Return Of The Film Corner Thread

[GA Russell]

Today through July 28, all Criterion Collection discs are 50% off at Barnes & Noble stores and online (BN.com).

Edited June 28 by GA Russell

[JSngry]

[gmonahan]

On 6/26/2024 at 6:59 PM, JSngry said:

A few days ago, I found a semi-clickbait teaser talking about 10 Great Westerns You Probably Haven't Seen, and it turns out, I had seen maybe just 3 of them, so hey ...

This one was the oldest on the list, so it was the first one watched. Really well done with not a lot of "lens shifting" needed at all, which for 74 year old Western ain't bad at all, imo.

The one up today was not so luck. Bend Of The River from 1952. Good core story, well-told, but also with a whole lot of period trappings that are just distracting and uncomfortable.

I like Westerns, especially the ones that don't have really happy endings for anybody.

 

Me too. "The Searchers" is a case in point. I think Duke's character knows that this happy ending won't last, and that a young woman raised in a tribe won't be happy coming back. Of course, that may just be me, but I do love that great, great Western!

[Teasing the Korean]

Uncut Gems - The Safdie Brothers

[gmonahan]

Sooooo, went to see "Kinds of Kindness." I liked "Poor Things," but this one, not so much.

 

[rostasi]

Planning on going to see this tomorrow, then over to the Sweet Hut for goodies.
It's kinda like the Mahabharata meets Mad Max.

 

Edited July 1 by rostasi

[JSngry]

[Teasing the Korean]

World on a Wire (German: Welt am Draht), a 1973 German sci fi TV serial, directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, courtesy of the Criterion Channel.  Very prescient.  

[JSngry]

Thinking about going on a Burt Lancaster kick sometimes this year.

[Joe]

Pretty interesting film. As the poster suggests, it has more in common with Rebel Without a Cause than, say, The Defiant Ones. A Hecht-Hill-Lancaster production.

https://www.mgmplus.com/movie/take-a-giant-step

[jlhoots]

Fair Play - Netflix

[JSngry]

[JSngry]

[gmonahan]

On 7/18/2024 at 7:26 PM, JSngry said:

That's a GREAT movie!!

 

[JSngry]

It is. Starts off a little fluffy but gets dark and then keeps getting darker.

[jlhoots]

The Long Game - an "uplifting" sports movie.

[gmonahan]

Just saw "Fly Me to the Moon." Clever and enjoyable rom-com. But it is a rom-com.

 

[Teasing the Korean]

Just watched Fassbinder's Querelle.  WOW!

[jlhoots]

Wicked Little Letters - Olivia Colman - Netflix

[Dub Modal]

finally got around to watching American Fiction. Have been trying to catch this movie for several months. It was stellar, although the ending(s) isn't without some confusion on my part. Watched through the credits and noticed Patrice Rushen plays piano on the film's score. Check it out. Satire like this doesn't get made enough. 

[jlhoots]

7 hours ago, Dub Modal said:

finally got around to watching American Fiction. Have been trying to catch this movie for several months. It was stellar, although the ending(s) isn't without some confusion on my part. Watched through the credits and noticed Patrice Rushen plays piano on the film's score. Check it out. Satire like this doesn't get made enough. 

👍

[soulpope]

9 hours ago, Dub Modal said:

finally got around to watching American Fiction. Have been trying to catch this movie for several months. It was stellar, although the ending(s) isn't without some confusion on my part. Watched through the credits and noticed Patrice Rushen plays piano on the film's score. Check it out. Satire like this doesn't get made enough. 

Sounds interesting ....

[Teasing the Korean]

On 8/9/2024 at 4:13 PM, Dub Modal said:

finally got around to watching American Fiction. Have been trying to catch this movie for several months. It was stellar, although the ending(s) isn't without some confusion on my part. Watched through the credits and noticed Patrice Rushen plays piano on the film's score. Check it out. Satire like this doesn't get made enough. 

Great film.  It reminded me, in an oblique way, of Sideways.  Something about the pacing, the characters, the relationships, and I'm sure the music too. 

[JSngry]

If you like the movie...

...read the book.

[Teasing the Korean]

On 7/18/2024 at 10:26 PM, JSngry said:

Great music by Elmer Bernstein and Chico Hamilton.  Verve released both albums on a single CD, but they deleted one track, "Jonalah," by Chico.