Return Of The Film Corner Thread

[jlhoots]

Lonely Planet - Laura Dern

[soulpope]

9 hours ago, jlhoots said:

Lonely Planet - Laura Dern

On Netflix .... your impressions .... ?

[jlhoots]

8 hours ago, soulpope said:

On Netflix .... your impressions .... ?

She makes it worth while + it's only around 90 minutes. 😎

[soulpope]

18 minutes ago, jlhoots said:

She makes it worth while + it's only around 90 minutes. 😎

Fair enough, thnx ....

[GA Russell]

All Criterion Collection titles are 50% at Barnes & Noble today through December 2.

[JSngry]

28 minutes ago, GA Russell said:

All Criterion Collection titles are 50% at Barnes & Noble today through December 2.

Is that online only?

[GA Russell]

16 minutes ago, JSngry said:

Is that online only?

No.  Both online and at the stores.

[JSngry]

Cool, good to know, thanks!

[ejp626]

I'd hoped to check out Guy Maddin's Rumours, but it lasted in theatres all of 2 weeks then vanished (during a time I was extremely busy at work).  It isn't on any streaming services yet.

Anyway, TIFF is doing an Almodovar retrospective.  I have tickets to 10 of his films and hope to sneak in to two screenings that are currently sold out.

[T.D.]

[jlhoots]

Emilia Perez - Netflix

[ejp626]

Lots of Tilda Swinton this month.

She (and Julianne Moore) are in Almodovar's The Room Next Door.  I'm seeing that towards the end of Dec. at TIFF Lightbox.

Then next week, I see her in Joshua Oppenheimer's The End (also at TIFF).  It's a post-apocalyptic tale about a wealthy family living in a salt mine when an outsider arrives.  And it's a musical!   It sounded too bizarre to pass up.

[Teasing the Korean]

We watched "The Substance." Fantastic.

[ejp626]

On 12/9/2024 at 10:19 PM, ejp626 said:

Lots of Tilda Swinton this month.

Then next week, I see her in Joshua Oppenheimer's The End (also at TIFF).  It's a post-apocalyptic tale about a wealthy family living in a salt mine when an outsider arrives.  And it's a musical!   It sounded too bizarre to pass up.

The End is bizarre.  It's probably 15-20 minutes too long, and I didn't like the musical aspect of it.  If all the songs had been stripped out it would have been much more powerful.  So I guess I'm saying I thought the director's vision was naff.

[gmonahan]

On 12/18/2024 at 10:27 AM, ejp626 said:

The End is bizarre.  It's probably 15-20 minutes too long, and I didn't like the musical aspect of it.  If all the songs had been stripped out it would have been much more powerful.  So I guess I'm saying I thought the director's vision was naff.

I agree it is a bit overlong. I go back and forth on the music. A lot of important things are communicated in the lyrics, and that sort of reinforces the artificiality of their existence. Certainly an interesting movie.

I saw "The Order" last night and thought it was very good, especially Jude Law's performance as a slightly burnt out FBI agent.

Edited December 21, 2024 by gmonahan

[jazzbo]

Appaloosa

[jlhoots]

The Piano Lesson - Netflix

[jlhoots]

Actually going to movie theater tomorrow to see A Complete Unknown. 😎

[JSngry]

[jlhoots]

Pedro Paramo - Netflix

[soulpope]

3 hours ago, jlhoots said:

Pedro Paramo - Netflix

Wasn't aware of this .... your impressions .... ?

[jlhoots]

6 hours ago, soulpope said:

Wasn't aware of this .... your impressions .... ?

It's basically a ghost story. Taken from a fairly famous Mexican novel from the 50's. Atmospheric. Probably a little longer than it should have been. Well acted.

Edited December 29, 2024 by jlhoots

[soulpope]

1 minute ago, jlhoots said:

It's basically a ghost story. Taken from a fairly famous Mexican novel from the 50's. Atmospheric. Probably a little longer than it should have been.

Thnx .... will give it a try ....

[jazzbo]

[ejp626]

Been watching movies from my teen years (more or less) that I never caught on first go-around for one reason or another.  I'm making an effort to see them in the theatre.  Toronto isn't quite as amazing for movies as it was in the 90s, but it's still pretty good between TIFF Lightbox, The Revue, The Fox, The Paradise, and Carlton.  Once in a blue moon HotDocs shows a non-documentary movies.  Friday was Withnail and I at the Revue (totally packed house) and today was Mermaids at TIFF.