Nov 30, 2015

 

Dec 1, 2015

US remake of Martyrs incoming. It's PG-13 @Pinhead

 

Dec 1, 2015

what would be a good criticism to pair with Rebel Without a Cause for my American Brit 1950s lit class..

hmm

 

Dec 1, 2015

A Streetcar Named Desire

 

Dec 1, 2015

i worded that wrongly. I meant like race criticism, gender criticism, etc.

 

Dec 1, 2015

Ah, well if it was made in the 50s then the females are weak/hapless slaves who rely on men to survive.
I haven't seen it, but I can't imagine it would be hard to find examples like that.

 

Dec 1, 2015

probably going to just relate it to parenting

 

Dec 1, 2015

Now I understand how horror fans of the 70's and 80's feel when their classics get remade. What a f---ing joke.

 

Dec 1, 2015

Blumhouse would remake the Zabruder film if they thought teenagers would go see it on dates. This thing is going straight to Netflix. RT 23%

 

Dec 1, 2015

RT in 2015

 

Dec 1, 2015

Easily the best aggregator.

 

Dec 1, 2015

I don't want Martyrs to have any sort of success

 

Dec 1, 2015

Pretty sure Blumhouse only pushes films that cost $5 to make so it will certainly make it's money back no matter what. Worst case scenario is that they franchise it like [Rec] lmao.

 

Dec 1, 2015

Most of these are obvious but movies on my radar for December are...

December 4- Youth (Paolo Sorrentino), Macbeth (Justin Kurzel), Arabian Nights: Volume 1, The Restless One (Miguel Gomes), Chi-Raq (Spike Lee), Hitchock/Truffaut (Kent Jones)
December 11- The Big Short (Adam McKay), Arabian Nights: Volume 2, The Desolate One (Miguel Gomes)
December 18- Arabian Nights: Volume 3, The Enchanted One (Miguel Gomes), Son of Saul (László Nemes), Star Wars: Episode VII- The Force Awakens (JJ Abrams)
December 25- Joy (David O. Russell), The Hateful Eight (Quentin Tarantino), The Revenant (Alejandro González Iñárritu), 45 Years (Andrew Haigh)
December 31- Anomalisa (Charlie Kaufman, Duke Johnson)

 

Dec 1, 2015

Yeah, Blumhouse has been making bank over the last few years. Got 40+ million for The Gallows on a 100k budget. Ridiculous.

 

Dec 2, 2015

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  Creed 2015
  ★★★★½ Watched 01 Dec, 2015
  
  An emotive tour de force only rivaled in quality by the original ROCKY. Cinematographically superior and topically relevant. Some incredible moments including the slow motion run surrounded by motorcylists, the steadicam long takes of entering the new gym and of the first fight, and the aerial circling of the final bouts shot for shot. Nas and Tupac mixed into the lot for added flavour.
  
  87/100 - Excellent.
  
  No likes
  
  
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  The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 2015
  ★★★½ Watched 01 Dec, 2015
  
  Society of the spectacle social critique of CATCHING FIRE and action orientation of the ORIGINAL come together at last for a captivating showdown between rebels and the regime.
  
  76/100 - Very Good.
  
  No likes
  
  
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  Paranoid Park 2007
  ★★★★ Watched 30 Nov, 2015
  
  A fragmented narrative idiosyncratically expressive of the anxious, restless psychology on display.
  
  83/100 - Great.
  
  No likes
  
  
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  Pixels 2015
  ★½ Watched 29 Nov, 2015
  
  Utterly contrived towards meaningless ends with its only redeeming feature the novelty of playing real life video games.
  
  42/100 - Bad.
  
  No likes
  
  
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  Queen of Earth 2015
  ★★★★½ Watched 29 Nov, 2015
  
  Sharp dissociative drama with fluid transitions and an ethereal sense of time, sense, and perception.
  
  88/100 - Excellent.
  
  1 like
  
  
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  Hour of the Wolf 1968
  ★★★★½ Watched 28 Nov, 2015
  
  Striking high contrast black & white cinematography some of Nyqvist's best, but certain genre elements quite tacky.
  
  87/100 - Excellent.
  
  1 like
  
  
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  James White 2015
  ★★★★ Watched 28 Nov, 2015
  
  A deeply felt & well portrayed drama where character development is eschewed for honest articulation of unchanging turbulence.
  
  82/100 - Great.
  
  1 like
  

 

Dec 2, 2015

Creed was dope. Need to see Chiraq and James White but dunno when I will..


Anyone following this? NYFCA about to unveil:
http://www.awardsdaily.com/2015/12/02/new-york-film-critic-awards-announcing-tba/

NBR also voted:
Best Film: Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Director: Ridley Scott – The Martian

Best Actor: Matt Damon – The Martian

Best Actress: Brie Larson – Room

Best Supporting Actor: Sylvester Stallone – Creed

Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Jason Leigh – The Hateful Eight

Best Original Screenplay: Quentin Tarantino – The Hateful Eight

Best Adapted Screenplay: Drew Goddard – The Martian

Best Animated Feature: Inside Out
Breakthrough Performance: Abraham Attah – Beasts of No Nation & Jacob Tremblay – Room

Best Directorial Debut: Jonas Carpignano – Mediterranea

Best Foreign Language Film: Son of Saul

Best Documentary: Amy

William K. Everson Film History Award: Cecilia DeMille Presley

Best Ensemble: The Big Short

Spotlight Award: Sicario for Outstanding Collaborative Vision

NBR Freedom of Expression Award: Beasts of No Nation & Mustang




Top Films
Bridge of Spies
Creed
The Hateful Eight
Inside Out
The Martian
Room
Sicario
Spotlight
Straight Outta Compton

Top 5 Foreign Language Films
Goodnight Mommy
Mediterranea
Phoenix
The Second Mother
The Tribe

Top 5 Documentaries
Best of Enemies
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
The Diplomat
Listen to Me Marlon
The Look of Silence

Top 10 Independent Films
‘71
45 Years
Cop Car
Ex Machina
Grandma
It Follows
James White
Mississippi Grind
Welcome to Me
While We’re Young

 

Dec 2, 2015

lol, how did you figure out their business model!?

 

Dec 2, 2015

I started a new twitter where I pair a movie with a drink.
https://twitter.com/MovieDrinkPair


I also wrote a piece on the film cut and mental anxiety: http://aestheticsofthemind.com/2015/12/02/the-film-cut-and-mental-anxiety/

And will be writing one on the long take and mindfulness later.

 

Dec 2, 2015

Carol getting showered with praise while Tarantino is watching American Hustle on VHS somewhere.