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.

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

    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.

      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).

          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.

            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.

              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.

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                  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.

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                    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.

                    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.

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

                    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).

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

                    I really dug The Brutalist. Intense flick.

                    Anora is Best Picture. It’s fantastic.

                    That really long movie in the running? Junk.

                    All other contenders might be good, at best.

                      Dodge lol you liked Emilia Perez?? lmao

                          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.

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                              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.

                                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.

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                                    “might be good, at best.”

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

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

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

                                          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.

                                          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

                                            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.

                                              Kamikaze '89 with Fassbinder is great too. It's like a West German less-than-serious Blade Runner. Cyber-punk. It was Fassbinder's last movie; his fingers are nicotine-stained yellow and everything was catching up to him. Edgar Froese's score is 10/10.

                                                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.

                                                  Food poisoning wasn't enough suffering for me so I decided to watch Joker: Folie A Deux. I figured it would be bad but at least good for a laugh. I was wrong. They managed to make an insanely boring court drama musical with a guy in clown make up.

                                                  Anyone else watch Let's Start a Cult? Very dumb, but I liked it. Trying to go for a Sandler/Farley golden era comedy feel but within an indie framework. I suppose you have to like Stavros Halkias a lot for it to work at all. It's the perfect example of a movie that was a 5/10 but I also liked it. The last throwaway joke killed me.

                                                  Last Friday the “illegal” re-master of THE PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE followed by an in-person Q&A with national treasure Paul Williams was peak movie-going.

                                                    Dodge Last Friday the “illegal” re-master of THE PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE followed by an in-person Q&A with national treasure Paul Williams was peak movie-going.

                                                    Man I went and saw Phantom at the Clinton a few weeks backs then saw this was happening. Meant to put it in my calendar but forgot.

                                                      Roger Corman’s Not Of This Earth