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I saw "Hard Truths" in the theater today. Mike Leigh is definitely the king of miserists. The misery was so unrelenting there was even a 20% walkout(only five people in the theater).

Randall

JessVex

Drumstruck (1991). A short film about a glitchy rock n roll drummer in trashland. It was usually paired with Tetsuo: The Iron Man on vhs.

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Ben Lyon

Tetsuo's where I first saw it. Dug it then and dig it now

dr_chile

I really dug The Brutalist. Intense flick.

Dodge

Anora is Best Picture. It’s fantastic.

That really long movie in the running? Junk.

All other contenders might be good, at best.

dr_chile

Dodge lol you liked Emilia Perez?? lmao

Dodge

dr_chile
“might be good, at best.”

peeblood

I just watched Der Fan finally and it blew my fricken mind! The main girl is a real vibe. Also watched THE ALLINS on youtube for fun, their mom seems very sweet.

Ruby

peeblood I love Der Fan! Always thought she'd make a great Halloween costume - i.e. to go butt naked toting a severed head.

I watched Bergman's 'the Virgin Spring' last night. It was beautiful.

Lincoln

peeblood how was the soundtrack? I usually like Rheingold.

Gimmie Sopor

peeblood I just watched Der Fan finally and it blew my fricken mind! The main girl is a real vibe.

Holy macaroni! I had trouble getting to sleep last night, so I watched Der Fan. Gave me the same what the fuck-feeling as the Dutch movie The Vanishing and I can't stop thinking about it. Without a doubt one of the best films I have seen this year. Also have to re-evaluate my feelings about Rheingold, for reasons unknown I always wrote them off as a lightweight, but the OST is top notch.

JessVex

Hundreds of Beavers (2024). This movie was certainly refreshing! It’s a wild black-and-white slapstick indy film, channeling Buster Keaton with non-stop, Rube Goldberg-style chaos. A drunken trapper battles crafty beavers in a relentless chain of gags, tricks, and pure silent-era mayhem. Fun shit.

Ben Lyon

JessVex I watched this tonight. Good shit!

peeblood

Lincoln soundtrack was bangin. NDW perfection! Owned the soundtrack before I ever saw the movie so was nice to see it in context

JessVex

Ben Lyon Rad! I’m looking forward to what they put out next!

terminalsunset

Anyone else keep busy being a dork ass on Letterboxd? I even pay for it lol. I'm on there as DriveLukeJehu.

Ryan Leach

Two-Lane Blacktop

I'm conversationally fluent in basic German (B1 level). A major reason why is that I'm interested in the history of East Germany and its underground art and music scene. I also really like DEFA films -- the state-run film studio -- specifically the 1980s docs when things started loosening up.
Winter ade, Die Architekten, Spermuell, whisper & SHOUT, etc.

Gimmie Sopor

If you're looking for a legit '80s arthouse punk movie, check out the German dystopian sci-fi flick Decoder on YouTube. Featuring Einstürzende Neubauten's F.M. Einheit as an anti-hero noise musician and prominent counterculture figures such as William S. Burroughs and Genesis P-Orridge in supporting roles.

Randall

Gimmie Sopor woah! Great tip. Got my late night basement viewing pick

BARELY HUMAN

Gimmie Sopor If you're looking for a legit '80s arthouse punk movie, check out the German dystopian sci-fi flick Decoder on YouTube. Featuring Einstürzende Neubauten's F.M. Einheit as an anti-hero noise musician and prominent counterculture figures such as William S. Burroughs and Genesis P-Orridge in supporting roles.

this look's sick! will add it to my list... on the topic of German sci-fi's, watched World on a Wire recently, a made-for-TV two parter by Fassbinder about a simulation model that gets outta control, proto-Matrix stuff that i'm surprised i'd never heard of til my partner told me about it -- it ruled!

Gimmie Sopor

Randall Gimmie Sopor woah! Great tip. Got my late night basement viewing pick

I wouldn't accuse Decoder of being first rate, but it's certainly entertaining if you appreciate sleazy low budget sci-fi movies from the 80s. Excellent music/soundtrack though, and some scenes are very intense.

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