Seen 14 now:

1. 10/65: Self-Mutilation
2. 31/75: Asyl
3. 17/68: Green-red
4. 37/78: Tree Again
5. 3/60: Trees in Autumn

There are a bunch of Kren shorts on UbuWeb, btw: http://www.ubu.com/film/kren.html

I found the repetition of "parece" quite musical - something like Joe Brainard's I Remember , the sort of thing which I find a lot more effective read aloud than on the page. As he usually is, here Williams is doing something which I can't quite grasp but which feels revolutionary, so, tho...

I like the way that the Gilic short transforms from Sisyphus to Tantalus towards the end, but I'm gonna have to go with the crowd on this one, as I also found the Solomon short very moving and beautiful.

xSolomon

xBernard

After a while, Belson's cosmic imagery just doesn't do anything new for me - though ending on a literally down-to-earth note is a nice touch. The Bernard short, despite its brevity, managed to pack more genuine surprises, so it gets my vote.

Only seen 4 Krens, but since they're short I'd watch some more if he's polled.

Seen 14:

1. Dogville
2. Dancer in the Dark
3. The Five Obstructions
4. Europa
5. The Element of Crime

My pick should say "Land Makar" instead of "Fountain of Dreams."

Watched Sealed Orders/The Mysterious X on Stumfilm last night, and I'm glad I did, because by golly, that lighting! Final list:

1. Sealed Orders/The Mysterious X (Christensen)

Fantomas (Feuillade)
Cabiria (Pastrone)
The Avenging Conscience (Griffith)

Seen 2:

1. Edge of Darkness

Tonight I watched First Love , his newest one (assuming he hasn't made like 5 more since 2019). It's been getting a lot of praise and seems to have a reputation as his most gonzo film in a while, but I was let down; it actually seems kind of tame by Miike's standards, though admittedly I've seen ver...

Just 2:

1. A Hard Day's Night

It's been a while since I saw Could See a Puma , so I can't say much about it now, but I found it remarkable at the time (and still prefer it to The Human Surge ). Ljubav is a remarkably patient short; lingering so long on those early medium shots of the construction site makes the cut that shows it...

yesss I knew the cat would get rischka's vote

Well, I actually liked the music in Fountain of Dreams , and I quite liked some of the imagery, too, but This Bit of That India was much more of a revelation. Bracing, and rather funny, editing makes what sounds fairly dull on paper pretty exciting, and I'm looking forward to seeing more from Sastry...

Many people here are already familiar with Margaret Tait, at least from her most famous film, A Portrait of Ga . But most people aren't familiar with the breadth of her work, which is often pictured as simply quaint and observational. It is that, but it's poetic first and foremost, in a figurative s...

I watched C/o Kancharapalem tonight, and I liked it, though not as much as the consensus. Without spoiling anything, the way the stories developed in the end did elevate it for me, so my assessment might go up after ruminating on it for a bit longer.

I enjoyed both of these, but I'd be surprised if anything in the rest of the Cup grabs me like Rehearsals for Retirement . I haven't seen much machinima at all so maybe the novelty factor is part of it, but I was totally transfixed and haunted by it. Island is an effective if diffuse satire of human...

mesnalty wrote: ↑Sat Feb 08, 2020 4:53 pm Loving Cabiria, but how can any of the Romans take Fulvius Axilla seriously? The dude's name means "armpit"!

OK all the civilization vs barbarism myth-making wore thin after a while, but I still liked this overall in the end.

Loving Cabiria, but how can any of the Romans take Fulvius Axilla seriously? The dude's name means "armpit"!

Same, I can easily pick anywhere from 3-5.

Whoa I'm reading Table-Talk too!

Seen 2:

1. Conflagration

1. Stemple Pass (Benning) A Woman's Revenge (Azevedo Gomes) The Girl from Nowhere (Brisseau) Holy Motors (Carax) Celestial Wives of the Meadow Mari (Fedorchenko) Goltzius and the Pelican Company (Greenaway) Like Someone in Love (Kiarostami) The Visitors (Kjartansson) Spring Breakers (Korine) Out-Tak...

I'll manage Margaret Tait

I've seen 197/250. Will get to 200 with the 2012 poll, most likely!

Just watched Inside, my 8th Zeki, for this poll, which means we're one step closer to being able to do Zeki for a director poll (under the original rules). I think we'd need one more person with 8+, and rischka at least was at 7 last time we checked.

twodeadmagpies wrote: ↑Wed Jan 08, 2020 6:28 pm

mesnalty wrote: ↑Tue Jan 07, 2020 8:29 pm PSA: Out-Takes from the Life of a Happy Man is currently showing on Le Cinema Club.

thanks for the heads up - any idea when it's going off? i can't see on the website when it says the week starts/stops.

I'm not 100% sure but I think they change films every Friday.

PSA: Out-Takes from the Life of a Happy Man is currently showing on Le Cinema Club.

Hmm, is this the month when I finally watch a Resident Evil film? Do I have to watch the first four or can I just dive right into Retribution?