11 (four years ago) link
I still haven't seen Ash Is Purest White or Transit. It looks like both were put into limited release in the US in March 2019
― Dan S, Friday, 31 May 2019 01:29 (four years ago) link
also The Wild Pear Tree didn't released in the US until 2019
― Dan S, Friday, 31 May 2019 01:36 (four years ago) link
didn't = wasn't
― Dan S, Friday, 31 May 2019 01:40 (four years ago) link
Transit will be one of my 2109 faves for sure
― i believe that (s)he is sincere (forksclovetofu), Friday, 31 May 2019 01:55 (four years ago) link
It’s good to plan ahead.
― quelle sprocket damage (sic), Friday, 31 May 2019 02:43 (four years ago) link
okay, make that 2019 then.
On my "still to see" list culled from critic's faves, I have two that i haven't seen anyone discuss on ilx and that i can't find via streaming or even less reputable means. Anybody know anything about "Liyana" or "A Bread Factory"?
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 31 May 2019 03:11 (four years ago) link
Roma barely avoided making my worst list. And it killed me to be on the same page as Soto In this case.
― zama roma ding dong (Eric H.), Friday, 31 May 2019 03:35 (four years ago) link
22 July was the only movie I found ethically repulsive this year, usually there's at least two
― flappy bird, Friday, 31 May 2019 04:14 (four years ago) link
Funny thing is there was another film this year about the same day, 'Utøya: July 22' and it's even worse.
― Frederik B, Friday, 31 May 2019 07:30 (four years ago) link
i've had Madeline's Madeline out of the library for 4-6 weeks and sooooooo don't wanna watch it.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 28 May 2019 19:13 (three days ago)
I started watching this last night and I lasted about 10 minutes. I turned it after the scene where shes dancing in a sea turtle costume. Insufferable.
― . (Michael B), Friday, 31 May 2019 07:35 (four years ago) link
Haven't seen enough terrible stuff to do a top5 worst of the year but I highly doubt anything mentioned here could be worse than Carol Morley's Out Of Blue.
Stuff I voted for that I fear won't get much shine: Simon Amstell's Benjamin, that Mark Cousins thing on female directors, the M.I.A. documentary.
― Daniel_Rf, Friday, 31 May 2019 10:10 (four years ago) link
I thought the first act in Ash Is Purest White was almost perfect, not so much the second and third ones - but still immensely enjoyed it overall.
― calzino, Friday, 31 May 2019 10:14 (four years ago) link
So glad this is happening! I sent my ballot.
Everyone should try to see Zama (if it qualifies as 2018 for you), I Am Not a Witch (ditto), and Happy as Lazzaro before voting!
― Cherish, Friday, 31 May 2019 21:23 (four years ago) link
Happy as Lazzaro was kind of subtle I thought, it took a couple of viewings for me to appreciate. Both The Wonders and Happy as Lazzaro have a pastoral quality that I really like
― Dan S, Friday, 31 May 2019 23:25 (four years ago) link
not just in the settings but in the super-calm, relaxed style of filmmaking
I read that Rohrwacher in particular was really taken with Mati Diop's Atlantics as a member of the Cannes jury, I'm looking forward to seeing that film
― Dan S, Friday, 31 May 2019 23:54 (four years ago) link
Lazzaro reminded me of Pasolini
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 31 May 2019 23:58 (four years ago) link
have been meaning to make my way through Pasolini's films, so far I've only gotten to his first film Accattone
― Dan S, Saturday, 1 June 2019 00:19 (four years ago) link
disagree with all of you who disliked Suspiria. It was a beautiful film, visually and thematically
― Dan S, Saturday, 1 June 2019 00:47 (four years ago) link
are we treating the mule (a good film people should watch) as an 18 or 19 release?
― devvvine, Tuesday, 4 June 2019 17:31 (four years ago) link
limited US release in Dec '18 good enough for me
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 4 June 2019 17:38 (four years ago) link
repping double eastwood, triple hong
― devvvine, Tuesday, 4 June 2019 17:42 (four years ago) link
i saw it on 12/30/18
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 4 June 2019 18:16 (four years ago) link
ending the year on a high
― devvvine, Tuesday, 4 June 2019 18:26 (four years ago) link
well i saw The Thin Man on 35mm on NYE but The Mule was surprisingly okay. at least compared to Sully, the last Clint movie I saw, which was dysfunctional on every level.
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 4 June 2019 18:29 (four years ago) link
. (Michael B)Posted: 31 May 2019 at 08:35:12i've had Madeline's Madeline out of the library for 4-6 weeks and sooooooo don't wanna watch it.― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 28 May 2019 19:13 (three days ago)I started watching this last night and I lasted about 10 minutes. I turned it after the scene where shes dancing in a sea turtle costume. Insufferable.I was unsure of it at this stage but nah. It’s extraordinary
― shhh / let peaceful like things (wins), Saturday, 8 June 2019 20:24 (four years ago) link
And just a reminder that Josephine Decker's top-three worthy Madeline's Madeline should still be on MUBI in most territories.― Frederik B, Tuesday, 28 May 2019 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 28 May 2019 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I would vote for it next year at near the bottom of the list, or maybe not at all. Its a passably interesting film around issues of mental health, race. It starts a conversation around how to film mental health issues but a lot of it just doesn't land. Decker's film is often good, just wish the story was better than the goings on in a theatre group. The contours of the relationship between the director of the group and Madeleine weren't sketched out as much as I wanted to. Then again this is a film that avoids conversation (perhaps that's part of the point as the film is often seen from Madeline's POV), but that does leave gaps.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 9 June 2019 17:33 (four years ago) link
I love to see these polling, especially The Heiresses
Touch Me Not (Pintile, 2018)Elephant Sitting Still (Hu Bo, 2018)The Heiresses (Marcelo Martinessi, 2017)
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 9 June 2019 17:34 (four years ago) link
Madeline's Madeline is even worse than i'd feared. Cinematic diverticulitis.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 9 June 2019 17:52 (four years ago) link
as far as films about a youngster's pov, got much more out of nervous translation
― devvvine, Sunday, 9 June 2019 18:02 (four years ago) link
I like the rivette I’ve seen so I guess I’m just not that put off by annoying theatre troupes. The “gaps” are part of the film’s impact for me, there was a v deliberate strategy with the direction I felt (which involved putting a lot of trust in the performers, and I liked how the film dramatised the risk involved in this w the director character); as I said above I was a bit wary that it would be 90 minutes of cat/sea turtle but I had a rare emotional response to this movie!
― shhh / let peaceful like things (wins), Sunday, 9 June 2019 18:28 (four years ago) link
(film critic after watching a movie that features some neon lighting) this movie is absolutely nuts, like an acid trip slathered in meth, a delirious dive off the edge, a kaleidoscopic extravaganza that must be experienced to be believed, a phantasmagoric descent into the void— Nick Usen (@nickusen) May 19, 2019
― shhh / let peaceful like things (wins), Sunday, 9 June 2019 18:30 (four years ago) link
otm lol
― don't mock my smock or i'll clean your clock (silby), Sunday, 9 June 2019 18:33 (four years ago) link
are we going to do a best movies of the decade poll this time next year?
I should send in my ballot, I considered checking out Zama but was put off by a friend's description, "it's a secret horror movie," pass
― flappy bird, Sunday, 9 June 2019 19:27 (four years ago) link
― devvvine, 9. juni 2019 20:02 (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Both will definitely be in my top ten, perhaps top five.
― Frederik B, Sunday, 9 June 2019 19:31 (four years ago) link
lol xpHave you seen any other Martel? Zama is way up there for me, you should def check it out. I mean people can randomly call almost anything a secret horror movie
― shhh / let peaceful like things (wins), Sunday, 9 June 2019 19:33 (four years ago) link
Zama's top-5 for me, a black comedy with a bleak punchline.
― WmC, Sunday, 9 June 2019 19:35 (four years ago) link
"secret horror movie" isn't a real thing, like if there's a zombie or a dracula or a ghost or whatever in the movie it's never a surprise tbqh
― don't mock my smock or i'll clean your clock (silby), Sunday, 9 June 2019 19:38 (four years ago) link
and yeah Zama's good, gratitude @ my friend who got me to go see it with him
― don't mock my smock or i'll clean your clock (silby), Sunday, 9 June 2019 19:39 (four years ago) link
some ppl were like "Phantom Thread is a horror movie" which is obviously wrong, it is a rom com
Zama is a neon lit.. it's a very very fine movie.
lol, first thing I think of from that tweet is p badshaw's 5 star review of gaspar noe's enter the void or some other git on that awful dross holy motors. but then i guiltily think of my own clownish hyperbolic bullshit that i've conveniently wiped from my memory over all sorts of other noisy dross over the years!
― calzino, Sunday, 9 June 2019 19:43 (four years ago) link
That tweet is so me it’s kind of a miracle I don’t like refn bollox much more than I do tbh
― shhh / let peaceful like things (wins), Sunday, 9 June 2019 19:57 (four years ago) link
reminded me of the 90 minutes i spent waiting for mandy to end
― devvvine, Sunday, 9 June 2019 20:01 (four years ago) link
My number one will shock you
― shhh / let peaceful like things (wins), Sunday, 9 June 2019 20:03 (four years ago) link
My number one won't, lol
It's a secret horror movie! Danger lurks anywhere on the football court, and only one man is brave enough to change the rules.
― Frederik B, Sunday, 9 June 2019 20:11 (four years ago) link
see zama dude, it's great
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 9 June 2019 20:28 (four years ago) link
Ok I’ve been swayed, I will check it out. I haven’t seen any other Martel but have heard great things about La Cineaga in particular.
― flappy bird, Sunday, 9 June 2019 20:31 (four years ago) link