Cutter's Way (1981) 3/5. John Heard in this movie: the real model for Heath Ledger's Joker performance?Empire of the Sun (1987) 3.5/5* A Summer's Tale (1996) 4.5/5Benediction (2021) 4.5/5* Boogie Nights 4/5. 70mm screeningRumble Fish (1983) 4/5Jewel Robbery (1932) 3.5/5Toute une nuit (1983) 4.5/5
― Chris L, Monday, 25 September 2023 00:45 (one year ago) link
also, i believe, the inspiration for that one-armed vet on the early seasons of the simpsons
Talk to Me (RackaRacka, 2022) 8/10Renfield (Chris McKay, 2023) 7/10 you can tell they tried to improve it in post with the narration and ADRed jokes, neither of which are beneficial.Virus (Kinji Fukasaku, 1980) 5/10 fewer survivors than either The Stand or Seveneves -- impressive. I watched it for both Hooptober and my continuing investigation into 70s disaster movies.Well Wishes My Love, Your Love (Gabriel Gabriel Garble, 2022) short; goodGlobal Pursuit (one of Kai Cenat's friends, 2023) short; very bad
― formerly abanana (dat), Monday, 25 September 2023 11:30 (one year ago) link
It's the Cats (Ray, 1934)Perfectly Mismated (Horne, 1934)*Hasty Marriage (Pratt, 1931)In the Dog House (Ripley, 1934)Deliverance (Platt, 1919)Hold Your Temper (White, 1933)One Too Many (McGowan, 1934)Stop Making Sense (Demme, 1984)Vengeance (Mayo, 1930)Madame Butterfly (Gering, 1932)
― Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Monday, 2 October 2023 00:55 (eleven months ago) link
Elemental (Pixar, 2023) 4/10 I feel like I shouldn't be getting a headache while watching a children's movie.
Mad Love (Karl Freund, 1935) 8/10Freund directed 9 movies, but this and The Mummy are the only ones he's known for -- his next most popular movie on letterboxd has only 69 views counted. Possibly better known as the guy who invented the three-camera, flat lighting, live audience sitcom formula.
Dracula's Daughter (Universal, Lambert Hillyer, 1936) 6/10Watch the scenes with the title character and skip everything else. a great performance in an otherwise bland movie.
The Deadly Bees (Amicus, Freddie Francis, 1966) 5/10The Birds knockoff only notable for its unconvincing bee swarm effects. Has an MST3K version that I haven't watched.
Elvira's Haunted Hills (2001) 5/10The Hole in the Ground (Lee Cronin, 2019) 5/10My Best Friend's Exorcism (Amazon, Damon Thomas, 2022) 4/10Jennifer's Body with 80s references instead of humor
― formerly abanana (dat), Thursday, 5 October 2023 12:24 (eleven months ago) link
The Deadly Bees notable for the appearance of the UK group The Birds - featuring a very young Ronnie Wood.
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 7 October 2023 01:53 (eleven months ago) link
The Shout (Skolimowski, 1978)Young America (Borzage, 1932)The Miracle Man (McLeod, 1932)Drums o' Voodoo (Hoerl, 1934)Things Are Looking Up (de Courville, 1935)Jean Eustache’s Wasted Breath (Díez, 1997)Hieronymous Bosch’s Garden of Delights (Eustache, 1981)Alix's Pictures (Eustache, 1980)Offre d'Emploi (Eustache, 1982)
― Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Sunday, 8 October 2023 21:47 (eleven months ago) link
The Appointment (1981) 4/5. Seems like everyone who has seen this points out it has an impressive, surreal car crash sequence, and I'm happy to go with the flow.* Flesh for Frankenstein (1973) 3.5/5The Fire Within: Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft (2022) 3.5/5Death Becomes Her (1992) 3.5/5Fire of Love (2022). 3/5 Vastly different, more early 2010s-style twee tone than the Werner Herzog doc on the same couple listed above. The main draw of both films is the stunning volcano footage shot by the couple, which Herzog realizes and fully leans into.Doctor X (1932) 3/5. See if you can spot the Dr. Octagon sample.Azor (2021) 4/5Vanishing Point (1971) 4.5/5. Finally caught up with this one and it exceeded my expectations. * Dangerous Game (1993) 2.5/5. Really hated this when I saw it years ago. Still think it's one of Abel Ferrara's more tedious exorcisms, and that James Russo is unwatchably loathsome as the film-within-a-film's lead actor. Madonna was better than I remembered; probably the best she ever was.
Shorts and short-ish films:The Rat Catcher (2023) 3.5/5The Bones (2021) 3.5/5You Are Not I (1981) 3.5/5Surviving Desire (1992) 4/5The Wonderful Story of Harry Sugar (2023) 3.5/5
― Chris L, Sunday, 15 October 2023 16:55 (eleven months ago) link
Meant "self-exorcisms" above.
― Chris L, Sunday, 15 October 2023 16:56 (eleven months ago) link
Howdy Duke (Taurog, 1927)The Big Clock (Farrow, 1948)Pitfall (de Toth, 1948)The Mother and the Whore (Eustache, 1973)*Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (Barton, 1948)My Little Loves (Eustache, 1974)
― Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Sunday, 15 October 2023 23:19 (eleven months ago) link
Book of Christ (the fatal farm guys, 2014) shortPoison (Anderson, 2023) 4/10 short -- i'm sick of anderson's schtickThis is Financial Advice (Dan Olsen, 2023)TMNT: Mutant Mayhem (written by Rogen & Goldberg, d. Jeff Rowe, 2023) 8/10
spooky month movies:Thirteen Women (1932) 6/10 irene dunne vs. myrna loy and lots of deathsWeird Woman (1944) 5/10 part of a 6-film series all introduced by a floating head in a crystal ballJapan Sinks (Shirō Moritani, 1973) 4/10 great title, but the movie is mostly people talking in roomsThe Slumber Party Massacre (Amy Holden Jones, 1982) 4/10The Conjuring (James Wan, 2013) 6/10Ready or Not (Chad, Matt & Rob, 2019) 8/10Freaky (blumhouse, 2020) 5/10 good kills in the first halfBarbarian (Zach Cregger, 2022) 9/10Scream VI (Chad, Matt & Rob, 2023) 7/10No One Will Save You (Brian Duffield, 2023) 6/10 liked the sensory experience, disliked the attempt at deeper meaningTotally Killer (blumhouse, 2023) 7/10 as far as direct-to-streaming "algorithm movies" go, this is top notch
― formerly abanana (dat), Monday, 16 October 2023 21:29 (eleven months ago) link
Usfinally saw most of it but missed the start.
― Stevo, Monday, 16 October 2023 22:37 (eleven months ago) link
year of the dog (mike white, 2007) 7/10beau is afraid (aster, 2023) 4/10*last summer (frank perry, '69) 8/10*to live and die in la (friedkin '85) 8/10*blood simple (coens '84) 8/10down in the valley (david jacobson '05) 6/10reality (tina satter, 2023) 7/10things seen and heard (shari springer berman & robert pulcini, '21) 6/10driving miss daisy (beresford, '89) 7/10awakenings (penny marshall, '90) 7/10on golden pond (rydell, '81) 6.5/10when we were kings (leon gast, '96) 10/10turn every page: the adventures of robert caro & robert gottlieb (lizzie gottlieb, '22) 7.5/10when the levees broke (spike lee, '06) 9/10if god is willing and da creek dont rise (spike lee '10) 9/10
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 22 October 2023 19:30 (eleven months ago) link
Se7en (Fincher, 1995)Marty (Mann, 1955)Gleaming the Cube (Clifford, 1989)Trust (Harley, 1990)Diabolique (Clouzot, 1955)M3GAN (Johnstone, 2022)No One Will Save You (Duffield, 2023)Blackhat (Mann, 2015)The Changeling (Medak, 1980)Stop Making Sense (Demme, 1984)Madeline's Madeline (Decker, 2018)Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One (Greaves, 1968)May December (Haynes, 2023)Evil Does Not Exist (Hamaguchi, 2023)In the Mouth of Madness (Carpenter, 1994)
― jaymc, Sunday, 22 October 2023 19:41 (eleven months ago) link
D. Mann and M. Mann, respectively, obv.
― jaymc, Sunday, 22 October 2023 19:59 (eleven months ago) link
Scotland Yard (Howard, 1930)They Live by Night (Ray, 1948)Hollow Triumph (Sekely & Henreid, 1948)Unfaithfully Yours (Sturges, 1948)The Night Stalker (Moxey, 1972)The Velvet Touch (Gage, 1948)He Walked by Night (Werker, 1948)Cry of the City (Siodmak, 1948)
― Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Monday, 23 October 2023 03:25 (eleven months ago) link
Julien Donkey Boy (Korine, 1999) 5/10Head (Rafelson, 1968) 6/10The Future Tense (Lawlor/Molloy, 2022) 4/10*Lost Highway (Lynch, 1997) 8/10*Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942) 10/10China Girl (Ferrara, 1987) 7/10*Dune (Lynch, 1984) 7/10 - this is the Spicediver edit which is available on YT Death Spa (Fischa, 1988) 7/10*Heat (Mann, 1995) 9/10*The Fly (Cronenberg, 1986) 8/10*Wild Strawberries (Bergman, 1957) 10/10*Dawn of The Dead (Romero, 1978) 8/10Killers of The Flower Moon (Scorsese, 2023) 7/10Black Christmas (Clark, 1974) 6/10
― Saxophone Of Futility (Michael B), Monday, 23 October 2023 14:03 (eleven months ago) link
Smoking Causes Coughing (Dupieux, 2022) 7/10Spider-Man:Across the Spider-verse (Dos Santos, Thomas (2023) 8/10Squaring the Circle (Corbin, 2022) 8/10Medusa Deluxe (Harriman, 2022) 6/10 (9/10 for end credits)3 Bad Men (Ford, 1926) 8/10The Toxic Avenger (Kaufman, Herz, 1984) 6/10)Past Lives (Song, 2023) 8/10Marlowe (Jordan, 2022) 5/10
― Dan Worsley, Monday, 23 October 2023 14:49 (eleven months ago) link
The Suspect (Siodmak, 1944) 6/10Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (Gunn, 2023) 6/10The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (Anderson, 2023) 6/10Killers of the Flower Moon (Scorsese, 2023) 8/10
the spooky month continues:Number Seventeen (Hitchcock, 1932) 3/10Fiend Without a Face (1958) 3/10 criterion, whyThe Mummy (hammer, Terence Fisher, 1959) 4/10Horror Express (Eugenio Martín, 1972) 6/10 the thing on a train*Suspiria (Argento, 1977) 9/10Dead and Buried (Gary Sherman, 1981) 8/10The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (Hooper, 1986) 6/10Raising Cain (De Palma, 1992) 5/10*Ravenous (Antonia Bird et al., 1999) 8/10 last seen on vhs shortly after its releaseResolution (Moorhead and Benson, 2012) 4/10 my first no-budget mumblecore. fuck this genre.M3GAN (blumhouse, 2022) 6/10
― formerly abanana (dat), Sunday, 29 October 2023 02:32 (eleven months ago) link
Happy Landing (Bradbury, 1934)Her First Affaire (Dwan, 1932)Secret Sinners (Ford, 1933)The Last of the Line (Ince & Hunt, 1914)The Beast of Borneo (Garson, 1934)The Night Strangler (Curtis, 1973)The Eyes of the Totem (Van Dyke, 1927)
― Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Sunday, 29 October 2023 20:59 (eleven months ago) link
Messiah of Evil (1974) 4/5. Newly restored version. This looked really cool and had an excellent weird mood; a nice surprise. Shivers (1975) 3/5Twilight (1990) - Blind bought this as soon as I saw the description from Second Run. Bela Tarr fans need this in their life.Sleepaway Camp (1983) 3/5Gothic (1986) 3/5Def by Temptation (1990) 3/5* Trouble Every Day (2001) 3.5/5The Five Devils (2022) 3.5/5Killers of the Flower Moon 5/5Past Lives (2023) 4/5Passages (2023) 3.5/5One Way Passage (1932) 4/5Vive L'Amour (1994) 4.5/5
― Chris L, Monday, 30 October 2023 14:27 (eleven months ago) link
Sorry, Twilight was a 4/5.
― Chris L, Monday, 30 October 2023 14:28 (eleven months ago) link
The Alpinist (Mortimer 2021) 3/5Enys Men (Jenkin 2022) 3.5/5The Gleaners & I (Varda 2000) 5/5Pickpocket (Bresson 1959) 5/5Sisu (Helander 2022) 3/5*London (Keiller 1994) 5/5Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.3 (Gunn 2023) 2/5*Psycho (Hitchcock 1960) 5/5Bait (Jenkin 2019) 4/5The Talented Mr Ripley (Minghella 1999) 3/5Ip Man (Yip 2008) 4/5Zama (Martel 2017) 4/5Riki-Oh: The Story of Riki (Nai-Choi 1991) 4/5
― I would prefer not to. (Chinaski), Thursday, 2 November 2023 11:22 (ten months ago) link
The Lady of the Dugout (Van Dyke, 1918)At the Circus (Buzzell, 1939)The Lucky Dog (Robbins, 1921)*45 Minutes From Hollywood (Guiol, 1926)*Duck Soup (Guiol & McCarey, 1927)*Slipping Wives (Guiol, 1927)Within the Law (Lloyd, 1923)Kingdom of the Spiders (Cardos, 1977)Crime on the Hill (Vorhaus, 1933)
― Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Monday, 6 November 2023 00:58 (ten months ago) link
Robes of Sin (Allen, 1924)The Man I Love (Wellman, 1929)*Secrets of a Secretary (Abbott, 1931)A Throw of Dice (Osten, 1929)The Polish Dancer (Hertz, 1917)Mothers of France (Mercanton et Hervil. 1916)The Sleuth (Grey, 1922)In the Grease (Howe, 1925)*Careful Please (Taurog, 1926)
― Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Monday, 13 November 2023 01:26 (ten months ago) link
Matchstick Men (Ridley Scott, 2003) 6/10It Came from Kuchar (Jennifer M. Kroot, 2009) 7/10The Face of AIDS (Matt Wolf, 2016) short, okThe Swan (Anderson, 2023) 4/10Once Upon a Studio (two zootopia guys, 2023) short, bad
spooky month leftoversBlack Sunday (Bava, 1960) 8/10The Devils (Ken Russell, 1971) 7/10 ugh, female sexual hysteriaNightbreed (Clive Barker, 1990) 5/10964 Pinocchio (Shozin Fukui, 1991) 6/10My house walk-through (2016) short, good
noirvemberThe Glass Key (Stuart Heisler, 1942) 6/10Fallen Angel (Preminger, 1945) 7/10 my fifth preminger and he is 5 for 5The River's Edge (Allan Dwan, 1957) 7/10Sapphire (Basil Dearden, 1959) 5/10All Night Long (Dearden, 1962) 8/10
― formerly abanana (dat), Monday, 13 November 2023 05:26 (ten months ago) link
Extraction 2 (Hargrave 2023)*The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (Archers 1943)Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart (Wang 1985)Ghosted (Fletcher 2023)The Man from Laramie (Mann 1955)M:I 2 (Woo 2000)M:I Dead Reckoning Pt 1 (McQuarrie 2023)Barbie (Gerwig 2023)Oppenheimer (Nolan 2023)The Heart of the World (Maddin 2000)The Cry of Jazz (Bland 1959)After Yang (Kogonada 2022)The Play House (Keaton, Cline 1921)Asteroid City (Anderson 2023)*Resurrection (Petrie 1980)Danger: Diabolik (Bava 1968)Tenet (Nolan 2020)Coogan's Bluff (Siegel 1968)The Cowboy and the Frenchman (Lynch 1987)Flesh for Frankenstein (Morrissey 1973)Blood for Dracula (Morrissey 1974)Killers of the Flower Moon (Scorsese 2023)The Killer (Fincher 2023)
That's it going back to June. My movie and tv watching has dropped off almost to nothing, much of it attributable to the uncomfortable "home theater recliner" I got for my office.
― that's when I reach for my copy of Revolver (WmC), Monday, 13 November 2023 15:29 (ten months ago) link
The Killer (2023) 2.5/5The Great Muppet Caper (1981) 4/5. Never saw it as a kid! A must for Charles Grodin fans.*Where is My Friend's House? (1987) 5/5Priscilla (2023) 3.5/5I Am Curious (Yellow) (1967) 2.5/5. Not surprised when I saw this was originally supposed to be 3.5 hours long. Such a self-important chore to get through. There's a scene here where someone offscreen tries to imitate the voice of Martin Luther King and almost sounds like Putney Swope.Return to Seoul (2022) 4/5. People who say they want complex, unlikeable female protagonists: here's what you asked for.* The Devil, Probably (1977) 4.5/5Body Snatchers (1993) 3.5/5
Short:The Swan (2023) 3.5/5
― Chris L, Monday, 13 November 2023 22:37 (ten months ago) link
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Fincher, 2011)Halloween (Carpenter, 1978)The Dead Zone (Cronenberg, 1983)Anatomy of a Fall (Triet, 2023)House (Obayashi, 1977)Carnal Knowledge (Nichols, 1971)The Cell (Singh, 2000)Laura (Preminger, 1944)Saint Omer (Diop, 2022)Red, White & Royal Blue (Lopez, 2023)The Killer (Fincher, 2023)Killers of the Flower Moon (Scorsese, 2023)Support the Girls (Bujalski, 2018)
― jaymc, Thursday, 16 November 2023 19:40 (ten months ago) link
A Tale of Autumn (1998) 4/5* Head (1968) 3.5/5* Dersu Uzala (1975) 5/5Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski (2018) 3/5* Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988) 5/552 Pick-Up (1986) 4/5The Nickel Ride (1974) 4/5. A hidden gem; very Friends of Eddie Coyle-like.* Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky (1991) 3/5* Defending Your Life (1991) 4/5Albert Brooks: Defending My Life (2023) 3/5
― Chris L, Sunday, 26 November 2023 03:03 (ten months ago) link
Actually I should have revised the Struggle rating to 2/5. The apologetic tone it takes toward its subject has not sit well with me.
― Chris L, Sunday, 26 November 2023 10:15 (ten months ago) link
How to Blow Up a Pipeline 4/5A Thousand and One 4.5/5The Royal Hotel 3.5/5May-December 4.5/5
― stuffing your suit pockets with cold, stale chicken tende (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 26 November 2023 10:54 (ten months ago) link
From approx September to now:
Suspiria 2018Venom and Eternity, 1951Songs for Drella, 1990Unfaithfully Yours 1948An Actor’s Revenge 1963Kagemusha 1980 Miss Julie 1951Ghost 1984The Terence Davies Trilogy 1983Sorry We Missed You 2019Travelin’ Band: Creedence Clearwater Revival at the Royal Albert Hall 2022When Evil Lurks 2023The Long Day Closes 1992 Equus 1977The Beekeeper 1986Hell House LLC Origins: The Carmichael Manor 2023Barbara 2012The Mother and the Whore 1973Othon 1970The Diary of a Chambermaid 1946 The State I Am In ‘Die innere Sicherheit’ 2000Serpent’s Path 1998Eyes of the Spider 1998Men 2022Die Sehnsucht der Veronika Voss 1982Lola 1981Don’t Look Up/Ghost Actress 1996A Cure for Wellness 2016 Black Moon 1975Yella 2007Long Strange Trip 2017Talk to Me 2022Karen Dalton: In My Own Time 2020Mother 2009Exhibit A 2007Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmélites 2019Piggy 2022Black Girl 1966Evil Dead Rise 2023How to Blow Up a Pipeline 2022Moses and Aaron 1975The Last Waltz 1978Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band 2019Kuroneko 1968News from Home 1976
The Beekeeper was a disappointment, not top tier Angelopoulos for me. Evil Dead Rise was poor. I liked Men probably more than most. Working y way through Christian Petzold's filmography after Barbara stunned me.
― glumdalclitch, Sunday, 26 November 2023 15:51 (ten months ago) link
Recent viewing, in theaters and streaming. All pretty good.
Anatomy of a Fall (in theater)Killers of the Flower Moon (in theater)Tranquility in the Presence of Others (MOMA)The Old Man and the Gun (Lowery)The Duellists (Scott)The 39 Steps (Hitchcock)
― o. nate, Monday, 27 November 2023 18:40 (ten months ago) link
No No: A Dockumentary (7.0)Succession (season 4 -- 6.5)The Killer (4.0)Priscilla (5.0)The Holdovers (5.0)Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell (7.0)The Stones And Brian Jones (6.0)Rush to Judgement (6.0)May December (7.0)Killers of the Flower Moon (6.0)
Takes me longer and longer to accumulate 10 films. Question related to one of the above: did Ali MacGraw win any acting awards for Goodbye, Columbus or Love Story? I’d have to check, but I doubt that she did.
― clemenza, Friday, 8 December 2023 01:19 (nine months ago) link
getting my money's worth out of criterion channel
Svengali (1931) no rating because antisemitism but i was entertained by the lead's lack of subtletyMystery of the Wax Museum (Curtiz, 1933) 6/10 -- amazing red/green technicolorMurders in the Zoo (1933) 5One Mile from Heaven (1937) 3Dragonwyck (J. Mankiewicz, 1946) 7 -- vincent price's first gothic movieThe Harvey Girls (1946) 6 -- i was in the wrong mood to watch fluffRepeat Performance (1947) 6I Wouldn’t Be in Your Shoes (1948) 6 -- this is why the "holiday noir" category exists, isn't itSo Long at the Fair (Fisher et al., 1950) 6No Way Out (J. Mankiewicz, 1950) 2Madeleine (Lean, 1950) 5 -- lean's least favorite of his own filmsStill of the Night (Benton, 1982) 6 -- meryl streep's least favorite of her own films, at least at one pointL'Argent (Bresson, 1983) 8Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell (Wolf, 2008) 6Old Dads (Bill Burr, 2023) 2The Fall of the House of Usher (miniseries, Flanagan, 2023) 7Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023) 5
― adam t. (abanana), Sunday, 10 December 2023 17:36 (nine months ago) link
Oppenheimer (Christopher Nolan, 2023)Satan's Brew (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1976)Mad God (Phil Tippett, 2021)The Big Game (Robert Day, 1973)The Bay (Barry Levinson, 2012)Leave Her to Heaven (John M. Stahl, 1945)The Harder They Fall (Mark Robson, 1956)North Face (Philipp Stölzl, 2008)Erin Brockovich (Steven Soderbergh, 2000)All That Jazz (Bob Fosse, 1979)Squaring the Circle: The Story of Hipgnosis (Anton Corbijn, 2022)Fear of Fear (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1975)Election (Johnnie To, 2005)The Experimental City (Chad Freidrichs, 2017)Heart of Stone (Tom Harper, 2023)Nothing Compares (Kathryn Ferguson, 2022)Nico, 1988 (Susanna Nicchiarelli, 2017)Bullet in the Head (John Woo, 1990)Exiled (Johnnie To, 2006)Little Richard: I Am Everything (Lisa Cortes, 2023)Columbus (Kogonada, 2017)Near Death (Frederick Wiseman, 1989)Menus Plaisirs - Les Troisgros (Frederick Wiseman, 2023)'Doc' (Frank Perry, 1971)Moontide (Archie Mayo, 1942)The Connection (Shirley Clarke, 1961)Dear Mr. Brody (Keith Maitland, 2021)Un couple (Frederick Wiseman, 2022)*Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Don Siegel, 1956)River Road (Rob Willey, 2022)Harmonium en Californie (Robert Fortier, 1979)Black Sea (Kevin Macdonald, 2014)The Whistleblower (Larysa Kondracki, 2010)Good Guys Wear Black (Ted Post, 1978)The Element of Crime (Lars von Trier, 1984)Caprice (Joanna Hogg, 1986)*The Wolf Of Wall Street (Martin Scorsese, 2013)Barbie (Greta Gerwig, 2023)Save The Tiger (John G. Avildsen, 1973)The Nickel Ride (Robert Mulligan, 1974)Mutiny in Heaven: The Birthday Party (Ian White, 2023)*Thief (Michael Mann, 1981)
Wiseman is now one of the directors where I can justifiably claim that I've seen everything in their filmography. I need to fully debrief in the Wiseman thread, but Near Death is a masterpiece.
― Elvis Telecom, Sunday, 10 December 2023 21:20 (nine months ago) link
Agree about Near Death--I put it just a half-notch behind Welfare as his greatest film (though I still have many to see).
― clemenza, Sunday, 10 December 2023 21:59 (nine months ago) link
He's got another four-hour one for which I can't find a bloc at home to watch.
― stuffing your suit pockets with cold, stale chicken tende (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 10 December 2023 22:01 (nine months ago) link
The Cassandra Cat (1963) 4/5. Delightful film on Criterion Channel about a tabby cat who turns people their true colors when he looks at them. Sort of the Zazie dans le Metro of the Czech New Wave.Brigadoon (1954) 2.5/5* Two-Lane Blacktop (1971) 5/5. Re-watched this on a whim. GTO still one of the all-time great movie characters.* Millennium Mambo (2001) 4/5The Rapture (1991) 3.5/5May December (2023) 4.5/5La Chimera (2023) 4.5/5. I hope this movie gets its due when it runs theatrically next year. Alice Rohrwacher is brilliant.Fallen Leaves (2023) 4/5The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1978) 1/5. Gave up on this after the graphic pig slaughter scene. I guess gawking at peasants for 3.5 hours used to entail witnessing such an offense but that's one thing the movies have largely fixed.
― Chris L, Monday, 11 December 2023 03:38 (nine months ago) link
Busy month... and it ain't over yet.
The Idiots (1998) 4/5. Of course Lars Von Trier's contribution to the Dogme 95 movement is about a bunch of poseurs who backpedal on their own artistic movement as soon as it's convenient.Ferrari (2023) 3.5/5Bachelor Mother (1939) 3.5/5* My Night at Maud's (1968) 4.5/5Poor Things (2023) 3/5The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz (1955) 4/5Welfare (1975) 5/5. Frederick Wiseman doc. There is a long sequence where a racist WW II vet argues with a black security guard/Vietnam vet that might be one of the most enraging I've ever seen. Like the videos of the guy harassing the halal cart vendor.La guerre est finie (1966) 3/5Barbie (2023) 3.5/5Of Time and the City (2008) 3/5Saint Omer (2022) 4.5/5Police Python 357 (1976) 4/5* Little Murders (1971) 4/5The Boy and the Heron (2023) 4/5Rewind & Play (2022) 3/5Afire (2023) 4/5BlackBerry (2023) 3.5/5The Glass Key (1942) 3.5/5
― Chris L, Wednesday, 27 December 2023 03:51 (nine months ago) link
christmas crap wot i watched
A Christmas Dream, 1945, shortLady in the Lake, 1946 5/10Backfire, 1950 5/10Roadblock, 1951 4/10*A Charlie Brown Christmas, 1965 i like it *Home Alone, 1990 5/10It's Christmastime Again, Charlie Brown, 1992 mehIt's a Wondefful Knife, 2023 4/10
― formerly abanana (dat), Wednesday, 27 December 2023 15:47 (nine months ago) link
can’t figure out where i should talk about the iron claw a messy movie that contains my favorite scene in any movie i’ve watched this year
― ivy., Wednesday, 27 December 2023 19:45 (nine months ago) link
Bottoms (Seligman, 2023)The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (Lawrence, 2023)Le Samourai (Melville, 1967)Passages (Sachs, 2023)The Holdovers (Payne, 2023)While You Were Sleeping (Turteltaub, 1995)Duel (Spielberg, 1971)Notting Hill (Michell, 1999)Ida (Pawlikowski, 2013)Personal Shopper (Assayas, 2016)Premium Rush (Koepp, 2012)Master Gardener (Schrader, 2022)Josie and the Pussycats (Kaplan/Elfont, 2001)Poor Things (Lanthimos, 2023)Pickpocket (Bresson, 1959)Maestro (Cooper, 2023)Love Actually (Curtis, 2003)
― jaymc, Wednesday, 27 December 2023 20:28 (nine months ago) link
The last movie I watched in 2023 was MIDNIGHT RUN, which came out when I was 16 but which I had never seen until now. A couple of lines made me laugh, but honestly I am very much not a Charles Grodin fan, so it mostly seemed like a waste of Yaphet Kotto.
― Tahuti Watches L&O:SVU Reruns Without His Ape (unperson), Monday, 1 January 2024 05:01 (eight months ago) link
I've gotten into this strange habit of seeing Kelly Reichardt films on planes, which is maybe not ideal, but "Showing Up" was still pretty good. Also saw "The Creator," which I mentioned on the/a Radiohead thread. It reminded me of tons of other stuff, from "Blade Runner" to "AI" to a few action films, but its visuals, set pieces and mood made an impression on me, even if the movie ultimately fell a little short (and felt a little long). I thought "Monsters" was pretty thoughtful/striking, so it was good to see Gareth Edwards cash in some of his Hollywood franchise chits to make another more personal sci-fi movie.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 4 January 2024 13:09 (eight months ago) link
that time of year when the xmas tv has finished and new season hasn't really started so i'm taping any film from tptv that looks even vaguely interesting to watch during the day
Not As A Stanger, robert mitchum and frank sinatra want to become doctors. two big name actors in a film i've not heard of.https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048432/
yesterday was Landfall, about an RAF pilot accused of bombing a british submarine. starring no-one you've ever heard of but "From the novel by Nevil Shute".
also spent the time between xmas and new year catching up on recent dvds
Agnus Varda - Cleo from 5 to 7Bela Tarr - Turin HorseTomu Uchida - Mad Fox
all of which i enjoyed.
― koogs, Thursday, 4 January 2024 13:53 (eight months ago) link
(actually, Not As A Stranger features Gloria Grahame, the third film i've seen with her in it in the last month (Human Desire, The Man Who Never Was) ((also, it's a wonderful life, which was on A LOT over christmas but which i didn't watch)))
― koogs, Thursday, 4 January 2024 15:46 (eight months ago) link
Thirteen Women (Archainbaud 1932)Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky (Lam Mai-Choi 1991)Goodbye, Dragon Inn (Tsai 2003)The Quick and the Dead (Raimi 1995)Frontier Marshal (Dwan 1939)Casino (Scorsese 1995)May December (Haynes 2023)The Grandmaster (Wong 2013)Men (Garland 2022)eXistenZ (Cronenberg 1999)The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (Anderson 2023)High Anxiety (Brooks 1977)*Being John Malkovich (Jonze 1999)Maestro (Cooper 2023)*L.A. Confidential (Hanson 1997)Blast of Silence (Baron 1961)The Equalizer 3 (Fuqua 2023)The Equalizer (Fuqua 2014)The Equalizer 2 (Fuqua 2018)Birth (Glazer 2004)Harry Brown (Barber 2009)Little Odessa (Gray 1994)Puss (Shore 2021)The Diabolic Tenant (Méliès 1909)India Song (Duras 1975)
― that's when I reach for my copy of Revolver (WmC), Wednesday, 10 January 2024 03:43 (eight months ago) link
* Altered States (1980) 3.5/5The Iron Claw (2023) 4/5Anatomy of a Fall (2023) 4/5Panic in the Streets (1950) 3.5/5An Accidental Studio (2019) 3/5. Doc on Handmade Films currently on Criterion.Godzilla Minus One (2023) 4/5The Holdovers (2023) 3.5/5SubUrbia (1996) 2/5. Had this soundtrack on cd in the 90s but never saw the movie. Steve Zahn nearly carries it but kind of a botch job from Linklater. * Mean Streets (1973) 4.5/5
― Chris L, Wednesday, 10 January 2024 15:00 (eight months ago) link
The Invisible Ray (Hillyer, 1936)Godzilla Minus One (Takashi Yamazaki. 2023)The Johnstown Flood (Cummings, 1926)Deluge (Feist, 1933)*The Old Dark House (Whale, 1932)One Day in Hollywood (Caldwell, 1924)*From Soup to Nuts (Kennedy, 1928)
― Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Monday, 15 January 2024 01:01 (eight months ago) link