Return Of The Film Corner Thread

[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 Saturday at 06:07 PM by gmonahan

[jazzbo]

Appaloosa

[jlhoots]

The Piano Lesson - Netflix