Last (x) movies you saw (II)

the Fassbinder is a 9

David Crosby: Remember My Name (Eaton, 2019) 6/10
The Farewell (Wong, 2019) 6/10
Once Upon a Time in America (Tarantino, 2019) 7/10
Peterloo (Leigh, 2019) 8/10
The Beach Bum (Korine, 2019) 7/10
* Hard Eight (Anderson, 2019) 8/10
Midsommar (Aster, 2019) 7/10
* Klute (Pakula, 1971) 6/10
* Cléo from 5 to 7 (Varda, 1962) 9/10
* The Maltese Falcon (Huston, 1941) 10/10

* Wang

That’s a fun slate! Haven’t seen Hard Eight in years.
Amazing Grace (finally!) and Last Black Man in San Francisco lined up for the next few days.

Oh wow I'd give "Peterloo" half that score, Alfred. I found it incredibly hamfisted and broad and a total nosedive after the great "Mr Turner".

I loved it.

Knife + Heart (Gonzalez, 2018) 8/10
*Gangs of New York (Scorsese, 2002) 5/10
*Jackass: The Movie (Tremaine, 2002) 8/10
Tonka of the Gallows (Anton, 1930) 7/10
Islands (Gonzalez, 2017) 7/10
Battle in Heaven (Reygadas, 2005) 7/10
*Johnny Guitar (Ray, 1954) 10/10
Une Femme Douce (Bresson, 1969) 6/10
Adoption (Meszaros, 1975) 6/10

The Knife of the Party (Jason, 1934)
Estrellados (de Alberich & Sedgwick)
*The Bishop Misbehaves (Dupont, 1935)
That Man From Rio (de Broca, 1964)
Spider-Man: Far From Home (Watts, 2019)

Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker (1982) 3/5
* Love Streams (1984) 5/5
Dance, Girl, Dance (1940) 3.5/5
The Lawnmower Man (1992) 3/5
* Detour (1945) 3/5
Pokemon Detective Pikachu 2.5/5
Silver Jew (2007) 3/5
* Eyes Wide Shut 3.5/5
Bombshell: the Hedy Lamarr Story (2017) 3/5
Under the Silver Lake (2018) 1/5
* Starship Troopers (1997) 3.5/5

Rolling Thunder Revue (7.5)
The Contender (7.5)
Once Upon a Time...In Hollywood (7.5)
Rocketman (5.5)
David Crosby: Remember My Name (7.0)
Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day (7.5)
Leaving Home, Coming Home: A Portrait of Robert Frank (7.0)
Jaws (10.0)
Yesterday (6.0)
Mid90s (7.0)
Eighth Grade (7.0)

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (Bayona, 2018) 5/10
Brewster McCloud (Altman, 1970) 7/10
King of New York (Ferrara, 1990) 7/10
Start the Revolution Without Me (Yorkin, 1970) 6/10
I Am Michael (Kelly, 2015) 6/10
The Farewell (Wang, 2019) 6/10
Diary of a Lost Girl (Pabst, 1929) 7/10
*Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (Stuart, 1971) 8/10
Zabriskie Point (Antonioni, 1970) 5/10
*The Freshman (Bergman, 1990) 7/10

What You Gonna Do When the World’s on Fire? (2018, Minervini) 7/10
Marius (1931, Korda/Pagnol) 9/10
The Shining Hour (1938, Borzage) 6/10
La Flor (2018, Llinas) 6/10
The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1978, Olmi) 8/10
*Let the Sunshine In (2017, Denis) 9/10
The Thrill of It All (1963, Jewison) 5/10
I Fidanzati (1963, Olmi) 8/10
Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) (1931, Leonard) 6/10
*Pillow Talk (1959, Gordon) 8/10

mid90s is the most realistic depiction of teenage subcultures (in this case, dirtbag skater kids) since River's Edge. Low-stakes, funny, and streaming for free on Amazon Prime.

Kursk (Vinterberg, 2018)
T.R. Baskin (Ross, 1971)
The Rover (Michôd, 2014)
Backbeat (Softley, 1994)
Once Upon A Time In Hollywood (Tarantino, 2019)
Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story (Sullivan, 2018)
Alita: Battle Angel (Rodriguez, 2019)
Rams (Hustwit, 2018)
Chungking Express (Wong, 1994) (*repeat viewing)
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (Stahelski, 2019)
Charlie Says (Harron, 2018)

The Grapes of Wrath (Ford, 1940) - 8/10
I’m So Excited! (Almodóvar, 2013) - 8/10
Jungle Fever (Lee, 1991) - 7/10
Law of Desire (Almodóvar, 1987) - 7/10
The Killing of Sister George (Aldrich, 1968) - 10/10
The Gingerbread Man (Altman, 1998) - 6/10
The Iron Horse (Ford, 1924) - 9/10
All About My Mother (Almodóvar, 1999) - 8/10
Far From Heaven (Haynes, 2002) - 9/10
Wagon Master (Ford, 1950) - 9/10
Film Socialisme (Godard, 2010) - 8/10
*Buffalo ’66 (Gallo, 1998) - 8/10
Talk to Her (Almodóvar, 2002) - 7/10
The Golden Coach (Renoir, 1952) - 7/10
*Veronika Voss (Fassbinder, 1982) - 9/10

just watched In Pursuit of Venus (Infected) by Lisa Reihana at the De Young, it was incredible

never watched anything on an 85 foot screen before

All Things Must Pass the doc about Tower records history. I don't think I knew much about the chronology before. This was pretty good.

1/2 of Sorry To Bother You which I was watching on memory stick when I found out All Things Must Pass was on TV.
Really enjoying it so need to get back to it.

Once Upon A Time In Hollywood.
Slightly revisionist but quite enjoyable. But that's Tarant8no for you.

Battling Butler (Keaton, 1926)
Mud and Sand (Pratt, 1922)
Le Doulos (Melville, 1963)
Dancing Sweeties (Enright, 1930)
Reunion in Vienna (Franklin, 1933)
Le Deuxième Souffle (Melville, 1966)

Amour fou is incredibly beautiful but so austere, I’m thinking I will appreciate it more on later viewings

only seen two films of hers so far, but I think Jessica Hausner is an amazing director

I agree. I'd also say that Amour Fou is one of the funniest films I know, though of course in a veeeeery droll way.

Mad Dog and Glory (1993)
Popeye (1980)
The Threepenny Opera (1931)
Five Easy Pieces (1970)
Foxy Brown (1974)
Tropicalia (2012)
A Bigger Splash (1974)
Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
Muhammad and Larry (2009)
The Beach Bum (2019)
Trafic (1971)

xp watching it I remember wondering if Amour fou was actually a very ascetic comedy

she juxtaposed an emotional (and very morose) story against super dry discussions about tax law

It has one of the best sound-effect jokes in the scene where Kleist discusses suicide with his cousin, while her dogs trot around.

'Do you want to die with me?'
[Woof!]
'...no?'

The whole thing is so absurd. It's a very weird form of humour, but I think it's hilarious.

Everyone should try "Penguin Highway" if you can find it; beautifully animated coming-of-age tale about loss and death under several layers of absurdity and metaphor. Reminded me a lot of Satoshi Kon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMQVQVADx2E

An Actor’s Revenge (1963, Ichikawa) 9/10
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018, Gilliam) 5/10
Living on Velvet (1935, Borzage) 6/10
Pink String and Sealing Wax (1945, Hamer) 8/10
The Round-Up (1966, Jancso) 10/10
*The Souvenir (2019, Hogg) 9/10
End of the Century (2019, Castro) 7/10
*Cutter’s Way (1981, Passer) 9/10
César (1936, Pagnol) 7/10
Fanny (1932, Allégret) 8/10

Alfie (Gilbert, 1966) 7/10

That's my august in movie watching. :/ I watched TV cartoons for the cartoon poll instead.

July + August in theaters

*Morocco (Sternberg, 1930) - 10/10
The Spy Behind Home Plate (Kempner, 2019) - 6/10
Midsommar (Aster, 2019) - 8/10
Stuber (Dowse, 2019) - 6/10
Wild Rose (Harper, 2018) - 5/10
*Kiss Me Deadly (Aldrich, 1955) - 9/10
The Art of Self-Defense (Stearns, 2019) - 8/10
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (Tarantino, 2019) - 10/10
The Farewell (Wang, 2019) - 8/10
Vera Cruz (Aldrich, 1954) - 8/10
Cry of the City (Siodmak, 1948) - 9/10
David Crosby: Remember My Name (Eaton, 2019) - 8/10
Ride Lonesome (Boetticher, 1959) - 7/10
The Kitchen (Berloff, 2019) - 3/10
Luce (Onah, 2019) - 5/10
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (Øvredal, 2019) - 4/10
Ready or Not (Bettinelli-Olpin, Gillett; 2019) - 6/10
*Shanghai Express (Sternberg, 1932) - 10/10
After the Wedding (Freundlich, 2019) - 2/10

saw OUATIH 3 times

so that's a no on Wild Rose, eh? The lead actress is getting lots of praise.

Cobra Verde

she was ok, like most movies about aspiring musicians it was mostly bad

August:

Fortini/Cani (Straub-Huillet, 1976) 7/10
Charlie Bubbles (Finney, 1967) 7/10
The Ghoul (Francis, 1975) 5/10 (this was on Amazon Prime and looked as if it had been copied from an old VHS tape - the film is otherwise unavailable on home video)
From the Clouds to the Resistance (Straub-Huillet, 1979) 9/10
White Dust (Keen, 1972) 8/10
Cross of Iron (Peckinpah, 1977) 7/10
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (Tarantino, 2019) 8/10
Pain and Glory (Almodovar, 2019) 7/10
Call Northside 777 (Hathaway, 1948) 7/10
The Souvenir (Hogg, 2019) 8/10
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (Baker/Chang, 1974) 6/10

Bad Times at the El Royale (Goddard, 2018)
Solar Walk (short - Bucsi, 2018)
Diary of a Country Priest (Bresson, 1951)
*La chambre (short - Akerman, 1972)
Hare Krishna (short - Mekas, 1966)
Cassis (short - Mekas, 1966)
Jonas Mekas in Kodachrome Days (short - Jacobs, 2009)
Notes on the Circus (short - Mekas, 1966)
Time & Fortune Vietnam Newsreel (Mekas, 1968)
American Gigolo (Schrader, 1980)
Slack Bay (Dumont, 2016)
*A Canterbury Tale (Powell & Pressburger, 1944)
Police Story 2 (Chan, 1988)
The Bed Sitting Room (Lester, 1969)
Manny & Lo (Krueger, 1996)
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (Herzog, 1974)
*Black Narcissus (Powell & Pressburger, 1947)
*The Man Who Fell to Earth (Roeg, 1976)
The Gay Divorcee (Sandrich, 1934)
Mademoiselle (Richardson, 1966)
*Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (Jones, 1983) + *The Crimson Permanent Assurance (short - Gilliam, 1983)
The Sisters Brothers (Audiard, 2018)
Mobilize (short - Monnet, 2015)

The Pajama Party (Roach, 1931)
La Bête Humaine (Renoir, 1938)
The Admiral's Secret (Newall, 1934)
Up to His Ears (deBroca, 1965)
After Tomorrow (Borzage, 1932)
Bedlam of Beards (Holmes, 1934)
Dancing Man (Ray, 1934)
The King of the Champs-Élysées (Nosseck, 1934)
The Curve (Shaki, 1999)

you all see so many films!

Slack Bay was reviled but I really loved it (as well as all of the other Dumont films)

also Klaus Kinski was something else in Cobra Verde

In The Soup (Rockwell, Kissell, Mitchell 1992)
* Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood (Tarantino 2019) [DCP]
* Point Break (Kathryn Bigelow, W. Peter Iliff, Rick King, James Cameron 1991) [DCP]
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (Hitchcock, Krasna 1941) [📽️ 35mm]
* Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel (Carrivick, Mathieson 2009)
Willow Creek (Goldthwait 2013 )
MacGruber (Taccone, Forte, Solomon 2010)
Murder By The Book (Spielberg, Bochco 1971)
* Do The Right Thing (Lee 1989) [DCP]
Hollywood Vice Squad (Penelope Spheeris, James J. Docherty 1986)
* Inglorious Basterds (Tarantino 2009) [DCP]
Shakes The Clown (Goldthwait 1991)

I saw OUATIH again today

Klaus Kinski was something else in Cobra Verde

Last Black Man in San Francisco is such a romantic, loving, beautiful, well-written, well-acted, well-filmed movie; highly recommended and i prob need to rewatch shortly.

having just said that though, I honestly can't imagine seeing any film four times back-to-back-to-back-to-back but you do you flappy. i gather i should catch Once Upon though and i will follow your lead at least once.

by design, a lot of its pleasures come from just hanging out in the world. it’d be the sort of thing you could come across on TV and just enjoy the next half hour of it again, but it’s very immersive on the big screen & riding to the end is a different vibe when you know where it’s going. I’m probably gonna catch another discount screening on digital this month too

nah it was like 4 times over a month. I saw The Image Book 3 times in a week and would've kept going if it hadn't left so soon, now I think I've watched it 9 times total? in 6 months. that's still the best movie of the year, and the decade, and it has a lot in common with Once Upon a Time.

yea sic otm
xp

intervention time xp

c’mon out Morbs, I’ll sneak a few cans in or put some seasoned weed salt on the popcorn so you can relax and have fun hating it

"take me home, cliff" 😭

Bunch of French films premiering here, French film series at the Cinemateque, decided just to roll with it.

Night Flight from Moscow (Verneuil)
Woman of the Ganges (Duras)
India Song (Duras)*
Son Nom de Venise dans Calcutta Désert (Duras)
The Lorry (Duras)
Loulou (Pialat)
Every Man for Himself (Godard)
Passion (Godard)
First Name: Carmen (Godard)
Hail Mary (Godard)
Détective (Godard)
King Lear (Godard)
Captain Conan (Tavernier)
Irma Vep (Assayas)*
HHH: A Portrait of Hou Hsiao-hsien (Assayas)
Late August, Early September (Assayas)
Sentimental Destinies (Assayas)
Demonlover (Assayas)*
Clean (Assayas)
Boarding Gate (Assayas)
Something in the Air (Assayas)*
Clouds of Sils Maria (Assayas)*
Personal Shopper (Assayas)
Non-Fiction (Assayas)
Babylon AD (Kassovitz)
My Golden Days (Desplechin)
Marguerite (Giannoli)
Staying Vertical (Guiraudie)*
From the Land of the Moon (Garcia)
Disorder (Winocour)
Les Îles (Gonzales)
Knife + Heart (Gonzales)*

Asterix & the Mansions of the Gods
read this was significantly better than the new Asterix animation in the review of the new one.
It is really quite amusing. Has been an age since I read the book so not sure if it is 100% that translated to another media.

Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay punk
I think I've had this sitting around on my memory stick for ages. Just wopund up sticking it on a coupl eof nights ago while i was waiting for something else then turning it off after first hour to get to bed. It's 2 hours and 37 minutes long. Watched teh rest of it yesterday.
Very interesting, narrated by Iggy pop though not sure what connection if any he had to the scene.
Covers punk type music in the area from mid 70s punk explosion, slightly after the scene in SF happened to Green day being a near mainstream popular band. & talks about a lotof bands I wasn't really aware of.
Seemed to be a lot of black people involved in the scene, not sure how true that was of any other scenes.
But this has me wanting to check out a few things anyway.

Such Hawks, Such Hounds
Stoner rock documentary from 2008 named after a Dead Meadow song. I had just listened to a podcast interview with Jason Simon that mentioned it.Covers things from the early 70s through to the then current date.
So has members of Pentagram, Nebula, Obsessed (spends a lot of time with Wino), High ON Fire, Dead Meadow, Kyuss etc etc.
Interesting watch, quit e good encapsulation I guess. THink It may have made me want to check out a couple of things but I have a lot of stuff in the area anyway.

Never Grow Old.
Connemara filmed dark Western about a small gang lead by semi unrecognisable John Cusack (who looks more like Michael Madden on first look than himself).
Not sure how big the budget was. Seems pretty low but they must have built all the sets etc. Whole thing seems murky and attempted realistic. Quite moralistic while eschewing the forced piety of forced religion and it's bigotry.
Somewhat enjoyed it, missed it during the Film Fleadh this summer.
But not sure it works fully.
& does every Irish filmed Western need to have somebody from elsewhere playing the supposedly Irish lead character. This was the guy from Into The Wild.