Return Of The Film Corner Thread

[duaneiac]

A really good movie with a performance deserving to be ranked among Humphrey Bogart's best.  He portrays the editor of a big city newspaper, The Day, which is about to be sold to a competitor and put out of business.  One of his reporters is beaten up because of his investigation into an organized crime boss.  The editor is thus thrust into a fight to try to stop the sale and keep the paper alive while also getting his staff to investigate the crime boss further while he also attempts to win back the affection of his ex-wife.  A strong and tightly edited script by Richard Brooks keeps things moving right along.  Some great dialogue for all the actors gives even the minor characters a personality.  It's a big love note to the concept of an independent press.

[BillF]

Absolute winner. Strongly recommended.

[kinuta]

Snowden - Oliver Stone (2016)

Joseph Gordon Levitt does a convincing impersonation but the film tells us nothing new.

The HK hotel room scenes seem lifted almost entirely from Citizen 4.

Fine, if you've been living on a desert island and know nothing of the Snowden story.

It was worth watching but can't begin to  compare with 'Nixon', his best biopic by far.

 

[kinuta]

William Wyler double bill  #2

Jezebel (1938)

The Little Foxes (1941)

[BillF]

In view of recent offerings in this genre, surprisingly good. Intelligent, subtle. Bradshaw got it right for once:

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/sep/01/arrival-review-amy-adams-denis-villeneuve-alien-contact

Edited November 19, 2016 by BillF

[kinuta]

4 hours ago, BillF said:

In view of recent offerings in this genre, surprisingly good. Intelligent, subtle. Bradshaw got it right for once:

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/sep/01/arrival-review-amy-adams-denis-villeneuve-alien-contact

Can't wait to see it.

 

[kinuta]

John Huston double bill  #2

The Maltese Falcon (1941)

The Asphalt Jungle (1950)

[jlhoots]

Moonlight

[jlhoots]

Edge Of Seventeen

[catesta]

And to kick off the holiday season....

 

 

 

[kinuta]

Otto Preminger double bill  #2

Laura (1944)

Fallen Angel (1945)

[jlhoots]

Loving

[jazzbo]

I hope to see that one soon. Love Ruth Negga, and it's a good story for our times.

[BillF]

Under the Sand: a favourite psychological drama.

[kinuta]

John Schlesinger. double bill  #2

Marathon Man (1976)

The Falcon & The Snowman (1985)

[kinuta]

Curtis Hanson double bill.

Wonder Boys (2000)

In Her Shoes (2005)

A surprisingly good film. 

[Jazzmoose]

I haven't seen Wonder Boys since it came out; is it as good as I remember? 

[kinuta]

17 hours ago, Jazzmoose said:

I haven't seen Wonder Boys since it came out; is it as good as I remember? 

I can't speak for you but I enjoyed it.

In Her Shoes makes a good pairing.

Curtis Hanson is best known for LA Confidential but he was a deft hand at whimsical drama, tinged with ironic comedy.

RIP.

[BillF]

This is a good one! 

[catesta]

Watched over the weekend. Hell or High Water was excellent. Christmas Vacation is still hilarious.

 

[BillF]

Jarmusch's latest. A gentle tale with interesting factual connections with Paterson, NJ and poet William Carlos Williams. Different and well worth seeing.

[kinuta]

The History Of Mr Polly - Anthony Pellisier (1949)

John Mills is perfectly cast. Orchestral score excellent.

The Years Between - Compton Bennett (1946)

I hadn't seen this one. The end of WW2 and it's effect on a well to do family.

Michael Redgrave plays a privileged, self important toff, back from the war after being thought dead.

In the meantime his wife has carved out her own career. Trouble ensues.

[kinuta]

Deepwater Horizon - Peter Berg (2016)

It doesn't touch on the aftermath, the huge environmental damage or the legal case.

However it is a gut wrenching, supercharged disaster film par excellence.

[jlhoots]

Moana

[duaneiac]

Tonight's double feature: