Return Of The Film Corner Thread

[gmonahan]

Saw "Air." Thought it was pretty good. Afleck does a fair Phil Knight.

[ghost of miles]

On 4/19/2023 at 11:20 AM, medjuck said:

I was wary too, (it's set in England!) but it's quite interesting because follows the plot of the book much more closely than the Hawks/Bogart version. 

I’ll have to give it a shot. Is it set in the 1970s? (a la Altman’s updating of The Long Goodbye)? 

[medjuck]

57 minutes ago, ghost of miles said:

I’ll have to give it a shot. Is it set in the 1970s? (a la Altman’s updating of The Long Goodbye)? 

IIRC it's set when it was made (1978) which means it's now a period piece. 

[jlhoots]

Boston Strangler - HULU

[ejp626]

Managed to catch a few films in the Pop Japan series here at TIFF: A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness and Tokyo Drifter both directed by Seijun Suzuki. 

I was trying to see Spirited Away but all the showings were sold out.  😢  It's supposed coming back to North America at the end of Oct. as part of Ghibli Fest, and I'll just try harder to get tickets then.

[BillF]

 

[GA Russell]

Through July 28.

All Criterion Collection titles are half off at Barnes & Noble stores and BN.com.

[ejp626]

Saw Past Lives about a week ago.  And Asteroid City.

Planning on checking out Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny tomorrow.

 

[ghost of miles]

The quest to do justice to Orson Welles’ studio-mangled The Magnificent Ambersons continues:

A new attempt to reconstruct the lost version of “The Magnificent Ambersons”

[Matthew]

In a state of high intellectual ferment, I watched this twice over the weekend.

Support Your Local Sheriff

[Dub Modal]

Finally watched Tar. 
 

Tour de force from Blanchett. Makes me want to completely avoid classical music for a while though lol. 

[Ken Dryden]

There are several Alec Guinness British comedies I need to watch again:

The Ladykillers

Kind Hearts and Coronets

The Man in the White Suit

Captain’s Paradise

Our Man in Havana

[jlhoots]

The Forgiven - Fiennes / Chastain (HULU)

Edited July 17, 2023 by jlhoots

[ejp626]

There's a local cinema that is showing classic and somewhat overlooked anime films (for $5!).  I just saw Paprika, which is really quite a mind-bending film all about diving into people's dreams.  I'd say that Fellini was at least one of the inspirations behind this movie.  And apparently Nolan admitted that Paprika was an inspiration for Inception.

[jlhoots]

Looking forward to Oppenheimer - will be first trip to a regular cinema in a couple of months.

[Chuck Nessa]

1 hour ago, jlhoots said:

Looking forward to Oppenheimer - will be first trip to a regular cinema in a couple of months.

Ann is determined to drag me to an IMAX for this, but I am "Oppenheimered out" after the documentary and all the promos on tv. Oh, well.

 

[Ken Dryden]

On 7/3/2023 at 3:27 PM, Matthew said:

In a state of high intellectual ferment, I watched this twice over the weekend.

Support Your Local Sheriff

I remember seeing that film in the theatre when it was released.

[Brad]

 

Fabulous. 

[jlhoots]

Another Round - HULU - Mads Mikkelsen

[Dave Garrett]

On 7/17/2023 at 11:16 PM, Chuck Nessa said:

Ann is determined to drag me to an IMAX for this, but I am "Oppenheimered out" after the documentary and all the promos on tv. Oh, well.

If you change your mind, don't go too far out of your way to see an IMAX screening unless it's actual IMAX 70mm - the regular "IMAX" screenings are digital and don't even have the resolution of regular 35mm film. 

The best summary I've seen of the confusing array of screening options that are available is the "Film Formats" illustration a little ways down the page in this article:

 Only 19 U.S. theaters will show ‘Oppenheimer’ in 70mm Imax.

[JSngry]

I am actually contemplating seeing Barbie, just to see if it's the inspired pop-culture tweaking that all the hype is trying to say that it is. Willing to go to a bargain matinee to find out, maybe. 

But Oppenheimer... There was a cycle of documentaries and such a few decades ago that I paid attention to. Not sure what Hollywood is going to do to improve on that. 

[jlhoots]

Mudbound - Netflix

[Chuck Nessa]

1 hour ago, Dave Garrett said:

If you change your mind, don't go too far out of your way to see an IMAX screening unless it's actual IMAX 70mm - the regular "IMAX" screenings are digital and don't even have the resolution of regular 35mm film. 

The best summary I've seen of the confusing array of screening options that are available is the "Film Formats" illustration a little ways down the page in this article:

 Only 19 U.S. theaters will show ‘Oppenheimer’ in 70mm Imax.

Tickets at one of the 2 local "IMAX" options for tomorrow at 2:50 - will report back.

[JSngry]

70mm IMAX in Dallas...should that be enough to sway me into seeing it? 

[medjuck]

12 hours ago, Chuck Nessa said:

Tickets at one of the 2 local "IMAX" options for tomorrow at 2:50 - will report back.

Thanks. I didn't know that.  IMAX is 65 mm (70 mm when you add a soundtrack) run sideways.  (BTW VistaVision was 35mm film run sideways.)  I used to have a frame of an IMAX film to hand around to my students. It was the size of a small  post card.