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by cinesmith
Wed Apr 02, 2025 3:32 pm
Forum: Film Discussion
Topic: What I Watched This Month......
Replies: 867
Views: 164082

Re: What I Watched This Month......

March 2025 28 films. 1 foreign, 14 docs, 5 reruns The Bubble (2022 Judd Apatow) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 David Fincher) rerun War of the Worlds (2005 Steven Spielberg) rerun World War Z (2013 Marc Forster) rerun Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose (2023 Adam Sigal) No One Lives (2012 ...
by cinesmith
Thu Mar 06, 2025 2:41 pm
Forum: Non-Film Discussion
Topic: Everything is Political
Replies: 1871
Views: 237215

Re: Everything is Political

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/03/06/canada-american-liquor-trump-tariffs/ Canadian provinces pull U.S. alcohol from shelves as Trump tariffs kick in Lawson Whiting, CEO of Jack Daniel’s maker Brown-Forman, said Canada removing U.S. alcohol is “worse than a tariff.” [March 6, 2025 at 3:5...
by cinesmith
Thu Mar 06, 2025 2:30 pm
Forum: Non-Film Discussion
Topic: RIP
Replies: 728
Views: 140161

Re: RIP

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/proxy/eBSlLzCj_rvqUTTbYShSSm_4n6SbAq3teJkfQoVxbZ4aIYXeNosyudXRq71RRgFf9nmw7-8lh60ozSC-n0A_N7FpQb4GxeLvXMCjfIPMNTQ6W0mbxwqk https://resizing.flixster.com/QfnQ5oc4LPzHK3zJSeSp_-qzwKE=/300x300/v2/http://media.baselineresearch.com/images/577801/577801_full.jpg https://...
by cinesmith
Thu Mar 06, 2025 2:12 pm
Forum: Non-Film Discussion
Topic: RIP
Replies: 728
Views: 140161

Re: RIP

Image
March 2. George Lowe, 67, The voice of Space Ghost Coast to Coast

Here he is appearing on Aqua Teen Hunger Force
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quW0DNhRKMs
by cinesmith
Sat Mar 01, 2025 9:21 pm
Forum: Film Discussion
Topic: What I Watched This Month......
Replies: 867
Views: 164082

Re: What I Watched This Month......

February 2025 27 films. 4 foreign, 2 docs, 4 reruns... 9 of these starred Warren William Biggest Heist Ever (Chris Smith 2024) doc Buy Now! The Shopping Conspiracy (Nic Stacey 2024) doc The Cloverfield Paradox (Julius Onah 2018) rerun Emilia Pérez (Jacques Audriard 2024 Mexico) Bodies Bodies Bodies ...
by cinesmith
Thu Feb 27, 2025 3:04 pm
Forum: Non-Film Discussion
Topic: Let's talk about the weather
Replies: 3
Views: 647

Re: Let's talk about the weather

Here we go... Plants losing appetite for carbon dioxide amid effects of warming climate https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/feb/26/plants-losing-appetite-for-carbon-dioxide-amid-effects-of-warming-climate Orange County infant arrived in Los Angeles from Korea with measles Health officials warn ...
by cinesmith
Thu Feb 27, 2025 3:02 pm
Forum: Non-Film Discussion
Topic: The Birds
Replies: 252
Views: 41204

Re: The Birds

Hearing these numbers is like out of a horror movie.

https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/m ... y/3683930/
by cinesmith
Thu Feb 27, 2025 2:53 pm
Forum: Non-Film Discussion
Topic: RIP
Replies: 728
Views: 140161

Re: RIP

This might be one of the shortest roles Hackman ever had but because it in the opening of 'Postcards From The Edge' (1990) ((Not that great a film imho)) It always sticks in my head.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8GJpJci6BE
by cinesmith
Thu Feb 27, 2025 2:33 pm
Forum: Non-Film Discussion
Topic: RIP
Replies: 728
Views: 140161

Re: RIP

gene hackman, 95 the freaky bit was it was Gene, his wife and their dog. :? I'm thinking it was carbon monoxide https://lwlies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/gene-hackman-the-conversation-1108x0-c-default.jpg https://www.filmcomment.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/Mississippi-Burning_FEATURE...
by cinesmith
Tue Feb 25, 2025 12:42 pm
Forum: Non-Film Discussion
Topic: Let's talk about the weather
Replies: 3
Views: 647

Re: Let's talk about the weather

Yesterday was 55 degrees. a 70 degree spike from the temp just a week ago.
by cinesmith
Tue Feb 18, 2025 3:59 pm
Forum: Non-Film Discussion
Topic: Let's talk about the weather
Replies: 3
Views: 647

Let's talk about the weather

So it was -20 last night in Chicago and yet 108 degrees in Rio. Climate Change, hoax or bonified hellscape that's just making things real weird.
by cinesmith
Tue Feb 18, 2025 3:55 pm
Forum: Non-Film Discussion
Topic: Everything is Political
Replies: 1871
Views: 237215

Re: Everything is Political

just read they fired half the air traffic controllers. pray for me It gets better, they also fired all of the people who worked to measure the radiation levels for nuclear safety... and are now taking measures to have them quickly RE-HIRED if not designate that they were UN-fired. Also, they are no...
by cinesmith
Mon Feb 17, 2025 4:14 am
Forum: Film Discussion
Topic: The Cabinet of Dr Shhh! (silent movies thread)
Replies: 158
Views: 26643

Re: The Cabinet of Dr Shhh! (silent movies thread)

https://moviessilently.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/8fe8e-unknown-1927-image-15.jpg Tod Browning's 'The Unknown' (1927) This was just screened this evening in Chicago and it was a treat given that this was a very recently restored print which came from both a French print that was stored at the C...
by cinesmith
Fri Feb 14, 2025 2:50 pm
Forum: Music
Topic: What are you listening to?
Replies: 551
Views: 99848

Re: What are you listening to?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_vBDWZUUHc&list=PLcn7Stg5ELuYOFzhnmk_LUSW-qtRE7hXl&index=1 Rocket - Take Your Aim (Kind of a combo of MBV and Smashing Pumpkins. Funny vid) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEnosz-EWpA&list=PLcn7Stg5ELuYOFzhnmk_LUSW-qtRE7hXl&index=2 The Horrors - More...
by cinesmith
Fri Feb 14, 2025 2:28 pm
Forum: Film Discussion
Topic: Last Watched
Replies: 2761
Views: 620898

Re: Last Watched

https://i0.wp.com/projectedfigures.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Freaks-Out-e1644013121747.png?resize=810%2C540&ssl=1 Freaks Out aka Freaks Vs The third Reich (2021) Gabriele Mainetti This was a visual feast despite it's absurd premise. This was his second feature film. His debut was 'They cal...
by cinesmith
Fri Feb 07, 2025 1:35 pm
Forum: Film Discussion
Topic: Letterboxd
Replies: 227
Views: 48742

Re: Letterboxd

i'm surprised there isn't some 14 year old somewhere who has just rated literally everything on the site to try to set a record I suspect even a 14 year old would tire of this exercise even in jest. I certainly see plenty of folks who attempt to follow almost everyone and adding likes to as many po...
by cinesmith
Fri Feb 07, 2025 1:00 pm
Forum: Film Discussion
Topic: Letterboxd
Replies: 227
Views: 48742

Re: Letterboxd

flip wrote: Thu Feb 06, 2025 3:28 pm no idea who that is, but the person follows me, so i'm guessing i just looked at the profile and followed back... weird to have checked 111,000 films, but only 6 last year?
I figured as much. There's such a disconnect with any other user unless you know them from some other place.
by cinesmith
Thu Feb 06, 2025 3:08 pm
Forum: Film Discussion
Topic: Letterboxd
Replies: 227
Views: 48742

Re: Letterboxd

I finally found a few details per the website ranking data. These stats appear to be current As of June 2024 they claimed to have 17 million users. Global Ranking of website #861 US Rank of website #505 Category Rank #17 (Per Arts & Entertainment) Total visits to website: 38.8 million (This is c...
by cinesmith
Thu Feb 06, 2025 2:53 pm
Forum: Film Discussion
Topic: Letterboxd
Replies: 227
Views: 48742

Re: Letterboxd


2024 stats

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by cinesmith
Mon Feb 03, 2025 3:09 pm
Forum: Film Discussion
Topic: What I Watched This Month......
Replies: 867
Views: 164082

Re: What I Watched This Month......

January 2025 35 films. 6 foreign, 2 docs, 10 reruns Nosferatu (2024 Robert Eggers) Cleopatra (1963 Joseph Mankiewitz) Suspense (1946 Frank Tuttle) A Day at the Races (1937 Sam Wood) rerun Cocoanuts (1929 Robert Florey) rerun The Man They Couldn’t Hang (1939 Nick Grinde) The Devil Commands (1941 Edwa...
by cinesmith
Sun Feb 02, 2025 12:29 am
Forum: Film Discussion
Topic: Last Watched
Replies: 2761
Views: 620898

Re: Last Watched

https://www.metacritic.com/a/img/catalog/provider/7/2/7-1734376056.jpg NR 24 (2024) John Andreas Andersen Based on the story of Gunnar Sønsteby who led the Oslo Gang of Resistance during the occupation in WWII. Really excellent film that beats the Max Manus espionage thriller by raising the stakes ...
by cinesmith
Sun Feb 02, 2025 12:25 am
Forum: Film Discussion
Topic: Last Watched
Replies: 2761
Views: 620898

Re: Last Watched

Forgotten Love (2023) Michel Gazda https://resizing.flixster.com/JioTkEKP-9cRp3eVrtGirzp-7tQ=/fit-in/705x460/v2/https://resizing.flixster.com/-XZAfHZM39UwaGJIFWKAE8fS0ak=/v3/t/assets/p25537876_i_h9_aa.jpg https://butwhytho.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Forgotten-Love-%E2%80%94-But-Why-Tho.jpg Super...
by cinesmith
Sun Feb 02, 2025 12:21 am
Forum: Film Discussion
Topic: Last Watched
Replies: 2761
Views: 620898

Re: Last Watched

Il Boemo aka The Bohemian (2022) Petr Václav The Story of the 18th century composer Josef Myslivecek since i noticed this film exists (it got quite an extensive promo in my homeland) i was mildly tempted to watch it. i believe Josef Mysliveček was an interesting figure and Petr Václav is not a bad ...
by cinesmith
Wed Jan 29, 2025 3:10 pm
Forum: Film Discussion
Topic: Last Watched
Replies: 2761
Views: 620898

Re: Last Watched

https://theviolinchannel.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Il-Boemo.webp https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1787/2513/files/il_boemo_4_600x600.jpg?v=1687251231 https://variety.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IlBoemo.jpg?w=1000&h=562&crop=1 Il Boemo aka The Bohemian (2022) Petr Václav The Story o...
by cinesmith
Fri Jan 24, 2025 2:51 pm
Forum: Polls/Surveys/Lists
Topic: Best of 2023 Poll!
Replies: 36
Views: 8084

Re: Best of 2023 Poll!

My list would look a tad different today 1. The Zone of Interest (Jonathan Glazer) 2. Anatomy of a Fall (Justine Triet) 3. El Conde (Pablo Larrain) 4. The Holdovers (Alexander Payne) 5. Saltburn (Emerald Fennell) 6. Killers of the Flower Moon (Martin Scorsese) 7. Asteroid City (Wes Anderson) 8. Infi...
by cinesmith
Fri Jan 24, 2025 2:35 am
Forum: Non-Film Discussion
Topic: RIP
Replies: 728
Views: 140161

Re: RIP

https://variety.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/bertrand-blier.jpg?w=1000&h=667&crop=1 Jan 20th Bertrand Blier age 85. Son of the Bernard Biier and absurdist French film director. https://images-cdn.bridgemanimages.com/api/1.0/image/600wm.XXX.26654610.7055475/1642483.jpg https://usa.tv5monde...
by cinesmith
Fri Jan 24, 2025 1:43 am
Forum: Non-Film Discussion
Topic: Everything is Political
Replies: 1871
Views: 237215

Re: Everything is Political

sorry for bringing everyone down No! please keep going. You're the voice of sanity and you've become almost the only person to keep me updated on this disgusting, stinking, orange abberation, coz nowadays I avoid almost all news about your vile government and ridiculous, retarded maga f-ckheads. Di...
by cinesmith
Tue Jan 21, 2025 2:06 pm
Forum: Music
Topic: What are you listening to?
Replies: 551
Views: 99848

Re: What are you listening to?

by cinesmith
Mon Jan 20, 2025 6:59 pm
Forum: Film Discussion
Topic: Last Watched
Replies: 2761
Views: 620898

Re: Last Watched

https://media.vanityfair.com/photos/676370b5748892b2fbc158e9/master/w_1920,c_limit/vf1224-shot-list-the-brutalist-002.jpg Epic film. Really loved this one. I wish Scott Walker was still around to have been able to do the soundtrack like he had for Corbet's prior two films but it's still a fantastic...