Aug 30, 2016

Finally got to the fall movie season with Venice and Toronto about to kick off...This is what's on my radar for September:

September 2- The Light Between Oceans (Derek Cianfrance)
September 9- Demon (Marcin Wrona), Sully (Clint Eastwood), Cameraperson (Kirsten Johnson)
September 16- Blair Witch (Adam Wingard), Operation Avalanche (Matt Johnson), Snowden (Oliver Stone)
September 23-
September 30- American Honey (Andrea Arnold)

 

Sep 2, 2016

A lot of raves for Damien Chazelle's La La Land with Gosling and Stone out of Venice and Telluride. I actively disliked Whiplash, but this one sounds pretty good. Also strong notice for Villeneuve's Arrival. I haven't seen The Light Between Oceans yet, but that seems to have gotten more of a mixed response.

 

Sep 2, 2016

Chopping Mall the greatest film Ive seen

 

Sep 5, 2016

Looks like only the 40-minute IMAX version of Malick's Voyage of Time will be released on October 7. The full 90-minute version about to play in Venice and TIFF will be released sometime next year.

https://thefilmstage.com/news/watch...irst-clips-from-terrence-malicks-documentary/

 

Sep 5, 2016

Kubo

 

Sep 5, 2016

Been meaning to watch that myself, haven't yet had a chance.

 

Sep 6, 2016

Definitely catch it in the theaters if you get the chance, it looks absolutely stunning on a big screen!

 

Sep 7, 2016

didnt see this coming.

http://theplaylist.net/natalie-port...kennedy-biopic-jackie-venice-review-20160907/

A-

 

Sep 7, 2016

I myself have only seen No from Pablo Larrain, but it is really, really good.

I also bought my tickets today for the following films at NYFF in October:

Toni Erdmann
Paterson
Certain Women
Personal Shopper
Yourself and Yours
Elle

I wasn't able to make the screenings for the latest James Gray.

 

Sep 8, 2016

@Twan hooked me up with the Gray ticket

 

Sep 8, 2016

I spent last week on Harrison Ford's work in the 80s and 90s. He plays the same character in everything besides Mosquito Coast which is his personal favorite role. Watching some Universal Monster movies now. Frankenstein was actually good on a different level from what I expected, probably thanks to Mary Shelley's source material.

And nothing of value was lost.

 

Sep 8, 2016

@Twan is King.


Writing again on Kieslowski's Dekalog. Episode by episode, a breakdown of the masterful Polish mini-series currently featured at the Cinematheque.
https://aestheticsofthemind.com/2016/09/08/dekalog-kieslowski-1988/


Announced today, finally can tell you guys, Voyage of Time Imax Experience & Theatrical version will Close VIFF 2016. #blessed.

 

Sep 8, 2016

http://theplaylist.net/focus-featur...wiss-new-movie-2017-release-planned-20160908/

#blessedagain

 

Sep 10, 2016

Bride of Frankenstein is also really dope if you haven't gotten to it.

This has been playing here in New York too, but I haven't been able to make any of the screenings. I think I'm going to buy the Criterion when it drops. Will refer back to your write-ups when I do!

 

Sep 13, 2016

Masterpiece Alert
Jose Luis Geurin's In The City of Sylvia.

 

Sep 13, 2016

I guess I should admit that I thought it was just...okay

#Philistine

 

Sep 13, 2016

Bride of Frankenstein is bona fide brilliant. As Gods & Monsters points out, it's a deeply personal film filled with longing. Personally (I grew up on these), I always loved Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man. Shout out Lon Chaney Jr.

@Charlie i hate u

 

Sep 13, 2016

Charlie didnt like Bride of Frankenstein according to LB

@captain awesome get a letterboxd

 

Sep 13, 2016

I caught Grizzly Man & The Thin Blue Line on subsequent nights. The former is easily my favorite thing Herzog has touched. The latter is the blueprint for every true crime doc I've ever seen. I tried following it up with Fred Armisen and Bill Hader's spoof of it in their Documentary Now series. I have to admit that Armisen really doesn't do it for me. Their episode on Vice docs didn't really move me either.

I found it pretty corny and thought it desecrated everything the original stood for. I was open to it being kind of subversive and meta, but the more I watched the more it aggravated me. I can understand why other people would like it. I think my adverse reaction was mainly fueled by how much I enjoyed the original. They didn't have much of that Mary Shelley thematic gold to lean on in the sequel. I think I would've liked it more if I didn't watch it so soon after the first.

 

Sep 13, 2016

I also caught David Farr's The Ones Below (2015). An explicit re-imagining of Polanski's Rosemary's Baby (1968) that also seems to draw from his more recent Carnage (2011). I'm not the biggest RB fan and it's been 50ish years, so I didn't consider it blasphemy or anything. He threw in some neat homages, but mostly grounded his story more firmly in reality. It's only 80 minutes, but paced quite well. It confines itself mostly to one duplex, but manages to make a visual impression by throwing in some neat "time has clearly past" shots that I thought were neat. Some interesting character work, more so by the odd couple than the main characters. Lots of that cold, plasticy humanity that's holding back all sorts of dark secrets. Farr manages not to spoil those characters by ever showing their true nature, but goes ahead and botches the film by turning the last 10 minutes into a crime procedural that retraces its steps through the climax like it's an Oceans 11 heist. Completely violates his rule of toying with perception and riding the line between paranoia and conspiracy that carried the film to that point. I'm not really mad at it though. Gave me a lot to chew on.

Joris Iven's Regen (1929) is also a beautiful short if you've never seen it.


That about catches me up.