Return Of The Film Corner Thread

[Teasing the Korean]

From the creators of Danger Five, Italian Spiderman is a dead-on parody of 60s/70s low-budget, foreign market knockoffs of US franchises.

 

[Brad]

On 12/28/2024 at 9:39 AM, jlhoots said:

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

How did you like it. I thought it was terrific. Might go see it again this week. 

[jlhoots]

1 hour ago, Brad said:

How did you like it. I thought it was terrific. Might go see it again this week. 

Agree!!

[T.D.]

[jlhoots]

Carry-On - Netflix

[JSngry]

[jlhoots]

Woman Of The Hour (Anna Kendrick) - Netflix

[jlhoots]

Blitz - Apple+

[ghost of miles]

On 12/28/2024 at 10:40 PM, JSngry said:

How is that one? It’s one of those 40s Bogarts I haven’t gotten around to watching yet, and the reunion of the Maltese Falcon gang certainly intrigues.

On 1/5/2025 at 5:52 PM, Brad said:

How did you like it. I thought it was terrific. Might go see it again this week. 

I’ve seen it twice and was set to go again tonight, but our one remaining commercial theater remains closed due to the weather. I love it and it inspired me to finally pick up Elijah Wald’s Dylan Goes Electric (which is excellent so far). It works beautifully as a movie, and the historical liberties taken never took me out of the picture (with one possible exception); as Wald has said, it’s a “poetically accurate” telling. And the cast surpassed the hype for me—brilliant performances all around, including Chalamet, Norton and Barbaro’s live musical renditions. Plus the recreated look of the early-1960s Village (apparently filmed primarily in Jersey City and Hoboken) is well-done and evocative. The whole thing’s sent me off on one of my periodic Dylan binges.

[JSngry]

1 hour ago, ghost of miles said:

How is that one? It’s one of those 40s Bogarts I haven’t gotten around to watching yet, and the reunion of the Maltese Falcon gang certainly intrigues.

Individual performances are fine. The film as a whole is...I found it on a PD streaming service and there's a reason.

It's got a truly bizarre backstory and as a result is full of some nasty racist/jingoistic snappiness. But hey, that's entertainment.

It's not a bad film otherwise, but not as taut as Falcon. Do your homework before actually viewing it (including the original posters). And realize that is neither the first nor last use of mass entertainment as unapologetic propaganda.

 

[Brad]

On 1/12/2025 at 6:28 PM, ghost of miles said:

How is that one? It’s one of those 40s Bogarts I haven’t gotten around to watching yet, and the reunion of the Maltese Falcon gang certainly intrigues.

I’ve seen it twice and was set to go again tonight, but our one remaining commercial theater remains closed due to the weather. I love it and it inspired me to finally pick up Elijah Wald’s Dylan Goes Electric (which is excellent so far). It works beautifully as a movie, and the historical liberties taken never took me out of the picture (with one possible exception); as Wald has said, it’s a “poetically accurate” telling. And the cast surpassed the hype for me—brilliant performances all around, including Chalamet, Norton and Barbaro’s live musical renditions. Plus the recreated look of the early-1960s Village (apparently filmed primarily in Jersey City and Hoboken) is well-done and evocative. The whole thing’s sent me off on one of my periodic Dylan binges.

I picked up the Wald book too and am enjoying it. I am also on a Dylan binge. I’ve also been listening to https://abobdylanprimer.com, a podcast devoted to Dylan, although I think the host is a wee bit over the top. 

[ghost of miles]

11 hours ago, Brad said:

I picked up the Wald book too and am enjoying it. I am also on a Dylan binge. I’ve also been listening to https://abobdylanprimer.com, a podcast devoted to Dylan, although I think the host is a wee bit over the top. 

Just finished the Wald book last night and have been revisiting Greil Marcus' The Old, Weird America (I'm a Basement Tapes obsessive) as well as David Hadju's Positively 4th Street and Robert Shelton's No Direction Home. Also pulled a number of the Bootleg releases off the shelf and have been listening to them again over the past few days (Live 1966, Trouble No More, Live 1975, Bootleg Series V. 1-3, Best of the Cutting Edge, and The Basement Tapes Complete). Will probably pick up both volumes of Heylin's massive bio at some point... please don't stage an intervention. 😆