[HenryHill51]

Recently seen:

"Transit" (2019)- Christian Petzold is one of the best filmmakers in the world today and this one is yet another masterpiece, fusing the encroachment of 1930's German Nationalism with the fear mongering of our current immigration status as people strive to secure travel visas and escape. It's a brilliant hall of mirrors thriller.

"Honeysuckle Rose" (1980)- Luxuriates in Willie Nelson's cosmic cowboy vibe. Don't expect much of a plot, just a look at aimless stardom and honkeytonk music. Plus Slim Pickens.

"The Last Black Man In San Francisco" (2019)- I wish someone would infuse MY city with that much lyricism and depth. And the soundtrack, wow.

"Under the Silver Lake" (2018)- I adore Mitchell's previous films, and while this very strange sunshine noir has its moments of slacker greatness, it feels like the director is playing with us, never wanting us to take anything seriously but hoping we swallow it all as the second coming of Robert Altman's "The Long Goodbye".

"His Kind of Woman" (1951)- Robert Mitchum doing his usual tough-guy routine as a degenerate gambler sent to Mexico for something sinister. Then Vincent Price shows up and this thing turns weird very quickly.

[ilduclo]

Originally Posted by LifeDistortion

 

I enjoyed this more than Hereditary. One thing I like about Ari Aster's films is that he doesn't flinch away from the horror. Much like Hereditary there a scenes that leave you picking up your jaw.

Looking forward to that one. I’m a Nordic myself, and I thought Heredity was fantastic.

[demonrail666]

 

Factotum

Fairly true to Bukowski's novel. Matt Dillon is always great although a little miscast here. But he's still a far more credible 'Chinaski' than Mickey Rourke managed in Barfly.

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Whiplash





and they are re-airing the Aliens movies over here once again.

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Originally Posted by _tunic_

 

Whiplash
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i saw that when it came out and really liked it

then i read the commentaries where some jazz cats were saying nononono there is no such thing, nobody plays like that anymore, this man would never be in such a position... etc.

sure, but it’s not meant to be a fucking documentary

it’s about the destructive double edge of perfectionism, and sadism in the rarefied circles of high performance, etc.

comparable perhaps to michael haneke’s the piano teacher

showed that to a prof once who told me haneke must hate music hahaha.

but see, the prof was also an ex-piano player. up and quit at some point.

i think a lot of people lose joy in the practice of an art because they have to be perfect “or else...”

i know people who abandoned the cello, or dance, or a number of things, because they could not be good enough.

so, sure, jazzcats—it’s not a real story. but if it was so potent maybe it’s just that fletcher lurks within us all.

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such a great movie! I do wonder how the Japanese look at it....

 

This is a short movie (15 minutes), and I was laughing all the way through it.

 

very interesting how easy it is to boast about a festival that didn't even exist!
oddly enough, we had our own Fyre Festival, albeit less extreme. It was named Vestiville just a couple of weeks ago in Belgium just across the border of where I live. They had booked all those great artists mostly rap, like Cardi B. 35.000 People were lining up at the entrance and then they were told the festival would be canceled, mainly due to security reasons.

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brilliant B-movie, which becomes even better if you have just watched Alien Resurrection a couple days earlier

[Peterpuff]

Originally Posted by _tunic_

very interesting how easy it is to boast about a festival that didn't even exist!
oddly enough, we had our own Fyre Festival, albeit less extreme. It was named Vestiville just a couple of weeks ago in Belgium just across the border of where I live. They had booked all those great artists mostly rap, like Cardi B. 35.000 People were lining up at the entrance and then they were told the festival would be canceled, mainly due to security reasons.

Did that festival procure enough water?? /ba dum tsss....

I really enjoy those Fyre Festival docs. Just amazing how that shit can really go down.

I watched Sing Street a few nights ago. Not the best thing ever, but certainly an enjoyable little charming watch. Nice little ode to 80s music and youth bands.

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Class of Nuke 'em High

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watching bad lieutenant—as a comedy

 

it works!

[Severian]

Just watched A Quiet Place. Pretty good, but not sure what the fuck with some of that stuff

[tw2113]

C.H.U.D.

[Severian]

SHAZAM!


It was OK for a comedy and decent for a super hero movie

Why it has a score of like 92% on Rotten Tomatoes I will never know, seems like nonsense

[choc e-Claire]

Originally Posted by Severian

SHAZAM!

My sister liked this one. Everyone's saying it's the best DC movie, but that's a pretty low bar.

Also, the actor is younger than even me in case you need a new crisis.

[Severian]

Originally Posted by choc e-Claire

My sister liked this one. Everyone's saying it's the best DC movie, but that's a pretty low bar.

Also, the actor is younger than even me in case you need a new crisis.

The main actor is like my age. But the kid is yeah. Young.

It could have been better if it leaned into its quirk in a slightly different way.

Still good but not the best DC movie because Dark Knight is technically a DC movie. It might be the second best DCEU movie (which I think is what people are talking about when they say best)

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big night (stanley tucci, 1996)

 

i love this little indie number from the 90s and watch it every so often. great screenplay, great cast (really great cast), and so much love of food.

followed by

bottle shock (somebody, 2008)

as a movie it’s somewhat of a cornball dipped in melted cheese, not good, but it fictionalizes the famous “judgment of paris” where california wines first beat the frenchies... and they have beaten them again and again. [see: https://web.archive.org/web/20080213...7719%2C00.html ]

alan rickman in it was fun as usual, but best part of it all was eliza dushku as tavern wench

 

“five by five, B.”

ps- apparently the guy who directed this also did that cbgb movie i saw the other day. i really don’t like his style. maybe rickman did. but he panders way too fucking much. maybe that’s the only way to make small indies these days: turn it into a hallmark movie