Jun 8, 2015

It was a bona fide cultural phenom when it came out - t bone burnett's soundtrack especially. It also marked both a turning point in the Coen Bros. career (Oscar nod for writing the adaptation I believe) and, arguably, affirmed Clooney's status as a movie star (channeling Cary grant type slapstick won him a golden globe if I'm not mistake )

 

Jun 10, 2015

What's your guys' top ten films for a Halloween and Christmas marathon?

 

Jun 10, 2015

Halloween: Halloween, Krazy Klowns from Outer Space, The Evil Dead, The Evil Dead II & The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Christmas: Jingle All The Way, Die Hard, Home Alone 2, Christmas Vacation & Bad Santa

 

Jun 13, 2015

Saw A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence last night...I did not like it. I found it belabored and repetitive and can't say I get Roy Andersson's films at all. I know his work resonates with a lot of cinephiles, but I'm not one of them.

On the positive side, I quite liked Results by Andrew Bujalski and Heaven Knows What by the Safdie brothers...both solid.

 

Jun 14, 2015

That extremely racist scene near the end was gross.

 

Jun 14, 2015

I saw Il Gattopardo again yesterday, i prepared for this rewatch properly (i read the novel). It was an amazing experience, this is a magnificent epic that unfolds slowly and eventually shows its true colors at the last sequence, Il Gattopardo deals with invevitable decaying of humans, morals and as a consequence society in general, all told through the eyes of the protagonist. At first we are set into a very political time and we see Prince Fabrizio views on the era, he realizes that everything has to change in order to stay the same and must face his time has passed, he wont last forever and this is where existentialism problems comes.

Dialogs have never been as insightful as this and the performance by Lancaster was great, even though he was dubbed his pressence was huge.

10/10 One of my favorite films ever

 

Jun 14, 2015

^I need to check that one out! Now that I finished my test, I'll have to work on catching @Old_Parr on the S&S list.

If we are thinking of the same scene, I'm sure some sort of social commentary was intended, but it came out of f---ing nowhere.

Girlhood was awesome, btw.

 

Jun 16, 2015

:jordanok:

 

Jun 16, 2015

Here is Indiewire's halftime critics' poll of the best of 2015 so far (Mad Max in the top spot). Duke of Burgundy is definitely my big blind spot so far.

http://www.indiewire.com/survey/the-best-films-of-2015-so-far/best-film/

 

Jun 17, 2015

Blackhat, It Follows, From What Is Before & Mad Max: Fury Road

 

Jun 17, 2015

I didn't hear a single good thing about this one.
What did you see in it?

 

Jun 17, 2015

Typical Mann piffery tbh. Features some of his greatest action sequences yet and the use of photography and sound is impeccable, perhaps at his most abstract aesthetically.

I'll just link one of my favorite pieces on it because I can't really go into detail atm http://reverseshot.org/reviews/entry/1989/blackhat

Most of the good writers on the web gave it high praise tbh.

 

Jun 17, 2015

James Gray, Ranked:

The Immigrant, 96
We Own the Night, 95
Two Lovers, 94
Little Odessa, 91
The Yards, 90

All 5 star films. Dope. Gonna rewatch the immigrant soon, having now seen the rest of them in order. Don't think anything will change, but who knows.

 

Jun 17, 2015

we own the night :talk:

 

Jun 19, 2015

Film club fam, can you read/RT this?



@Rowjay Stan @FilmAndWhisky @Vahn @CharlieWork @Twan @Woody @Old_Parr @TimmyT @Dew @Swizz @irbis
@Bleed

 

Jun 19, 2015

u might wanna revisit it

 

Jun 19, 2015

 

Jun 19, 2015

y don't u join letterboxd fomlee

 

Jun 19, 2015

 

Jun 19, 2015

tis Zerkalo rewatch kamran how andrei made tis 2nd coming of allah