SCFZ

Two films in cinema tonight:

Ether (Krzysztof Zanussi, 2018)
Non-Fiction (Olivier Assayas, 2018)

Final list: 1. Monsieur Hire (Patrice Leconte) Music Box (Costa-Gavras) Sea of Love (Harold Becker) Batman (Tim Burton) Do the Right Thing (Spike Lee) New York Stories (Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola & Woody Allen) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (Steven Spielberg) Steel Magnolias (He...

nrh Three days into the festival and so far I've missed on Denis films, but I'll try to see at least one. I've watched Ash Is Purest White and liked it a good deal. It's my 3rd Jia Zhangke film and it is pretty close to how much I loved A Touch of Sin. I still need to see his earlier films. As for ...

MatiasAlbertotti wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2019 8:47 pm knowing that once we finish all the years we might start all over again makes me happy

I'm smiling about this too.

Lencho_of_the_Apes wrote: ↑Fri Mar 22, 2019 10:56 pm Does anyone else beside ofrene (and myself, honestly) think polls in general should run for four weeks?

I think these polls should run for four weeks. Also, we are running short on years that are still left to do, so going with four weeks would extend the current run of year polls.

I agree with Matias. I too schedule most of my film watching according to the Year Polls. I watched 14 films from 1989 and at least 4 or 5 of them will end up on my final list.

Touki Bouki (Djibril Diop Mambéty, 1973) on the big screen tonight.

And tomorrow Mambéty's Hyenas (1992).

. I wish I could see the Claire Denis on the big screen. Beau travail , of course, but those other two of hers I saw that are set in Africa, White Material and Chocolat , were vivid and very atmospheric, too. I recommend them if you haven't seen them. . The only one Denis film I’ve seen is Bastards...

Thanks, Pabs. I marked Beautiful Boy because I loved Felix van Groeningen's previous film Belgica . But thematically I don't have much interest in Beautiful Boy. As for Burning, it is one of my most anticipated films. I keep hearing about a dance scene over and over again. Got to see what it's all a...

it's not a bad film as is but it was recut by the studio without ferrara's involvement. ferrara has a single copy of his own cut that he's shown a few times here and there but as far as i know not available anywhere outside of his garage. It's by no means a bad film. I rated it 5/10. However that c...

Other highlights of watching for 1989 poll:

Music Box (Costa-Gavras)
Harlem Nights (Eddie Murphy)
Jacknife (David Hugh Jones)
Johnny Handsome (Walter Hill)

and was kind of disappointed by Ferrara's Cat Chaser. Expected more from his pairing with Elmore Leonard.

For All Mankind is the Movie of the Week on the Criterion Channel this week. Probably won't be on my list, but it is pretty good, and it's got some stunning footage. I've watched For All Mankind for this poll and it will most likely end up on my final list. May not be a brilliant doc, but neverthel...

Seen 2:

They Drive by Night

I've got some 1989 titles lined up to watch before the voting deadline: Music Box (Costa-Gavras) Cat Chaser (Abel Ferrara) For All Mankind (Al Reinert) The Fabulous Baker Boys (Steve Kloves) Crimes and Misdemeanors (Woody Allen) Sex, Lies and Videotape (Steven Soderbergh) Also, I've noticed that in ...

Life Lessons is a reason I included New York Stories. I didn't know if I can include it separately from the others. So I await the decision as well. And would change my ballot accordingly.

I for one cannot stand 3D. I find it to be an absolutely useless gimmick that doesn't improve my enjoyment of the film. On the contrary, I find 3D an unnecessary tool, because viewer already sees the scope and depth in traditional film. When you look at a 2D movie, it’s already in 3D as far as your ...

Seen 51 films from 1989 Provisional list: 1. Monsieur Hire (Patrice Leconte) Sea of Love (Harold Becker) Batman (Tim Burton) Do the Right Thing (Spike Lee) New York Stories (Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola & Woody Allen) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (Steven Spielberg) Steel Magnolias...

oscarwerner wrote: ↑Sat Mar 02, 2019 6:36 pmthe weakest Oscar wining film

Actually, that would be Gladiator. With Moonlight in close 2nd.

Seen 2 (The Quiller Memorandum and Millennium), but wouldn't vote for either.

February 2019 35 Films In a cinema Re-watch *** All This, and Heaven Too (Anatole Litvak, 1940) 7/10 They Drive by Night (Raoul Walsh, 1940) 9/10 The Mechanic (Michael Winner, 1972) 4/10 The Couch Trip (Michael Ritchie, 1988) 6/10 Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Frank Oz, 1988) 7/10 Sunset (Blake Edwards,...

My hometown's Vilnius Film Festival has announced its lineup and I am looking for any recommendations that fellow SCFZ members would have: Link to full programme: https://kinopavasaris.lt/en/programa This year there are two retrospectives with some of the films presented in 35mm: Claire Denis and Dj...

The Favourite (Yorgos Lanthimos, 2018) 10/10 The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (Ethan Coen & Joel Coen, 2018) 10 Vice (Adam McKay, 2018) 9 A Star Is Born (Bradley Cooper, 2018) 9 First Reformed (Paul Schrader, 2017) 8 Mary Queen of Scots (Josie Rourke, 2018) 8 Can You Ever Forgive Me? (Marielle Helle...

Seen 49 from 2018 film season, which is about 2-3 times less than usual per year for new releases. Top 11: 1. The Favourite (Yorgos Lanthimos) 2. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (Coen brothers) 3. Vice (Adam McKay) 4. Widows (Steve McQueen) 5. Mission: Impossible - Fallout (Christopher McQuarrie) 6. Fi...

Thanks, Flip.

I'll try to watch one or two films tomorrow and maybe one on Sunday and I'll cast my ballot before said deadline.

@flip , what time tomorrow?

karl wrote: ↑Tue Feb 19, 2019 1:14 pm

flip wrote: ↑Tue Feb 19, 2019 7:54 am karl - if you'd like to, you can pick the director we poll next!

I dunno who's been done.

Karl, you can find the list on letterboxd:

letterboxd.com/umbugbene/list/index-of-all-scfz-director-polls/

Seen 6:

Basic Instinct
Elle
RoboCop

Seen 7:

Hotel Chevalier
The Darjeeling Limited
The Grand Budapest Hotel

I've seen 7 from Wes Anderson.

Final list: The Great Dictator (Charlie Chaplin) They Drive by Night (Raoul Walsh) You Ought to Be in Pictures (Friz Freleng) Foreign Correspondent (Alfred Hitchcock) Brother Orchid (Lloyd Bacon) City for Conquest (Anatole Litvak) Castle on the Hudson (Anatole Litvak All This, and Heaven Too (Anatol...