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since my last update, i watched ten more 2023 films, and this time i actually expected some of them to be good (and occasionally i was right). my latest list, which still isn't great but is less embarrassing than the earlier ones. the top four will probably make my top ten in the end: 1. Anatomy of ...

Good Time (Joshua and Ben Safdie) How To Talk To Girls At Parties (John Cameron Mitchell) Thondimuthalum Dhriksakshiyum (Dileesh Pothan) The Square (Ruben Ostlund) Bushwick (Jonathan Milott and Cary Murnion) Cruel Optimism (Paul Clipson) Wasteland No 1 - Ardent, Verdant (Jodie Mack) The Trial (Eric ...

what source are we using for dates? Launch of the 'Oceanic' would be my easy #1, but it's 1898 on imdb, 1899 on letterboxd, so not sure if to include it, and i might also include Le Reveil de Chrysis which is 1897 on imdb, 1899 on letterboxd and Opium Den , 1901 on imdb, 1899 on letterboxd i feel li...

almost entirely 2023 stuff, most of it not great: The Marsh King's Daughter (Neil Burger, 2023) - 7/10 Kidnapped (Marco Bellocchio, 2023) - 7/10 May December (Todd Haynes, 2023) - 7/10 The Holdovers (Alexander Payne, 2023) - 7/10 Dream Scenario (Kristoffer Borgli, 2023) - 6/10 Bottoms (Emma Seligman...

happy birthday raini and rischka!

i don't really listen to albums, just tracks, but what i've heard from these has been good or amazing:

Ella Ion - Waiting
The Japanese House - In the End It Always Does
Jess Williamson - Time Ain't Accidental
Big Thief - Vampire Empire (7")
Yaeji - With a Hammer
King Krule - Space Heavy

reread a lot of donald barthelme, among other things

i think i might starting reading seriously again in 2024

welcome to scfz! i think i remember you from mubi, though i was only involved there around the end...

i did not have the most adventurous year of filmwatching, though did see a few famous films i had missed, these are the best thirty i saw: Miracle Mile (Steve de Jarnatt, 1988) Transit (Christian Petzold, 2018) The Hurricane (John Ford, 1937) Not I (Anthony Page, 1973) Cobra (George Cosmatos, 1986) ...

rischka wrote: ↑Sat Dec 23, 2023 1:42 am i didn't see the nudes from the laptop but i am pretty sure he meant 'hanged'

lololololol

actually i think i was wrong on that point, i think trump is claiming immunity for acts within the 'outer perimeter' of official duties (they're quoting an old case* when they say that), and they're also claiming trump's efforts to sabotage a fair election were within that perimeter. so there are so...

my random thoughts on all of this: - trump wasn't going to win colorado, but he might have won the primary. the decision takes him off the primary ballot, and i'm not sure what happens if he wins by write-in votes. i doubt enough states will remove him from their primaries to make a difference, but ...

i watched ten new films so far this month, so i'll update my list, which is still mostly dire: 1. Anatomy of a Fall (Justine Triet) 2. The Marsh King’s Daughter (Neil Burger) 3. Asteroid City (Wes Anderson) 4. The Covenant (Guy Ritchie) 5. A Haunting in Venice (Kenneth Branagh) 6. We Have a Ghost (C...

Lencho of the Apes wrote: ↑Sun Dec 03, 2023 12:11 am The Young In Heart - Roland Brown

i think richard wallace directed that, but it would have been fascinating if rowland brown did it. his only 1938 credit is a co-write on angels with dirty faces.

this is the time of year when i usually start to catch up on new movies. i've so far seen only 12 films released in 2023, and because i think it's sort of funny to post a top ten list as bad as the one i'm posting below, i'll post the best ten (of twelve) 2023 films i've seen so far: 1. Anatomy of a...

i've read four (all more than a decade ago), including christie malry , and i'd recommend three of them -- albert angelo combines the humour and experimentalism of christie malry , and it's the one i remember liking best, though it does use some postmodern devices that feel overdone by now (that's a...

nrh wrote: ↑Fri Dec 01, 2023 8:29 pm christie malry's own double entry, bs johnson

i recently re-read that too, it made more of an impression the first time for me but i still like it

i did nouveau-ember or nova-ember or newvember or something like that -- only watched films by directors i'd never seen before Transit (Christian Petzold, 2018) - 9/10 Stronger Than Sherlock Holmes (Giovanni Pastrone, 1913) - 9/10 Hotel (Jessica Hausner, 2004) - 8/10 A Dog's Day (Murali Nair, 2001) ...

from the mid-1930s up to the end of last century, this might be the year from which i've seen the fewest good films, though if karl says it's a good year, i'm sure i just haven't seen enough. several good comedies at the top but i'm hoping to replace the last several films on my list, they aren't fi...

that's great -- thanks for organizing everything therouxxx!

that's the only brakhage i've ever seen in cinema, i actually found it a really strange experience watching a completely silent film with an audience where half the people didn't know what they were getting into, and it wasn't as immersive or overwhelming as i was hoping it would be -- not because o...

that oklou track is really good, thanks for posting it!

sent $30

i just added the amounts mentioned, i think that's $145 total so far if my quick arithmetic was right, so almost there

i will also contribute

yeah, the trump lawyer's argument just ignored the fact that trump is subject to criminal process. he also didn't seem to even understand the concept of a hypothetical, and like half of the questions judges ask in these appeal court cases are hypos. i liked how incisive millett was when the trump la...

the appeal court hearing on the trump gag order is live right now (it will be available on youtube, us court of appeals for the dc circuit), trump's lawyer had a good first five minutes then got torn apart by the judges. i like all three of them, but judge millett in particular is a genius

ohhh gotcha. no, the hitler quote is not real oh i see i totally misunderstood what was going on there damian was simultaneously mistrustful of power and authority, and inconceivably credulous about facebook memes produced by russian propaganda farms, if those memes supported his worldview. my poin...

OK it's still pretty funny as she's the one who filed trump's suit against hillary, comey and the DNC a while back i read some of the court filings by habba and friends, and they're hilariously awful. she has to be one of the worst lawyers in the country, but i guess when everyone with a brain know...

https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-771991 yeah the netanyahu quote is real for sure, it's the hitler quote that i can't find anywhere. and to be clear, i'm obv not defending israel, they've been guilty of crimes against humanity for years, but back when damian was comparing them to nazis, ...

oh i get what you meant. damian was a fascist progressive, so he believed some of the right things for the wrong reasons. what bothered me about him was that he argued for good positions so badly. how confident are you that the quotes in the first half of that tweet are real? i can't find any source...