*Blackmail (Hitchcock, 1929) 6/10Ugetsu (Mizoguchi, 1953) 9/10 -- I think I only saw the first half previously, because the second half rang no bellsThe Comedy of Terrors (Tourneur, written by Matheson, 1963) 6/10Don't Torture a Duckling (Fulci, 1972) 7/10Lifeforce (Hooper, 1985) 5/10John Jacobs and the Power Team (1991) like*Microcosmos (Nuridsany & Pérennou, 1996) 9/10
― master of the pan (abanana), Thursday, 3 October 2024 21:05 (one month ago) link
Kinds of Kindness (Lanthimos, 2024) 5/10 (barely)The Vourdalak (Beau, 2023) 6/10Kneecap (Peppiatt, 2023) 6/10Sleep (Yu, 2023) 6/10Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (Oshii, 2004) 6/10It's Such a Beautiful Day (Hertzfeldt, 2012) 7/10Moving (Ohikkoshi) (Sōmai, 1993) 7/10Suburbia (Spheeris, 1983) 7/10Blazing Saddles (Brooks, 1974) 6/10North by Northwest (Hitchcock, 1959) 5/10, I think I'm just not a Hitchcock fan tbh, he was a smarmy gitThe Conversation (Coppola, 1974) 9/10Spirited Away (Miyazaki, 2001) 10/10
― RIO Speedwagon (Matt #2), Thursday, 3 October 2024 21:42 (one month ago) link
Here (2023) 4/5. VERY low-key and quiet movie on Criterion Channel. Making soup and studying moss are important plot points. Lifeforce (1985) 3.5/5. Wild stuff.The Strangler (1970) 4/5. One of those movies that's so much stranger than what a basic plot description promises.Megalopolis (2024) 1/5Mr. McMahon (2024) 3/5The Substance (2024) 3.5/5Bend of the River (1952) 4/5Red Rocket (2021) 4/5Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024) 3/5The Whole Town's Talking (1935) 3.5/5Trouble in Mind (1985) 4/5. Kris Kristofferson shares a scene with Divine here. The man did it all. RIP.The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists (1995) 4/5
― Chris L, Tuesday, 8 October 2024 04:21 (one month ago) link
*Jackie Brown (Tarantino, 1997) 10/10*The Duellists (Scott, 1977) 8/10Ad Astra (Gray, 2019) 7/10Snack Shack (Rehmeier, 2024) 6/10*Point Break (Bigelow, 1991) 8/10Rebel Ridge (Saulnier, 2024) 8/10Hound (Lazraq, 2023) 8/10*The Silence of The Lambs (Demme, 1991) 8/10*The End of The Tour (Ponsoldt, 2015) 8/10Gift (Farrell, Niccoli, 1993) 6/10The Substance (Fargeat, 2024) 8/10Motherhood (Dieckmann, 2009) 4/10Megalopolis (Coppola, 2024) 5/10
Some Play for Today's:Your Man From Six Counties (Davis, 1976) 7/10Shut Down (Mackenzie, 1973) 6/10One Day at A Time (Wilson, 1977) 8/10Blue Remembered Hills (Gibson, 1979) 8/10
― Saxophone Of Futility (Michael B), Tuesday, 8 October 2024 10:51 (one month ago) link
the spooky month so far:Lifeforce (Hooper, 1972) 5Someone's Watching Me! (Carpenter, TV, 1978) 6Humanoids from the Deep (Peeters and others, 1980) 4The Entity (1982) 8Christine (Carpenter, 1983) 6The Company of Wolves (Jordan, 1984) 7The Toxic Avenger (Kaufman & Herz, 1984) 5The Toxic Avenger Part II (Kaufman & Herz, 1989) 3The Toxic Avenger Part III (Kaufman & Herz, 1989) 3The Toxic Avenger IV: Citizen Toxie (Kaufman & frat boys, 2000) 2The Stuff (Cohen, 1985) 8Cemetery Man (Soavi, 1994) 8Alien Resurrection (Jeunet, 1997) 5The Faculty (Rodriguez, 1998) 6Saw (Wan, 2004) 6The Strange Thing About the Johnsons (Aster, 2011) goodThe Vast of Night (2019) 7Gatlopp (2022) 4Beetlejuice x2 (Burton, 2024) 7
Cemetery Man a.k.a. Dellamorte Dellamore is my discovery of the month: something like a combination of Possession and Dead Alive.
also:Will & Harper (Greenbaum, 2024) 6
― master of the pan (abanana), Wednesday, 30 October 2024 13:54 (one week ago) link
Spooktober viewing (although I didn't totally limit myself to spooky movies)
The Black Cat (Ulmer, 1934) 8/10The Asphyx (Newbrook, 1972) 6/10Angst (Kargl, 1983) 9/10Lifeforce (Hooper, 1985) 5/10Duck, You Sucker (Leone, 1971) 8/10Old (Shyamalan, 2021) 4/10The Hills Have Eyes (Craven, 1977) 8/10The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (Hooper, 1986) 7/10Trouble Every Day (Denis, 2001) 8/10El Conde (Larrain, 2023) 5/10*Tetsuo The Iron Man (Tsukamoto, 1989) 8/10Rap World (O'Malley, 2024) 7/10
― Saxophone Of Futility (Michael B), Wednesday, 30 October 2024 14:16 (one week ago) link
i watched Spike Lee's Malcolm X for the first time on monday, despite owning it on VHS for 32 years...
― koogs, Wednesday, 30 October 2024 14:28 (one week ago) link
spook cinema:* Hundreds Of Beavers (Cheslik, Tews 2024 [2022-2023 festivals]) I Know Where I'm Going! [BFI restoration] (Powell and Pressburger 1945) My Old Ass (Park 2024) Ravenous (Bird, Griffin 1999) 📽️Les Yeux sans visage (Franju, Boileau-Narcejac, Redon, Sautet, Gascar après Redon 1960) Blade (Norrington, Goyer 1998) A Matter Of Life And Death (Powell and Pressburger 1946) Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (Burton, Gough, Millar 2024) Megalopolis (Coppola, Coppola 2024) Black Narcissus (Powell and Pressburger 1947) Blade II (del Toro, Goyer 2002) 📽️Opera [4K Severin restoration] (Argento, Ferrini 1987) Bell, Book and Candle (Quine, Taradash after Van Druten 1958) The Red Shoes [UCLA restoration] (Powell and Pressburger and Winter and Helpmann et al 1948) Rumours (Maddin, Johnson & Johnson 2024) † The Evil Dead (Raimi 1981) Demon Knight (Dickerson, Bishop, Reiff, Voris 1995) 📽️The Fall [4K restoration] (Tarsem, Gilroy, Soultanakis after Petrov 2006) The Small Back Room [FF/BFI restoration] (Powell and Pressburger after Balchin 1949) happy home: Kiss Me, Stupid (Wilder, Diamond 1964) 💿Bones And All (Guadagnino, Jajganich after DeAngelis David Kajganich after Camille DeAngelis 2022)
― et a earwig (sic), Monday, 4 November 2024 16:43 (one week ago) link
Trap (2024) 2.5/5* Let's Get Lost (1989) 4.5/5* Play Time (1967) 5/5Anora (2024) 4.5/5High Sierra (1941) 3.5/5* The Brood (1979) 4/5The Crazies/Code Name: Trixie (1973) 4/5Rap World (2024) 4/5The Witches of Eastwick (1987) 3/5Martin (1977) 4/5* Bride of Frankenstein (1935) 2.5/5. I hate the scene with the little people in jars A LOT. Distant Sky (2018) 4/5. Nick Cave concert filmThe Facts of Murder (1959) 3.5/5Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In (2024) 4/5The Curse of the Werewolf (1961) 3/5Q (2023) 3/5. Documentary on Criterion Channel about the director's mother, a longtime member of a Lebanese religious cult The Church (1989) 3.5/5Christine (1983) 3.5/5
― Chris L, Saturday, 9 November 2024 03:57 (three days ago) link
“Curse Of The Werewolf” is such a bizarre Hammer: Spanish setting, rape, cursed offspring of that crime as main protagonist, Ollie Reed as one of the coolest looking werewolves in cinema but onscreen for - iirc - a small fraction of the film. Still - prob my fave werewolf flick.
― completely suited to the horny decadence (Capitaine Jay Vee), Saturday, 9 November 2024 16:27 (three days ago) link
The Ring (Verbinski, 2002)The Substance (Fargeat, 2024)The Blob (Russell, 1988)His Three Daughters (Jacobs, 2023)Saturday Night (Reitman, 2024)The Fly (Cronenberg, 1986)Emilia Perez (Audiard, 2024)Heathers (Lehmann, 1989)Hard Truths (Leigh, 2024)What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (Aldrich, 1962)Woman of the Hour (Kendrick, 2023)It Follows (Mitchell, 2014)Glengarry Glen Ross (Foley, 1992) Anora (Baker, 2024)Mildred Pierce (Curtiz, 1945)Conclave (Berger, 2024)
― jaymc, Sunday, 10 November 2024 06:22 (two days ago) link