MOVIE THREADS

Mystery_Ship

Been watching Giallo movies all month, did this one last night, an all timer of the genre. Works in some Rosemary's Baby and wild occult stuff. Featuring the queen herself, Edwige Fenech.

Ben Lyon

I recently watched William Eggleston's Stranded In Canton. Cool to see all the Jim Dickinson and Furry Lewis footage

Gimmie Sopor

Yesterday I watched Ben Wheatley's The Sightseers, which could be described as the ultimate romantic comedy in an anti-romantic comedy sort of way. A beautiful love story wrapped in murder and mayhem.

ExpKind

terminalsunset Really like Von Trier's first three, especially Epidemic. Funny how they're so heavily stylized in contrast to the Dogme movement. On that note, I did watch The Idiots recently and enjoyed it for what it was. Von Trier is really hit or miss for me, but his high water mark is The Kingdom by far, which I'm due for a rewatch of (maybe that's for the TV thread).

terminalsunset

ExpKind I plan to dive into The Kingdom soon as well! I kept thinking the same thing rewatching Europa in that he was such a formalist at the start, only to then attempt to dismantle the perceived artifice of cinema. A polarizing and not always successful filmmaker in my view, but someone whose work I'll always check out.

ExpKind

Very well said. I've watched The House that Jack Built twice just because I feel like there's something there that just needs to click. Still hasn't happened, but even his failures (in my eyes), are generally interesting.

terminalsunset

ExpKind I love The House That Jack Built personally. It's so self-indulgent, but I love its prodding into the nature of art's moral imperative. Does art have intrinsic moral value? Does it have a moral responsibility? As someone who had to belabor those questions constantly in art school, I found his frankness about it refreshing. I also find it to be one of his funnier films, and I think he shines best when he lets himself be funny and not overly serious or dour.

knives

Poor Things and Everything Everywhere All at Once were 2 great ones of recent years, I just watched.

Also, of other recent ones, Tár, Babylon and Pig were really good.

Ruby

Finally got to see the Kaoru Abe/Izumu Suzuki biopic 'Endless Waltz' the other day, after years of trying to track it down on the web (turns out it's been on rarelust this whole time). Needless to say I loved it, as I've loved every Wakamatsu (the director) flick I've seen lately. Great little Keiji Haino/Fushitsusha cameo too.

Hercules Rockefeller

I liked A Different Man. Stylistically it's great. Great soundtrack. The story is a little bit obvious. It's a spin on the Beauty and the Beast concept. Adam Pearson delivers a great performance.

Mayson Heber

Big fan of the movie BRICK love the music to it and a movie that can keep my interests whenever I watch it.

Rapid Adapter

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).

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