The rest of Winter 2023:
Kansas City (Robert Altman, 1996)Finger Of Doom (Hsueh-Li Pao, 1972)August in the Water (Gakuryû Ishii, 1995)Tár (Todd Field, 2022)*The Godfather (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972)Delta Space Mission (Calin Cazan, Mircea Toia, 1984)Meet Me in the Bathroom (Will Lovelace, Dylan Southern, Andrew Cross, 2022)Death Watch (Bertrand Tavernier, 1980)State Legislature (Frederick Wiseman, 2007)Furie (Le-Van Kiet, 2019)The Mephisto Waltz (Paul Wendkos, 1971)*Hard Boiled (John Woo, 1992)Paterson (Jim Jarmusch, 2016)Ride in the Whirlwind (Monte Hellman, 1966)*Miller's Crossing (Joel Coen, 1990)State Funeral (Sergey Loznitsa, 2019)To Leslie (Michael Morris, 2022)Smog (Franco Rossi, 1962)Everything Everywhere All at Once (Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, 2022)East of the Mountains (S.J. Chiro, 2021)All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen, 2022)All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (Laura Poitras, 2022)The Banshees of Inisherin (Martin McDonagh, 2022)Reprise (Joachim Trier, 2006)The Fabelmans (Steven Spielberg, 2022)The Pyramid (Gary Kent, 1976)Who'll Stop the Rain (Karel Reisz, 1978)The Night Comes for Us (Timo Tjahjanto, 2018)
Pleased to discover that this season's minor unseen Altman,Kansas City, is a great movie. Wish I saw it when it came out. August in the Water, Furie, Paterson, and East of the Mountains are the other standouts here. Hard Boiled, of course, is one of the greatest movies ever made and of the three rewatches I can watch it again right now without picking it apart like a film student.
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 21 March 2023 23:47 (one year ago) link
So This Is London (Blystone, 1930)DuBarry, Woman of Passion (Taylor, 1930)The Bad One (Fitzmaurice, 1930)The Woman I Stole (Cummings, 1933)The Broken Melody (Vorhaus, 1934)Blood of Dracula (Strock, 1957)The Lady and the Beard (Ozu, 1931)
― Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Monday, 27 March 2023 01:49 (one year ago) link
Tár (Field, 2022) 9/10 watched twiceScream (2022) 4/10Oxygen (Aja, 2021) 6/10Creating Rem LezarSanto in the Treasure of Dracula (MST3k version)
― formerly abanana (dat), Monday, 27 March 2023 23:16 (one year ago) link
Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) 3.5/5 Having watched the original on blu-ray with almost no memory of it except thinking it sucked, I had to be dragged to the very end of this one's theatrical run. I was surprised how entertaining I found it by the time the final battle came together. It really is so seamlessly done and stridently anti-militarism that it instantly rendered the vague demographic signaling and shoddy VFX of Marvel movies obsolete. John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023) 4.5/5The Verdict (1982) 4.5/5Salvatore Giuliano (1962) 4/5* The Trial (1962) 4.5/5
― Chris L, Monday, 27 March 2023 23:44 (one year ago) link
Heritage of the Desert (Hathaway, 1932)Sweet Mama (Cline, 1930)Citizen Kane (Welles, 1941)Salute (Ford, 1929)*Long for the City (Cohen, 2009)Makeshift (For Mekas) (Cohen, 2019)The Ballad of Philip Guston (Cohen, 2023)La Dolce Vita (Fellini, 1960)*The Radio Bug (Roberts, 1926)*Home Cured (Arbuckle, 1926)*Smith's Baby (Cline, 1926)Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (Lamont, 1955)
― Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Monday, 3 April 2023 00:13 (one year ago) link
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One (6.5)Marlowe (5.0)The Quiet Girl (7.0)Berkeley in the Sixties (6.5)The Banshees of Inisherin (7.5)Insomnia (7.5)Emily (6.5)All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (7.0)The Bedroom Window (5.5)Dream Lover (6.0)
― clemenza, Tuesday, 4 April 2023 02:54 (one year ago) link
j.lu: If an asterisk means re-watch, was that your first time seeing Citizen Kane?
― clemenza, Tuesday, 4 April 2023 02:56 (one year ago) link
Yep. And I'm still not sure what to think.
― Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Tuesday, 4 April 2023 10:53 (one year ago) link
Clash of the Wolves (Smith, 1925)The Killers (Tarkovsky et al, 1956)Plane Crazy (Mack, 1933)The Man Outside (Cooper, 1933)Syncopation (Glennon, 1929)Up in Mabel's Room (Hopper, 1926)Poor Papa (Disney, 1928)Trolley Troubles (Disney, 1927)The Mechanical Cow (Disney, 1927)*The Old Dark House (Whale, 1932)
― Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Sunday, 9 April 2023 20:20 (one year ago) link
A Tale of Springtime (1990) 3.5/5The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972) 3/5. John Huston's most Altman-esque movie? White Material (2009) 4/5All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (2022) 4.5/5Tokyo Medley: A Film About Ryuichi Sakamoto (1985) 3/5* Bound (1996) 3.5/5Made in Hong Kong (1997) 4/5White of the Eye (1987) 3.5/5. Donald Cammell oddness.
― Chris L, Tuesday, 11 April 2023 13:31 (one year ago) link
Tokyo Melody, not Medley.
― Chris L, Tuesday, 11 April 2023 13:35 (one year ago) link
Finally got around to 2021's "Pleasure," which is pretty uncomfortable stuff but not without merit. I pretty quickly picked up that the film is basically "Showgirls" minus any hint of camp or humor and basically (for better or for worse) fulfilling that film's promise/threat of explicitness in a way that Verhoeven could/would probably never have. There's a lot of style in it, too, and kudos for never depicting any of the sex for titillation.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 14 April 2023 13:53 (one year ago) link
Black Sunday 1960 Mario BavaThis was the English dubbed version so wonder how it is in Italian.Had some moments and I thinki I might grab some photos of the frockcoats for future reference.Based on a Gogol story, this is about a 17th century witch being brought back to life in the 19th century. THought it a biit cod and not exactly the greatest story telling and some really cliched exposition . Apparently it is quite revered though,.I grabbed this when I was looking at a load of European, African and Japanese films a couple of years ago. Didn't watch it at the time though. So it was on my memory stick from then . I could see this being a drive in fav but apparently the gore level had it banned in a few places.
― Stevo, Friday, 14 April 2023 14:32 (one year ago) link
Watched The Andromeda Strain on Tubi. I read the book when I was a teenager and have vague memories of liking it. Anyway, the movie's pretty good — lots of shots of scientists staring at stuff and thinking. Also, most of them are rude assholes who don't like each other or even want to be there, which is always good fun.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Friday, 14 April 2023 15:12 (one year ago) link
I saw that when it first came out with my dad at the RKO Keith’s on Northern Boulevard. Remember liking it a lot, especially the tension of them climbing in that tunnel and avoiding the lasers or whatever. Haven’t seen it seen.
― Beatles in My Passway (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 16 April 2023 13:13 (one year ago) link
There's a late 60s /early 70s version that used to turn up on then late night tv quite a bit. So saw it a few times in my youth. The film where people are left as a pool of powder. Found out years later that it was a Michael Crichton story so possibly the first one I came across.Think its been remade at least once since.
― Stevo, Sunday, 16 April 2023 13:28 (one year ago) link
The trailer is grebt! Directed by Robert Wise! I wonder if it is held in high regard anywhere, hardly even come across any discussion of it.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qEsqjJAY-k
― Beatles in My Passway (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 16 April 2023 13:39 (one year ago) link
That seems to be a restored trailer. Fuzzy distressed trailer may actually enhance the experience.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw-k50EIGyM
― Beatles in My Passway (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 16 April 2023 13:40 (one year ago) link
Haven’t seen it since.
― Beatles in My Passway (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 16 April 2023 13:41 (one year ago) link
Hmm. Plenty of stans on this borad, although there are also quite a few who disparage the film but love the soundtrack.
― Beatles in My Passway (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 16 April 2023 13:55 (one year ago) link
HI DERE!
― The Titus Andromedon Strain (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 16 April 2023 14:17 (one year ago) link
it's got that great production design & early 70s scifi atmosphere
I once attended a screening of annie mcguire's strain andromeda the which is excellent: https://www.vdb.org/titles/strain-andromeda
― michel goindry (wins), Sunday, 16 April 2023 14:18 (one year ago) link
That looks really cool thanks.Otm about early 70s sci-fi atmosphere. See also The Omega Man and the original Planet of the Apes movies and all the obvious ones that aren’t coming to mind right now.
― The Titus Andromedon Strain (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 16 April 2023 14:27 (one year ago) link
(Phase IV, Logan's Run)
― koogs, Sunday, 16 April 2023 20:30 (one year ago) link
Phase IV is my fave, it’s all design & atmos
― michel goindry (wins), Sunday, 16 April 2023 20:32 (one year ago) link
Undercover Men (Newfield, 1934)The Outcast (Lee, 1934)*The Rounder (Nugent, 1930)Night Alarm (Bennett, 1934)Street of Forgotten Women (Parker, 1927)La Llorona (Peón, 1934)The Company's in Love (Ophüls, 1932)Shiraz: A Romance of India (Osten, 1928)
― Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Sunday, 16 April 2023 22:33 (one year ago) link
Ladies in Love (Lewis, 1930)The Honor of the Press (Eason, 1932)Beauty Parlor (Thorpe, 1932)The Battle of Paris (Florey, 1929)Salomy Jane (Nigh & Henderson, 1914)The Countess of Monte Cristo (Hartl, 1932)Showing Up (Reichardt, 2022)
― Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Monday, 24 April 2023 01:16 (one year ago) link
I watched the Poker Face series then had a craving for some more mysteries.
Another Thin Man (W.S. Van Dyne, 1939) 6/10Shadow of the Thin Man (W.S. Van Dyne, 1941) 7/10The Thin Man Comes Home (Richard Thorpe, 1944) 2/10Song of the Thin Man (Edward Buzzell, 1947) 5/10(the first two in the series were 6/10 and 3/10 when I watched them)
The last two both feature the Charleses becoming involved with Black-influenced music and not getting it. The last one has a jazz scene that ends with a bust of Beethoven, frowning.
― formerly abanana (dat), Friday, 28 April 2023 01:53 (one year ago) link
The Delightful Rogue (Shores & Pierce, 1929)Wharf Angel (Menzies & Somnes, 1934)Dance, Girl, Dance (Strayer, 1933)The Secret Witness (Freeland, 1931)There's Always Tomorrow (Sirk, 1956)Destroy All Monsters (Honda, 1968)There's Always Tomorrow (Sloman, 1934)The Divorcee (Leonard, 1930)
― Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Sunday, 30 April 2023 22:43 (one year ago) link
Aftersun (Wells 2022)Election (To 2005)Neil Young: Harvest Time (Shakey 1971/2022)Police Story 3: Supercop (Tong 1992)The Heroic Trio (To 1993)Moonshine (Arbuckle 1918)The Fabelmans (Spielberg 2022)Yes Madam! (Yuen 1985)John Wick Ch. 4 (Stahelski 2023)Matewan (Sayles 1987)*Design for Living (Lubitsch 1932)*Anatomy of a Murder (Preminger 1959)*Dune (Lynch 1984)In the Court of the Crimson King: King Crimson at 50 (Amies 2022)The Stunt Woman (Hui 1996)Decision to Leave (Park 2022)The Garage (Arbuckle 1920)The Rough House (Arbuckle, Keaton 1917)One Week (Keaton, Cline 1920)The Quiet Girl (Bairéad 2022) Moonage Daydream (Morgen 2022)Election 2 (To 2006)The Suspect (Siodmak 1944)The Killers (Siegel 1964)
― The Terroir of Tiny Town (WmC), Monday, 1 May 2023 00:09 (one year ago) link
EO 8/10 - not entirely successful as a Bresson remake but some scenes hit with the power of the masterMarcia Trionfale 7/10 - good mid 70s Bellocchio Peter Pan and Wendy 2/10 - more insufferable and uglier than "Hook"!Wendy 8/10 - I enjoyed this take. Reminded me of Raul Ruiz in parts.Evil Dead (2013) 5/10 - some good spooky moments. Better than expected.
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Monday, 1 May 2023 07:46 (one year ago) link
August in the Water (Ishii, 1995) - saw this at a Secret Cinema event at a local theater, tickets were free and the audience wouldn't know the movie beforehand. I had seen Ishii's Burst City and Electric Dragon 80000V but knew nothing about this one, much slower and dreamier. Overall thought it was lovely, my attempts to explain the plot to other people have been a little tricky (teenagers, mystical stones, a mysterious illness, diving competitions, communicating with dolphins...).
Chess of the Wind (Aslani, 1976) - i don't know how much work it required but a hell of a restoration job on a film found in an antique shop, wish i had seen this in theaters, it's an incredible visual spectacle. Not to be all "every frame a painting," but that's basically what it is, every shot seems immaculately composed and lit. The thriller-like elements are really effective too, some genuinely startling moments, though there's a definite similarity to Les Diaboliques. Also a treat to see Shohreh Aghdashloo in her first role.
Fantasy Mission Force (Chu, 1983) - amazing, perfect mildly stoned afternoon at the movies.
Doesn't count as a movie but also watched the BBC Edge of Darkness.
― JoeStork, Friday, 5 May 2023 08:02 (one year ago) link
Antman and the Wasp Quantumania Quite fun, I needed something spectacular last night. & this looked great at least.Not read the comics in years so not sure what of this is sourced from pre existing stories. Wondering how the next film will turn out if the set up here happens. If it is definitely getting a go ahead and automatic release etc. Anyway, this was quite fun.
― Stevo, Friday, 5 May 2023 11:42 (one year ago) link
The Roof (Cooper, 1933)Kathleen Mavourneen (Ray, 1930)Second Honeymoon (Rosen, 1930)Command Performance (Lang, 1931)*A Page of Madness (Kinugasa, 1926)Blacula (Crain, 1972)Victoire is on Her Last Nerve (1907)*Zoe's Magic Umbrella (Bosetti, 1913)Léontine, the Troublemaker (Bosetti, 1911)The Dairymaid's Revenge (1899)Patouillard Has a Jealous Wife (Bosetti, 1912)*Daisy Doodad's Dial (Turner, 1914)
― Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Sunday, 7 May 2023 20:58 (one year ago) link
The Harder They Fall 2021 Jeymes SamuelBlack Western with a lot of violence. Quite fun using characters who existed at the time. Plus loads of that late 19th century clothing I love.Soundtrack is 70s reggae, 80s and later hip hop etc so maybe a bit anachronistic. Good sounds though.Looks really good too. THough would wish that the main plan could come to fruition since its trying to get a black town to surive when teh territory opens .
― Stevo, Wednesday, 10 May 2023 22:50 (one year ago) link
Stella Dallas (King, 1925)What Men Want (Laemmle, 1930)Law of the Sea (Brower, 1931)Fig Leaves (Hawks, 1926)Point Blank (Boorman, 1967)Beau Is Afraid (Aster, 2023)
― Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Sunday, 14 May 2023 21:41 (one year ago) link
Wow, you saw the first Stella Dallas? I heard something about it getting restored, is that what you saw?
― Cosmo’s Hacienda (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 14 May 2023 22:55 (one year ago) link
Yes, care of The Film Foundation. They restored it but I haven't heard anything about a physical media release.
― Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Sunday, 14 May 2023 23:10 (one year ago) link
Me neither. I heard it about from a friend who works in the film department at MoMA.
― Cosmo’s Hacienda (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 14 May 2023 23:12 (one year ago) link
Oh, did you register and watch online?
― Cosmo’s Hacienda (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 14 May 2023 23:16 (one year ago) link
Yes, The Film Foundation has set up an online screening room (https://delphiquest.com/film-foundation/restoration-screening-room/). Unfortunately SD is no longer available.
― Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Sunday, 14 May 2023 23:22 (one year ago) link
Me neither. I heard it about from a friend who works in the film department at MoMA.― Cosmo’s Hacienda (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, May 14, 2023 7:12 PM (nine minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
― Cosmo’s Hacienda (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, May 14, 2023 7:12 PM (nine minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
Speaking of MoMA's film department, I'm envious of anyone who has access to film series like https://www.moma.org/calendar/film/5600. AFI Silver and the National Gallery of Art get some of the recently restored films that are making rounds, but only if there's time available in between boringly sententious documentaries.
― Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Sunday, 14 May 2023 23:26 (one year ago) link
might as well do a roundup as I've been cutting back on my movie watching. trying to make real life happen.
Pyaasa (Dutt, 1957, S&S22 #185) 7/10Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One (Greaves, 1968, S&S22 #173) 9/10 Police Story 3 (Stanley Tong, 1992) 5/10Dadetown (Russ Hexter, 1995) 6/10Cremaster 4 (Barney, 1995) 3/10Cremaster 1 (Barney, 1996) 2/10Cremaster 5 (Barney, 1997) 2/10Slither (Gunn, 2006) 6/10The Fabelmans (Spielberg, 2022) 7/10Murder Mystery 2 (some hack, 2023) 2/10
― formerly abanana (dat), Wednesday, 17 May 2023 03:35 (one year ago) link
The Big Diamond Robbery (Forde, 1929)The First Degree (Sedgwick, 1923)A Strange Adventure (Whitman & Del Ruth, 1932)She Goes to War (King, 1929)The Man Without Desire (Brunel, 1923)The Thing With Two Heads (Frost, 1972)Master Gardener (Schrader, 2022)The Eight Mountains (van Groeningen & Vandermeer, 2022)
― Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Monday, 22 May 2023 00:39 (one year ago) link
The Breath Courses Through Us 2013 Alan Roth.Documentary on the history of and the preparation for a reunion by the New York Art Quartet . Milford Graves, John Tchicai, Roswell Rudd, and Reggie Workman plus Amiri Baraka who had recorded together in the mid 60s and then were talked into doing a support slot for Sonic Youth in 2000. The latter means that Thurston Moore makes an appearance at a couple of points. I just got Vimeo on my entertainment package that feeds my tv so I can find documentaries etc. Also have youtube which had vanished from teh Virgin package years back. So can get even more. This was great, I had looked up Free jazz o teh search engine and got this returned. Need to see what else I can find.
― Stevo, Monday, 22 May 2023 16:28 (one year ago) link
In the Company of Men (7.5)Kubrick by Kubrick (6.5)Carole King Home Again: Live in Central Park (6.5)Little Richard: I Am Everything (6.5)Odds Against Tomorrow (7.0)Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind (7.0)Air (6.0)BlackBerry (5.0)My Friend Dahmer (6.5)Master Gardener (5.0)
― clemenza, Saturday, 27 May 2023 02:14 (one year ago) link
Turn Every Page - The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb (2022) 3.5/5* Certain Women (2016) 4/5* Winchester '73 (1950) 4/5Color of Night (1994) 1.5/5Gang of Four (1989) 3/5*Sans Soleil (1983) 5/5Tokya-Ga (1985) 4/5* The Hudsucker Proxy (1994) 4/5 * Lone Star (1996) 4.5/5Boiling Point (1990) 3/5* Variety (1983) 4/5Becket (1964) 3.5/5
― Chris L, Saturday, 27 May 2023 03:41 (one year ago) link
May
*Barfly (Schroeder, 1987) 7/10Waiting... (McKittrick, 2005) 3/10Whistle Down The Wind (Forbes, 1961) 8/10House of Flying Daggers (Yimou, 2004) 8/10Cries and Whispers (Bergman, 1972) 6/10Varda by Agnes (Varda, 2019) 5/10Mephisto (Szabo, 1981) 7/10Christine (Carpenter, 1981) 6/10The Appointment (Vickers, 1981) 8/10Body Snatchers (Ferrara, 1993) 6/10New Rose Hotel (Ferrara, 1998) 8/10Flesh + Blood (Verhoeven, 1985) 8/10*Breathless (Godard, 1960) 8/10*Chungking Express (Wong Kar-wai, 1994) 8/10
― Saxophone Of Futility (Michael B), Saturday, 27 May 2023 14:01 (one year ago) link
Turn Every Page - The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb (2022) 3.5/5
Still think about having to miss the one screening of this in my area--I hope it turns up on Kanopy eventually.
― clemenza, Saturday, 27 May 2023 18:38 (one year ago) link
It’s probably more entertaining than my rating might suggest. Lots of good quotes and moments from both guys, and the last scene ends up being one of those perfectly telling moments you couldn’t plan.
― Chris L, Saturday, 27 May 2023 21:28 (one year ago) link