Sep 17, 2017

I got high before going to see mother! if you're inclined to think that's a good idea.........................you're not wrong

this is Aronofsky turned up to 11. Makes Black Swan feel tame. And I'm still trying to figure out if it all works (I think probably some of it does not). But it was a h--- of an experience

tbh I'm gonna stop right there because I feel very uncomfortable talking about it without getting into spoilers

 

Sep 1, 2017

I happened to watch I, Daniel Blake today. It's completely predictable both aesthetically and narratively and it lacks any form of nuance or complexity but as much as I tried to fight it, I was ultimately moved. Only others I've seen are Kes (pretty good) and The Wind That Shakes the Barley (pretty boring).

 

Aug 3, 2017

Experimental Cinema 2, Chambers' Hart of London
Review: http://bit.ly/2v41yOH


Experimental Cinema, Jack Chambers’ Hart of London
Posted on August 3, 2017by Kamran Ahmed


Jack Chamber’s masterpiece of experimental Canadian film carries within it some of the purest moments cinema has to offer.

Chamber’s sprawling form of experimentation straddles the fine line between so called high and low art.

Adopting an anodyne viewpoint, he freely observes and presents both the unsightly and the majestic in a form of realism predicated on the viewer’s subjective perception and emotional interpretation of the events being unfold, often in real-time, on screen.

Foggy footage of a deer hunt incites Rorschach opacity, gesturing the viewer towards their own predilections. Deer’s blood spilling by the neck conveys an image as haunting as it is prideful. A vagina spreading for the head of a child’s birth to pass nods toward both the baffling and the beautiful.

The world’s quotidian activities, from the grim to the simple and plain, are placed on equal footing for viewer, as voyeur, to respond immediately, and therefore truthfully.

The finale’s use of repetition compels one to reflect on the experience and one’s emotional responses to the images. Upon completion, the film incredulously reveals for the viewer the truth of their emotional selves and the truth of the reality one both creates and perceives.

90/100 – Amazing.

(16mm at the Cinematheque)

 

Aug 1, 2017

RIP Sam Shepard

 

Jul 24, 2017

Wrote on Nolan's Dunkirk.

How Music Ruined a Potential Masterpiece: Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk and its Greatest Failing

There’s much in Nolan’s audacious new feature worth commending, chief among which is the underlying conceptual apparatus of time and rhythm and the greatly immersive experience it generates. Cross cutting between three divergent storlines yet maintaining a parallel flow of time between them is something I’ve frankly never seen before. In spite that each plot recount a distinct timeline, and each cut serve as an extension or contraction of time, the bombastic flow of Nolan’s pure visual storytelling remains uninterrupted...

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http://bit.ly/2tV7vv6

 

Jul 21, 2017

No, I certainly do not. I don't think every film requires a superficial label nor is it always helpful to give one (Selecting a genre for something like L'Avventura would be both misleading and rather pointless). Like I said, when you see the film in question, I'd be interested in reading what genre you'd call it, cause then I could at least understand where you're coming from.

Having seen the actual film, all I'm saying is that I don't think A Ghost Story would be considered horror even under most generous definitions. Perhaps I'm being too narrow, but I'd like to see that argument based on the film and not the marketing.

 

Jul 17, 2017

Criterion is going to be hitting my wallet hard in October...Personal Shopper, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me and Barry Lyndon on blu-ray.

https://thefilmstage.com/news/barry...-with-me-more-coming-to-criterion-in-october/

 

Jul 10, 2017

70mm is actual film. Although IMAX is technically 70 mm, its still a chance of it being presented in digital which is not as high of a resolution as actual film

65mm 5mm soundtrack

 

Jul 7, 2017

A Ghost Story is legit...Not without its flaws but definitely one of the must-see films of the year.

 

Jun 15, 2017

Song to Song will be leaking within two weeks, Blu/iTunes release on the 4th I believe.

 

Jun 15, 2017

I believe it's set for a November 3 release this year in the US. I imagine that'll be initially limited, but expand shortly after.

Personal Shopper and Song to Song!

 

Jun 15, 2017

We must have been watching around the same time

That beach scene so satisfying

 

May 23, 2017

Hi @MovieSXN buddies, I recently spoke with Debbie Downer herself Rachel Dratch when she performed in her hometown for the first time in decades. thought you might enjoy

http://splitsider.com/2017/05/rachel-dratch-returns-home-for-the-women-in-comedy-festival/

 

May 16, 2017

Pattinson looks pretty great here

 

May 13, 2017

Dark Night is incredible, top 2 of the year.

@Pinhead I see you with that Kaili Blues

 

May 1, 2017

He's the GOAT.

Something Wild
Married to the Mob
Rachel Getting Married
Swing Shift
Who Am I This Time?



Looking to run through his 70s work soon.

 

Apr 20, 2017

hi brothers/close friends. cheq this one out pls
https://www.pastemagazine.com/artic...o-politics-what-joe-piscopo-and-gary-kro.html

@MovieSXN

 

Apr 14, 2017

Kenji Mizoguchi the don.

 

Apr 6, 2017

I probably fall somewhere in between on Shyamalan...Like some of his work, dislike others, admire his talent as a director but recognize some of his failings as a writer.

This piece from Adam Nayman echoes a lot of my feelings:
https://theringer.com/m-night-shyamalan-split-5828b488c6b0

 

Mar 30, 2017

Lumiere Brothers, Thomas Edison, Georges Melies, Raz Vahn