What's the last thing netflix sent you, and what's next?

just sent back (like 2 weeks ago): the squid and the whale (nice)

just watched finally: uta hagen's acting class pt.1 (good)

waiting for next: bullitt

just sent back

Brigitte and Brigitte / Up and Down
Matinee

waiting for next:

Le Cercle Rouge
Never Cry Wolf
Chinese Roulette

sent back:
pauly shore is dead

just got:
heather's

waiting on:
the wild bunch

Just sent back: Weird Science (weird), Sherlock Hound Case File 1 (OK), Waiting for Guffman (hilarious)

At home: The Shadow of the Thin Man, Swingers

Waiting for Next: Angel-A

Ha ha, are you getting Gunhed because of the BEST MOVIE EVER poll?

Sorta. Really Tombot kinda said I had to. I take his advice pretty seriously on matters like these.

BTW, BIG HOOS, you'll fuckin love The Wild Bunch. Drink while you watch it though. Makes it even better.

Hey, that's cool. I honestly didn't think anyone else had seen that movie, so I'm psyched that the Gunhed gospel is spreading. And Le Cercle Rouge is great, Remy.

Current three:

Fog of War - great
Rules of the Game - have not watched
Good Night and Good Luck - have not watched

next three: two discs of The Wire and Battle of Algiers

Current four:

The Set Up (best boxing film EVER)
Narnia (I really liked this a lot - whatever re: insidious religious overtones)
The Naked City (haven't watched)
Lady In The Lake (haven't watched)

Next Up:
Branagh's Hamlet
Lacombe Lucien
Munich
and I think The River

just got 2 more discs of ROME season 1

Sent back: Films of Kenneth Anger vol 1; Inspirations (Apted documentary, 1997, not very good)

Just got here: Spartacus
On its way: 25th Hour

Next: Anatomy of a Murder, Marie Antoinette, Wordplay

Rome was pretty good from what I remember. Pretty brutal at times, dug it.

Oh, also, turning in The Wild Bunch will make'em send Standing In The Shadows of Motown, which I've seen like 3X and is awesome.

Wordplay was sweet

What did you think of the Kenneth Anger DVD, Rock?

Have:

12 Monkeys (RAD, but the first copy was f'ed up, replacement came in the mail today)
Slums of Beverly Hills

Just Watched

Bit of Fry & Laurie vol. 1 (hilarious)
Dead Zone (probably the most disappointing Cronenberg I've seen)

Getting Next:

Time After Time (aka That One Jack the Ripper Time Traveling Movie)
Alphaville
Chronicles of Riddick

I love 12 Monkeys - is it underrated or am I imagining that?

I have no idea! I only got to see the first 50 minutes or so and I think it's the fucking best!

Just received:
Waitress (good in a cute way)
Dexter Season 1, Disc 2 (good in a very dark way)

Next up:

Grosse Pointe Blank - completely excited to see it

Sent Back: Someone's Watching Me (semi-obscure John Carpenter made-for-TV movie from 1980. It's great!)
Awaiting: Jandek On Corwood

At home/in transit:

Clean, Shaven - Ebert checked it in his review of Bug
A Christmas Story - Never seen it & live in Cleveland = MORTAL SIN
Labyrinth - Up next
The Man Who Knew Too Little - I'm planning on seeing every Bill Murray movie
Harvey Birdman: Vol. 1: Disc 2 - Toons before the main feature! (really, really funny)
Night on Earth - I hope this is better than Permanent Vacation
Mary Poppins - Great! In fact, super...!

Next in queue:

Bad Santa
Porco Rosso
Helvetica
Living in Oblivion
The Red Shoes
Murder on the Orient Express
Orphic Trilogy: The Blood of a Poet

Just sent back:

Crossing The Bridge (amazing doc on contemporary Turkish music)

Have sitting at home:

Running Out Of Time 2
No End In Sight

Coming up:

Meerkat Manor Season 2

Jandek On Corwood
I know the guys who made this.
I wish I had netflix again. Our love affair was short.
In that time, I experienced:
Scarecrow (really enjoyable 70's WTF co-starring Pacino and Hackman)
The Conversation
P-Funk Mothership Tour movie (a must see)
Rockers (this movie's greatness needs no further testimony, right?)
and more.

Just sent back: "Eagle vs. Shark" (funny, better than "Napoleon Dynamite")
Getting next: "Vernon, Florida" (continuing an Errol Morris theme, also recently watched "Gates of Heaven")

What did you think of the Kenneth Anger DVD, Rock?

I liked parts of it, like "Fireworks" and the amazing rich colors of "Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome". A fair amount of it bored me, but I'm sure it's because there are textual levels I don't know or care about. Not really interested in magick/occult stuff, for instance. I liked "Puce Moment," but thought "Rabbit's Moon" and "Eaux d'Artifice" were boring.

Sent Back: Dog Soldiers. Awesome werewolf movie! hOOOOOWLLLLLLLL

Received: The Thin Man and Murder, My Sweet

Awaiting: Jandek On Corwood

not really that great, unfortunately. the audio commentary (hi, d. wolk!) on the extras is the best thing about it.

returned extras disc 1
got PICKPOCKET

Canadians can't netflix so here's my zip.ca activity.

Just watched: The Host -- pretty good, acceptably stupid
Haven't watched yet: What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, Willard (the Crispin Glover one), The Grapes of Wrath, Henry V (Olivier).

Next up: Two Films by Chris Marker: La Jetée / Sans soleil

I only got 8 movies this month. I'm slacking.

WILLARD is so fucking hilarious. it kills me!

Sent Knocked Up back to LoveFilm yesterday, they're sending me Battlestar Galactica Season 2 disc 2 today.

La Jetee is incredible! Totally unique.

i just put la jetee on my queue!

sent back Hard Core Logo, got Helvetica

just returned: Killer of Sheep - this was fantastic, in a 1977 sort of way.
Body Double - I loved the way depalma grafted hitchcock onto the landscape of the '80's.
Ghostbusters 2 - okay this was fucking terrible. bill murray almost saved it.

Just watched: Stardust - as of last night this is one of my favorites of '07. The last time I enjoyed a (<10 hour) fantasy movie this much Reagan was actor-in-chief.

waiting on:12:08 East of Bucharest
Fletch

I use the NY Public Library (FREE) as Netflix, and the current pile is

Army of Shadows (still just OK, peaks early)
Black Book
Bug
Les enfants terribles
Strayed
Silkwood
Year of the Dog
Deadwood Season 3

have:

Eastern Promises
Blade Runner: Director's Cut
Bourne Ultimatum

waiting on:

King of Kong
The Sound of Music
Offside

just watched:

Sicko
This is England
Hatchet

I liked Killer of Sheep. It had this slightly student-film feel, but it was like the best student film ever made.

curious how you find Bug, Morbz.

recently returned:

The Apartment
Deadwood: Season 3: Disc 5
Deadwood: Season 3: Disc 4

at home:

L'Atalante
The Gold Rush
The 400 Blows

up next in queue:

The Wire: Season 1: Disc 1
Grizzly Man
Intolerance

L'Atalante is a favorite of mine. Have fun starting The Wire - u gonna luv it.

just sent back tideland. fucking terrible terrible terry gilliam. couldn't finish it.

i think we have lost waiting. seen it already, but we're gonna dl the rifftrax for the pilot and watch tonight i think. hope it's funny!

re: tideland, the director shouldn't have to come on before a movie and warn the audience. we shoulda known right then.

I've been warned off of Tideland by every Gilliam fan I know. How was Sicko?

xpost

just watched: "The Boxer's Omen" (awesome! A++++++) WATCH IMMEDIATELY
arrived today: "Deathtrap" (remember seeing this years go, curious)

Just saw: Clash of the Titans (lol)

waiting on my desk:

In the Mood for Love
Altered States

Next:

Once Upon a Time in the West
Days of Being Wild
Infernal Affairs 3

saw:
Searchers
Jonestown: The Life and Deathof the People's Temple
All About Eve

in:
Excalibur
Sunset Blvd.
Rio Bravo

next:
Fearless Vampire Killers
Salem's Lot
You're Gonna Miss Me

Fearless Vampire Killers is an odd one. Just watched that a few weeks back.

never seen it!

it's awesome, plus it has Sharon Tate

oh Roman, Roman P...

wasn't Elvira's original look based on Sharon Tate in that? xpost

Jonestown: The Life and Deathof the People's Temple

Is this the recent American Experience documentary that aired on PBS? God, that was creepy.

watched:

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (i pressed play and just assumed the original was dubbed; it was great but i probably would have liked it a lot more with the subs!)
Crazy Train (great, so funny)

next:

The Leather Boys
Viridiana

Wouldn't the "original" have been dubbed into Italian from English?

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly was intended to be watched in English. The actors in those old Leone movies spoke their native languages (English, Italian, or German), and then they were dubbed from there. So there is an Italian dialogue track, but I think the preferred cut is the English one.

There usually is no "original" in Italian cinema. They're all dubbed without much care for synch.

xp: Yeah, Jonestown is a major, sinking bummer.

Plus, would you rather hear Eastwood and Van Cleef's awesome voices, or some Italian dude dubbing them over? It would cause cognitive dissonance!

ok thanks, that explains why clint was speaking english. i just thought tuco's dubbed voice was annoying. maybe i wasn't too sold on the character either. still a crazy/awesome movie though.

That was Eli Wallach's real voice, just synced badly a lot of the time. So I guess you just find his voice annoying? Anyway, phenomenal film. Definitely in my top 10 movies of all time.

I love the dubbed kid's voice in "For a Few Dollars More." So loud and off. MAMA!

Jonestown is probably my favorite doc from the last few years, and not just because the events were among the strangest in u.s. history. It's beautifully focused.

yeah, it draws you in, puts your head under water, and holds it there.

Patty Hearst documentary. Star Wars. I just re-registered since I got a new DVD player in November.

oh yea, sD otm. I forgot that about italian movies -- the majority were dubbed even into the 90s, right? But again, English is preferred.

Finally considering discontinuing my Netflix red envelope subscription. I defended it for so long, but it seems we’ve reached the point where Netflix. Doesn’t. Have. Fucking. Shit. In terms of DVDs. I can’t even find promising garbage to put in my queue. Any dissenting opinions about this?

You can probably just go to the newly revived Kim’s Video.

I don’t go to Manhattan

Oh well.

I kid. I’m just trying to bust up inter-boro prejudices

I fell reeeeeeaaaaaallly behind in my red envelope-ing during quarantine. Started up again in earnest recently-my queue is over 15 years old and has over 480 titles on it, some of which have been on there for at least 15 years.

Do you mean in your “Saved” list? Because those films you will never ever see

Nope. That's my regular queue. I have around 80 films in the Saved queue, most of which probably won't come back, but I've been surprised there before.

Wow. I hope you’re able to see all of those films in your regular queue but I wouldn’t be surprised if many of them suddenly show up as unavailable. It seems to me Netflix is dissolving their DVD library in a comprehensive way right now.

I get something good in the mail almost every day! Today I got Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Doppelgänger, which admittedly is not that great, but am next looking forward to receiving Rope, Tabu, The Secret of the Grain, Climax, Holy Mountain, Aquarius

some of them are long waits, but they eventually show up. after 4 years of trying to burn through the archive, there are still hundreds of classic films on netflix dvd I haven't seen

I kid. I’m just trying to bust up inter-boro prejudices

Maybe I can meet you at the Nitehawk one of these days to broker a peace.

Can you still sign up for a new red envelope plan or is it purely grandfathered?