Return Of The Film Corner Thread

[duaneiac]

Watched a wide variety this weekend:

A really well made low-budget film, from back in the days when special effects were done in the real world, not by computers.

I can't even begin to imagine how difficult the filming of this movie must have been, even after listening to the commentary track featuring Mr. Herzog.

Typical Hollywood bio-pic rubbish, I suppose, but made watchable by good performances.

The last one was a charming little domestic comedy about the goings on amongst different families in a little neighborhood.  One of the central story lines has two boys refusing to talk any more because their parents won't buy a TV set.  I don't know his name, but the little guy below is one of the best child actors I've ever seen.

[duaneiac]

90 minutes spent with Ingrid Bergman is never a waste of time and this is an enjoyable comedy.

[kinuta]

The L-Shaped Room - Bryan Forbes (1962)

 

[BillF]

Beautifully made movie.

[kinuta]

Whistle Down The Wind - Bryan Forbes (1961)

[kinuta]

Seance On A Wet Afternoon - Bryan Forbes (1964)

[jlhoots]

Personal Shopper

[catesta]

[duaneiac]

Starring Rupert Everett, Colin Firth and Cary Elwes.  One of the bonus features on the DVD was a clip from an early 1980's TV entertainment magazine type show which included a videotaped segment from the original London production of the play upon which the film was based.  The play starred a couple of fresh, young actors, Rupert Everett and Kenneth Branagh.  It looked like a professionally made, multi-camera taping of the play.  The movie was okay, but I'd sure like to see that taped version of the play.

[kinuta]

The Angry Silence - Guy Green (1960)

[paul secor]

Amour

[catesta]

 

"Why you bringin' up old shit"

[jazzbo]

I didn't realize that Herbie Hancock will be acting in the new "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets" movie. Interesting! I noticed him appear in a trailer and looked up this old news article:

http://deadline.com/2015/12/valerian-luc-besson-herbie-hancock-1201665802/

[jlhoots]

After The Storm

[BillF]

Romanian movie shown here as Graduation. Thriller with ethical/social aspects. Not bad at all.

[kinuta]

Only Two Can Play - Sidney Gilliat (1962)

[kinuta]

Night Must Fall - Karel Reisz (1964)

[Jazzmoose]

 

I saw this for the first time last night.  Oddly, I read the book when it came out. I remember it as having a straight forward thriller approach, so the humor caught me off guard.  Matthau is awesome.

Edited April 1, 2017 by Jazzmoose

[kinuta]

Silence - Martin Scorsese (2016)

Scorsese in Bergman land.

Impressively made and profound even to non believers although it's far from being a mainstream commercial film;more like a very personal project for Scorsese.

I thought Issei Ogata was especially good as Inoue, the inquisitor but Tadanobu Asano miscast as the interpreter.

 

 

[kinuta]

You Can Count On Me - Kenneth Lonergan (2000)

[kinuta]

Margaret : Director's Cut - Kenneth Lonergan (2011)

My Father's Vietnam - Soren Sorenson (2015)

The title speaks for itself.

Modest but touching, elequently told and well made personal account of the wars effect on a small group of people

Well worth watching.

[paul secor]

Chinese Puzzle - Cedric Klapisch

[catesta]

On 4/1/2017 at 0:33 AM, Jazzmoose said:

 

I saw this for the first time last night.  Oddly, I read the book when it came out. I remember it as having a straight forward thriller approach, so the humor caught me off guard.  Matthau is awesome.

I'm planning on watching this tonight.

[kinuta]

Public Speaking - Martin Scorsese (2010)

Love this one. Funny and incisive, she certainly has the gift of the gab.

[paul secor]

Café Society - Woody Allen