Return Of The Film Corner Thread

[BillF]

Grim London police corruption thriller. Great stuff!

[kinuta]

Masaki Kobayashi double bill.

Seppuku : Harakiri (1962)

Kaidan : Kwaidan (1964)

[duaneiac]

I'm a fan of old time radio shows and one program of which I have heard a few episodes is the Phil Harris & Alice Faye Show, which aired in the 1940's & 50's and starred the husband and wife team of the bandleader/singer and the former movie star/singer.  I realized I had never seen an Alice Faye movie, so I watched this one.  It's a pretty heavy handed biopic of the long ago stage star.  Ms. Faye is good, always lovely to look at and a very good singer, but the movie itself is nothing but tired plot cliches -- even in 1940 they must have been cliches already.

[kinuta]

Lee Chang-dong double bill.

Secret Sunshine (2007)

Poetry (2010）

[gmonahan]

On 10/2/2016 at 11:36 PM, kinuta said:

Star Trek Beyond - Justin Lin (2016)

Third part of the reboot series is a non stop action rollercoaster that wasn't especially original and ran like a juiced up tv episode

I enjoyed it a lot.

Third time was...*finally*...the charm. I liked this one.

 

 

gregmo

[T.D.]

I had doubts about this (it's a Disney film), but figured I had to see it because I play chess and lived in E. Africa for 2 years. It's pretty good!

[kinuta]

Certain Women - Kelly Reichardt (2016)

Three stories of three women in rural Montana.

The sparest of narratives is really a framework on which to to hang a sketch of the melancholy, unsettlling emptiness and isolation of the country and the women.

Captain Fantastic - Matt Ross (2016)

Superficially resembles Mosquito Coast. Becomes more complex as the story of the missing wife is partially revealed.

What part did her mental health play in shaping the radical life style of the family ?

Viggo Mortenson is predictably excellent, many very engaging scenes, especially where his home education methods dazzlingly prove their superiority in the face of initial ridicule. Good cast and worth seeing but with a mediocre wrap up.

[BillF]

8 hours ago, kinuta said:

Certain Women - Kelly Reichardt (2016)

I will certainly give that a look when it comes this way. All the Kelly Reichardt movies I've seen have been worth watching: Old Joy, Wendy and Lucy, Meek's Cutoff and Night Moves.

 

[kinuta]

Kenji Mizoguchi double bill.

Ugetsu Monogatari (1953)

Sansho Dayu : Sansho The Bailiff (1954)

[kinuta]

Francis Ford Coppola double bill.

The Godfather (1972)

The Godfather Part Two (1974)

[T.D.]

Couple of things at a film festival (Woodstock, NY):

This South African film is outstanding.

This was also quite good.

 

[BillF]

Mexican art house movie with distinct echoes of 1960s cinema - Godard and perhaps Antonioni.

[kinuta]

David Fincher double bill.

Seven (1995)

The Social Network (2010)

[kinuta]

The Infiltrator - Brad Furman (2016)

Solid, entertaining look at an undercover agent working inside the Medellin cartel.

Good but not great. Cranston is the main reason to watch.

[Jazzmoose]

Not bad.  I might have enjoyed it more if I wasn't familiar with the source material; who knows.

[BillF]

At 2 3/4 hours, seemingly interminable road movie in the company of intolerable teenagers. I exited at the 2 hour point.

[kinuta]

Anthropoid - Sean Ellis (2016)

Brutal, powerful, edge of the seat remake of Operation Daybreak surpasses the already excellent original.

Shot where it really happened, it's elegantly directed with first rate cinematography, cast and soundtrack.

One of the year's best films imo.

5 hours ago, BillF said:

At 2 3/4 hours, seemingly interminable road movie in the company of intolerable teenagers. I exited at the 2 hour point.

Thanks Bill.

Will approach with caution.

Edited October 19, 2016 by kinuta

[kinuta]

Free State Of Jones - Gary Ross (2016)

Well intentioned with some excellent battle scenes but quite boring.

I lapsed into clock watching.

The flash forward scenes to a modern court case were bizarre and incongruous.

Imperium - Daniel Ragussis (2016)

Toni Collette was good. The rest of the film was a low powered mess.

Daniel ' Harry Potter ' Radcliffe was fine in his nerdy FBI persona but  laughable as an undercover skin head Nazi.

I don't fault the lad, he did his best, but the casting decision sank the film.

Perhaps a bigger fault was the lack of menace and fear that one would normally associate with a group of nihilist neo nazis.

They were just too civil.

On 2016/10/19 at 4:20 PM, Jazzmoose said:

Not bad.  I might have enjoyed it more if I wasn't familiar with the source material; who knows.

Love Predestination.

[kinuta]

El Clan - Pablo Trapero (2015)

Disturbing true story of an outwardly respectable Argentinian family party to a series of truly heinous crimes.

Worth a look.

[BillF]

Saw it the other week. The Dad is the creepiest!

 

[BillF]

 

Released today. Forceful and compassionate. Recommended.

[jlhoots]

Denial

[kinuta]

Sofia Coppola double bill.

The Virgin Suicides (1999)

Lost In Translation (2003)

[BillF]

2 hours ago, kinuta said:

Sofia Coppola double bill.

The Virgin Suicides (1999)

Lost In Translation (2003)

  

She's made some really good ones. Enough for another double bill when you're ready!

[kinuta]

1 hour ago, BillF said:

  

She's made some really good ones. Enough for another double bill when you're ready!

Right. I'm near the end of my first season of double bills.

Season 2 will start soon.