- June -
Tiresia (Bertrand Bonello, 2003)
Laura (Otto Preminger, 1944)
Peppermint Soda (Diane Kurys, 1977) ♥
The Wild, Wild Rose (Wong Tin-Lam, 1960)
The Boy and the Wind (Carlos Hugo Christensen, 1967)
The Stolen Children (Gianni Amelio, 1992)
Stars in My Crown (Jacques Tourneur, 1950)
Kids Return (Takeshi Kitano, 1996) ♥
Sweet Charity (Bob Fosse, 1969)
Crush (Alison Maclean, 1992)
TV:
Nathan for You (season 4) ♥♥
What I Watched This Month......
imdb lists nathan fielder's next project as a scripted comedy called the curse, which he is co-creating with benny safdie(!), and which will star fielder, safdie, and emma stone(! ! !). it's one of those 'in pre-production' things on imdb so maybe it never happens, but i'll watch if it does.
I'll just pencil that in near the top of my "best of the 2020s" list I'll eventually make
i should have mentioned in that last post that it's a tv series (that was one reason i was surprised stone was attached)
2021. 6
Nosari: Impermanent Eternity (Tatsuya Yamamoto, 2020)
The Last Black Man in San Francisco (Joe Talbot, 2019)
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (Michael Chaves, 2021)
NOT OUT (Lee Jung-gon, 2021)
The Last Forest (Luiz Bolognesi, 2021)
Spaceship Earth (Matt Wolf, 2020)
Land and Housing (Kim Gi-seong, 2020)
Sasang: The Town on Sand (Park Bae-il, 2020)
Zabriskie Point (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1970)
The Passenger (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1975) ♥
Taming the Garden (Salomé Jashi, 2021)
Luzzu (Alex Camilleri, 2021)
Stray (Elizabeth Lo, 2020)
MINAMATA Mandala (Kazuo Hara, 2020) ♥
The Places of Marguerite Duras (Michelle Porte, 1976)
Riders of Justice (Anders Thomas Jensen, 2020)
One Fine Spring Day (Hur Jin-ho, 2001)
A Quiet Place Part II (John Krasinski, 2020)
Ash Is Purest White (Jia Zhangke, 2018)
Luca (Enrico Casarosa, 2021)
Woman on the Run (Norman Foster, 1950)
The Young and the Damned (Luis Bunuel, 1950) ♥
Invention for Destruction (Karel Zeman, 1958)
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (Karel Zeman, 1962) ♥
Stars in My Crown (Jacques Tourneur, 1950) ♥
White Hell of Pitz Palu (G.W. Pabst, Arnold Fanck, 1929)
Pandora’s Box (G.W. Pabst, 1929)
A Strong Man (Henryk Szaro, 1929)
The Traveler (Abbas Kiarostami, 1974)
Peach Skin (Jean Benoit-Levy, Marie Epstein, 1929)
Harbour Drift (Leo Mittler, 1929)
The New Babylon (Grigori Kozintsev, Leonid Trauberg, 1929)
A Fragment of Empire (Fridrikh Ermler, 1929)
The General Line (Sergei Eisenstein, Grigori Aleksandrov, 1929) ♥
Donkey Skin (Jacques Demy, 1970)
The Wild Pear Tree (Nuri Bilge Ceylan, 2018)
The Informer (Arthur Robison, 1929)
Woman in the Moon (Fritz Lang, 1929)
Asphalt (Joe May, 1929)
Mother Krause’s Journey to Happiness (Phil Jutzi, 1929) ♥
In The Heights (Jon M. Chu, 2021)
Nosari: Impermanent Eternity (Tatsuya Yamamoto, 2020)
The Last Black Man in San Francisco (Joe Talbot, 2019)
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (Michael Chaves, 2021)
NOT OUT (Lee Jung-gon, 2021)
The Last Forest (Luiz Bolognesi, 2021)
Spaceship Earth (Matt Wolf, 2020)
Land and Housing (Kim Gi-seong, 2020)
Sasang: The Town on Sand (Park Bae-il, 2020)
Zabriskie Point (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1970)
The Passenger (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1975) ♥
Taming the Garden (Salomé Jashi, 2021)
Luzzu (Alex Camilleri, 2021)
Stray (Elizabeth Lo, 2020)
MINAMATA Mandala (Kazuo Hara, 2020) ♥
The Places of Marguerite Duras (Michelle Porte, 1976)
Riders of Justice (Anders Thomas Jensen, 2020)
One Fine Spring Day (Hur Jin-ho, 2001)
A Quiet Place Part II (John Krasinski, 2020)
Ash Is Purest White (Jia Zhangke, 2018)
Luca (Enrico Casarosa, 2021)
Woman on the Run (Norman Foster, 1950)
The Young and the Damned (Luis Bunuel, 1950) ♥
Invention for Destruction (Karel Zeman, 1958)
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (Karel Zeman, 1962) ♥
Stars in My Crown (Jacques Tourneur, 1950) ♥
White Hell of Pitz Palu (G.W. Pabst, Arnold Fanck, 1929)
Pandora’s Box (G.W. Pabst, 1929)
A Strong Man (Henryk Szaro, 1929)
The Traveler (Abbas Kiarostami, 1974)
Peach Skin (Jean Benoit-Levy, Marie Epstein, 1929)
Harbour Drift (Leo Mittler, 1929)
The New Babylon (Grigori Kozintsev, Leonid Trauberg, 1929)
A Fragment of Empire (Fridrikh Ermler, 1929)
The General Line (Sergei Eisenstein, Grigori Aleksandrov, 1929) ♥
Donkey Skin (Jacques Demy, 1970)
The Wild Pear Tree (Nuri Bilge Ceylan, 2018)
The Informer (Arthur Robison, 1929)
Woman in the Moon (Fritz Lang, 1929)
Asphalt (Joe May, 1929)
Mother Krause’s Journey to Happiness (Phil Jutzi, 1929) ♥
In The Heights (Jon M. Chu, 2021)
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All scores out of 10. * = rewatches.
Exposed (Toback) - 3.5
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (Chaves) - 5
The Hunted (1995) - 4.5
The Flame and the Arrow (Tourneur) - 6
Fast Workers (Browning) - 6
Bucktown (no idea) - 6
Bull Durham* (Shelton) - 5
The Mack (no idea) - 6
Easy Living (Tourneur) - 6.5
Wrath of Man (Ritchie) - 6
The Blackbird (Browning) - 7
Iron Man (Browning) - 4
Circle of Danger (Tourneur) - 6
Forced Vengeance* (no idea) - 5
Scarface (Hawks)* - 8
Show Boat (Whale) - 7
Miracles for Sale (Browning) - 6
Dolemite (no idea) - 5.5
Scarface was a LOT better than I remembered.
Exposed (Toback) - 3.5
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (Chaves) - 5
The Hunted (1995) - 4.5
The Flame and the Arrow (Tourneur) - 6
Fast Workers (Browning) - 6
Bucktown (no idea) - 6
Bull Durham* (Shelton) - 5
The Mack (no idea) - 6
Easy Living (Tourneur) - 6.5
Wrath of Man (Ritchie) - 6
The Blackbird (Browning) - 7
Iron Man (Browning) - 4
Circle of Danger (Tourneur) - 6
Forced Vengeance* (no idea) - 5
Scarface (Hawks)* - 8
Show Boat (Whale) - 7
Miracles for Sale (Browning) - 6
Dolemite (no idea) - 5.5
Scarface was a LOT better than I remembered.
fun month
blackmail '29
the gypsy charmer '29
the living corpse '29 ♥
fragment of an empire '29
eternal love '29
shy people '87
crates '70
the rose king '86
the way of lost souls '29
the kingdom of rye '29
soldier of orange '77
creator of the jungle! 2014
hell's angels '30
black lizard '62
drifters '29
24 eyes '54
el rapto '54
la grande bouffe '73 ♥
paris calligrammes 2020
best worst movie 2009
linda '29
ethnographic films '29 ♥
flight '29
taza, son of cochise '54
rewatches!
la otra '46 ♥♥♥
anne of the indies '51 ♥♥♥
she wore a yellow ribbon '49
she brought the rain ♥
blackmail '29
the gypsy charmer '29
the living corpse '29 ♥
fragment of an empire '29
eternal love '29
shy people '87
crates '70
the rose king '86
the way of lost souls '29
the kingdom of rye '29
soldier of orange '77
creator of the jungle! 2014
hell's angels '30
black lizard '62
drifters '29
24 eyes '54
el rapto '54
la grande bouffe '73 ♥
paris calligrammes 2020
best worst movie 2009
linda '29
ethnographic films '29 ♥
flight '29
taza, son of cochise '54
rewatches!
la otra '46 ♥♥♥
anne of the indies '51 ♥♥♥
she wore a yellow ribbon '49
she brought the rain ♥
month mostly spent on 80s hollywood comedies and movies that were critically reviled (some unfairly imo)
features (several were rewatches of things i hadn't seen in ages):
Throw Momma from the Train (Danny DeVito, 1987) - 9/10
Ruthless People (Jim Abrahams/Jerry Zucker/David Zucker, 1986) - 8/10
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (Brad Bird, 2011) - 8/10
Persuasion (Roger Michell, 1995) - 7/10
Sonagi (Young Nam Ko, 1979) - 7/10
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Frank Oz, 1988) - 7/10
Harlan County USA (Barbara Kopple, 1976) - 7/10
The Jerk (Carl Reiner, 1979) - 7/10
Rat Race (Jerry Zucker, 2001) - 7/10
Poirot: Murder on the Links (Andrew Grieve, 1996) - 7/10
She's All That (Robert Iscove, 1999) - 6/10
Best Worst Movie (Michael Stephenson, 2009) - 6/10
Poirot: The ABC Murders (Andrew Grieve, 1992) - 6/10
Weird Science (John Hughes, 1985) - 6/10
Batman and Robin (Joel Schumacher, 1997) - 5/10
Three Amigos (John Landis, 1986) - 5/10
All of Me (Carl Reiner, 1984) - 5/10
Catwoman (Pitof, 2004) - 5/10
City Slickers (Ron Underwood, 1991) - 5/10
Hot Shots! (Jim Abrahams, 1991) - 5/10
Alibi (Roland West, 1929) - 4/10
Planes, Trains and Automobiles (John Hughes, 1987) - 4/10
Dave (Ivan Reitman, 1993) - 3/10
Look Who's Talking (Amy Heckerling, 1989) - 3/10
Uncle Buck (John Hughes, 1989) - 3/10
Twins (Ivan Reitman, 1988) - 3/10
Draft Day (Ivan Reitman, 2014) - 2/10
Battlefield Earth (Roger Christian, 2000) - 2/10
Barb Wire (David Hogan, 1996) - 2/10
Terms of Endearment (James Brooks, 1983) - 2/10
How Do You Know (James Brooks, 2010) - 2/10
Look Who's Talking Too (Amy Heckerling, 1990) - 1/10
About a Boy (Chris Weitz/Paul Weitz, 2002) - 1/10
Gigli (Martin Brest, 2003) - 1/10
365 Days (Barbara Bialowas/Tomasz Mandes, 2020) - 0/10
shorts:
Too Many Cooks (Casper Kelly, 2014) - 8/10
Disque 957 (Germaine Dulac, 1929) - 7/10
Hand Catching Lead (Richard Serra, 1968) - 6/10
features (several were rewatches of things i hadn't seen in ages):
Throw Momma from the Train (Danny DeVito, 1987) - 9/10
Ruthless People (Jim Abrahams/Jerry Zucker/David Zucker, 1986) - 8/10
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (Brad Bird, 2011) - 8/10
Persuasion (Roger Michell, 1995) - 7/10
Sonagi (Young Nam Ko, 1979) - 7/10
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Frank Oz, 1988) - 7/10
Harlan County USA (Barbara Kopple, 1976) - 7/10
The Jerk (Carl Reiner, 1979) - 7/10
Rat Race (Jerry Zucker, 2001) - 7/10
Poirot: Murder on the Links (Andrew Grieve, 1996) - 7/10
She's All That (Robert Iscove, 1999) - 6/10
Best Worst Movie (Michael Stephenson, 2009) - 6/10
Poirot: The ABC Murders (Andrew Grieve, 1992) - 6/10
Weird Science (John Hughes, 1985) - 6/10
Batman and Robin (Joel Schumacher, 1997) - 5/10
Three Amigos (John Landis, 1986) - 5/10
All of Me (Carl Reiner, 1984) - 5/10
Catwoman (Pitof, 2004) - 5/10
City Slickers (Ron Underwood, 1991) - 5/10
Hot Shots! (Jim Abrahams, 1991) - 5/10
Alibi (Roland West, 1929) - 4/10
Planes, Trains and Automobiles (John Hughes, 1987) - 4/10
Dave (Ivan Reitman, 1993) - 3/10
Look Who's Talking (Amy Heckerling, 1989) - 3/10
Uncle Buck (John Hughes, 1989) - 3/10
Twins (Ivan Reitman, 1988) - 3/10
Draft Day (Ivan Reitman, 2014) - 2/10
Battlefield Earth (Roger Christian, 2000) - 2/10
Barb Wire (David Hogan, 1996) - 2/10
Terms of Endearment (James Brooks, 1983) - 2/10
How Do You Know (James Brooks, 2010) - 2/10
Look Who's Talking Too (Amy Heckerling, 1990) - 1/10
About a Boy (Chris Weitz/Paul Weitz, 2002) - 1/10
Gigli (Martin Brest, 2003) - 1/10
365 Days (Barbara Bialowas/Tomasz Mandes, 2020) - 0/10
shorts:
Too Many Cooks (Casper Kelly, 2014) - 8/10
Disque 957 (Germaine Dulac, 1929) - 7/10
Hand Catching Lead (Richard Serra, 1968) - 6/10
June 2021
The Barefoot Contessa (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1954) 7/10
The Sterile Cuckoo (Alan J. Pakula, 1969) 8/10
The Boys from Brazil (Franklin J. Schaffner, 1978) 5/10
Melvin and Howard (Jonathan Demme, 1980) 7/10
Le Marginal (Jacques Deray, 1983) 8/10
Dante's Peak (Roger Donaldson, 1997) 4/10 (rewatch)
What Planet Are You From? (Mike Nichols, 2000) 6/10
The Hunted (William Friedkin, 2003) 3/10
Mesrine: Killer Instinct (Jean-François Richet, 2008) 8/10
Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1 (Jean-François Richet, 2008) 7/10
The Bounty Hunter (Andy Tennant, 2010) 2/10
Pompeii (Paul W.S. Anderson, 2014) 5/10
Concussion (Peter Landesman, 2015) 6/10
Lucy in the Sky (Noah Hawley, 2019) 7/10
The Traitor (Marco Bellocchio, 2019) 9/10
Made in Italy (James D'Arcy, 2020) 4/10
The Courier (Dominic Cooke, 2020) 5/10
Jasper Mall (Bradford Thomason, Brett Whitcomb, 2020) 8/10
Stowaway (Joe Penna, 2021) 6/10
Spiral (Darren Lynn Bousman, 2021) 3/10
Best: The Traitor, The Sterile Cuckoo, Jasper Mall
Worst: The Bounty Hunter, The Hunted, Spiral
The Barefoot Contessa (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1954) 7/10
The Sterile Cuckoo (Alan J. Pakula, 1969) 8/10
The Boys from Brazil (Franklin J. Schaffner, 1978) 5/10
Melvin and Howard (Jonathan Demme, 1980) 7/10
Le Marginal (Jacques Deray, 1983) 8/10
Dante's Peak (Roger Donaldson, 1997) 4/10 (rewatch)
What Planet Are You From? (Mike Nichols, 2000) 6/10
The Hunted (William Friedkin, 2003) 3/10
Mesrine: Killer Instinct (Jean-François Richet, 2008) 8/10
Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1 (Jean-François Richet, 2008) 7/10
The Bounty Hunter (Andy Tennant, 2010) 2/10
Pompeii (Paul W.S. Anderson, 2014) 5/10
Concussion (Peter Landesman, 2015) 6/10
Lucy in the Sky (Noah Hawley, 2019) 7/10
The Traitor (Marco Bellocchio, 2019) 9/10
Made in Italy (James D'Arcy, 2020) 4/10
The Courier (Dominic Cooke, 2020) 5/10
Jasper Mall (Bradford Thomason, Brett Whitcomb, 2020) 8/10
Stowaway (Joe Penna, 2021) 6/10
Spiral (Darren Lynn Bousman, 2021) 3/10
Best: The Traitor, The Sterile Cuckoo, Jasper Mall
Worst: The Bounty Hunter, The Hunted, Spiral
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Speed Racer (Lilly and Lana Wachowski, 2008)* ♥♥
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (Terry Gilliam, 2018)
A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness (Seijun Suzuki, 1977)
Accident (Soi Cheang, 2009) ♥
The Emperor and the Assassin (Chen Kaige, 1998)*
Fireworks (Takeshi Kitano, 1997)
Women Without Men (Shirin Neshat and Shoja Azari, 2009)
Black Widow (Cate Shortland, 2021)
Cold Water (Olivier Assayas, 1994)
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (Ryusuke Hamaguchi, 2021)
My Twentieth Century (Ildikó Enyedi, 1989)
Anne of the Indies (Jacques Tourneur, 1951)
Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn (Radu Jude, 2021)
TV:
Loki (season 1)
Avatar: The Last Airbender (season 1) ♥
Speed Racer (Lilly and Lana Wachowski, 2008)* ♥♥
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (Terry Gilliam, 2018)
A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness (Seijun Suzuki, 1977)
Accident (Soi Cheang, 2009) ♥
The Emperor and the Assassin (Chen Kaige, 1998)*
Fireworks (Takeshi Kitano, 1997)
Women Without Men (Shirin Neshat and Shoja Azari, 2009)
Black Widow (Cate Shortland, 2021)
Cold Water (Olivier Assayas, 1994)
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (Ryusuke Hamaguchi, 2021)
My Twentieth Century (Ildikó Enyedi, 1989)
Anne of the Indies (Jacques Tourneur, 1951)
Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn (Radu Jude, 2021)
TV:
Loki (season 1)
Avatar: The Last Airbender (season 1) ♥
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All scores out of 10. * = rewatches.
Good Times (Friedkin) - 4.5
The Hands of Orlac* (Wiene) - 7.5
To Have and Have Not (Hawks) - 5
Siberia (Ferrara) - 5
The Way of the Gaucho (Tourneur) - 5
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces (Brownley) - 6
To Live and Die in LA* (Friedkin) - 6
The Penalty (Worsley) - 6
Allegro barbaro (Jancso) - 7
April Fool's Day (1986) - 4.5
The Unholy Three (Conway) - 5
The Lord's Lantern in Budapest (Jancso) - 4.5
Dracula* (Browning) - 7.5
King Kong* (Cooper & Schoedsack) - 8
Bringing Up Baby* (Hawks) - 7
The Body Snatcher (Wise) - 6.5
Eyeball (Lenzi) - 4.5
Opera* (Argento) - 6
Adoption (Meszaros) - 7
Sicilia!* (Straub Huillet) - 8
Laugh Clown Laugh (Brenon) - 5.5
National Lampoon's Class Reunion (who cares) - 3.5
Where Does Your Hidden Smile Lie?* (Costa) - 7.5
Mandabi (Sembene) - 7
Beauty and the Beast* (Herz) - 7.5
Good Times (Friedkin) - 4.5
The Hands of Orlac* (Wiene) - 7.5
To Have and Have Not (Hawks) - 5
Siberia (Ferrara) - 5
The Way of the Gaucho (Tourneur) - 5
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces (Brownley) - 6
To Live and Die in LA* (Friedkin) - 6
The Penalty (Worsley) - 6
Allegro barbaro (Jancso) - 7
April Fool's Day (1986) - 4.5
The Unholy Three (Conway) - 5
The Lord's Lantern in Budapest (Jancso) - 4.5
Dracula* (Browning) - 7.5
King Kong* (Cooper & Schoedsack) - 8
Bringing Up Baby* (Hawks) - 7
The Body Snatcher (Wise) - 6.5
Eyeball (Lenzi) - 4.5
Opera* (Argento) - 6
Adoption (Meszaros) - 7
Sicilia!* (Straub Huillet) - 8
Laugh Clown Laugh (Brenon) - 5.5
National Lampoon's Class Reunion (who cares) - 3.5
Where Does Your Hidden Smile Lie?* (Costa) - 7.5
Mandabi (Sembene) - 7
Beauty and the Beast* (Herz) - 7.5
2021. 7
The Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting (Raul Ruiz, 1978)
Deer Hunter (Michael Cimino, 1978)
Kim Min-young of Reportcard (Lee Jae-eun, Lim Ji-sun, 2021)
Short Vacation (Kwon Min-pyo, Seo Han-sol, 2020)
A Leave (Lee Ran-hee, 2020)
Forget Me Not (Sun Hee Engelstoft, 2019)
Us, Day by Day (Kangyu Ga-ram, 2019)
A Free Woman (Vittorio Cottafavi, 1954) ♥
Black Widow (Cate Shortland, 2021)
Autumn Sonata (Ingmar Bergman, 1978) ♥
Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes (Junta Yamaguchi, 2020)
Dear Tenant (Cheng Yu-Chieh, 2020)
The Amusement Park (George A. Romero, 2019)
The Medium (Banjong Pisanthanakun, 2021)
Fumble Studio (Bae Yoonhwan, 2021)
The Story of Southern Islet (Keat Aun Chong, 2020)
Frank & Zed (Jesse Blanchard, 2020)
Fortuna (Nicolangelo Gelormini, 2020)
Epitaph (Jung Sik, Jung Bum-shik, 2007)
A Bucket of Blood (Roger Corman, 1959)
Be a Wicked Woman (Kim Ki-young, 1990)
At the End of Evin (Mehdi Torab-Beigi, Mohammad Torab-Beigi, 2021)
Tokyo Olympiad (Kon Ichikawa, 1965) ♥
The Last Waltz (Martin Scorsese, 1978) ♥
American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince (Martin Scorsese, 1978)
Despair (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1978)
Germany in Autumn (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Volker Schlondorff, Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus, Bernhard Sinkel, Katja Rupe, Alexander Kluge, Maximiliane Mainka, Alf Brustellin, Hans Peter Cloos, Edgar Reitz, Peter Schubert, 1978)
Salt of the Earth (Herbert J. Biberman, 1954)
On the Waterfront (Elia Kazan, 1954)
Brigadoon (Vincente Minnelli, 1954)
Phoenix (Christian Petzold, 2014) *rewatch ♥
The Last Bridge (Helmut Kautner, 1954)
Woman of Rumor (Kenji Mizoguchi, 1954) ♥
Loved Like a Flower Bouquet (Nobuhiro Doi, 2021)
Escape from Mogadishu (Ryoo Seung-wan, 2021)
A Tale of Two Sisters (Kim Jee-woon, 2003)
An Inn at Osaka (Heinosuke Gosho, 1954) ♥
Twenty-Four Eyes (Keisuke Kinoshita, 1954) ♥
Vera Cruz (Robert Aldrich, 1954)
The Far Country (Anthony Mann, 1954)
Two of Us (Filippo Meneghetti, 2019)
The Suicide Squad (James Gunn, 2021)
Drive a Crooked Road (Richard Quine, 1954)
Human Desire (Fritz Lang, 1954)
After the Curfew (Usmar Ismail, 1954)
The Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting (Raul Ruiz, 1978)
Deer Hunter (Michael Cimino, 1978)
Kim Min-young of Reportcard (Lee Jae-eun, Lim Ji-sun, 2021)
Short Vacation (Kwon Min-pyo, Seo Han-sol, 2020)
A Leave (Lee Ran-hee, 2020)
Forget Me Not (Sun Hee Engelstoft, 2019)
Us, Day by Day (Kangyu Ga-ram, 2019)
A Free Woman (Vittorio Cottafavi, 1954) ♥
Black Widow (Cate Shortland, 2021)
Autumn Sonata (Ingmar Bergman, 1978) ♥
Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes (Junta Yamaguchi, 2020)
Dear Tenant (Cheng Yu-Chieh, 2020)
The Amusement Park (George A. Romero, 2019)
The Medium (Banjong Pisanthanakun, 2021)
Fumble Studio (Bae Yoonhwan, 2021)
The Story of Southern Islet (Keat Aun Chong, 2020)
Frank & Zed (Jesse Blanchard, 2020)
Fortuna (Nicolangelo Gelormini, 2020)
Epitaph (Jung Sik, Jung Bum-shik, 2007)
A Bucket of Blood (Roger Corman, 1959)
Be a Wicked Woman (Kim Ki-young, 1990)
At the End of Evin (Mehdi Torab-Beigi, Mohammad Torab-Beigi, 2021)
Tokyo Olympiad (Kon Ichikawa, 1965) ♥
The Last Waltz (Martin Scorsese, 1978) ♥
American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince (Martin Scorsese, 1978)
Despair (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1978)
Germany in Autumn (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Volker Schlondorff, Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus, Bernhard Sinkel, Katja Rupe, Alexander Kluge, Maximiliane Mainka, Alf Brustellin, Hans Peter Cloos, Edgar Reitz, Peter Schubert, 1978)
Salt of the Earth (Herbert J. Biberman, 1954)
On the Waterfront (Elia Kazan, 1954)
Brigadoon (Vincente Minnelli, 1954)
Phoenix (Christian Petzold, 2014) *rewatch ♥
The Last Bridge (Helmut Kautner, 1954)
Woman of Rumor (Kenji Mizoguchi, 1954) ♥
Loved Like a Flower Bouquet (Nobuhiro Doi, 2021)
Escape from Mogadishu (Ryoo Seung-wan, 2021)
A Tale of Two Sisters (Kim Jee-woon, 2003)
An Inn at Osaka (Heinosuke Gosho, 1954) ♥
Twenty-Four Eyes (Keisuke Kinoshita, 1954) ♥
Vera Cruz (Robert Aldrich, 1954)
The Far Country (Anthony Mann, 1954)
Two of Us (Filippo Meneghetti, 2019)
The Suicide Squad (James Gunn, 2021)
Drive a Crooked Road (Richard Quine, 1954)
Human Desire (Fritz Lang, 1954)
After the Curfew (Usmar Ismail, 1954)
July 2021
Suddenly (Lewis Allen, 1954) 6/10
Silver Lode (Allan Dwan, 1954) 6/10
The Far Country (Anthony Mann, 1954) 5/10
Drive a Crooked Road (Richard Quine, 1954) 8/10
Track of the Cat (William A. Wellman, 1954) 7/10
Convoy (Sam Peckinpah, 1978) 4/10
Goin’ South (Jack Nicholson, 1978) 3/10
The Brink's Job (William Friedkin, 1978) 7/10
Paradise Alley (Sylvester Stallone, 1978) 5/10
Koko: A Talking Gorilla (Barbet Schroeder, 1978) 6/10
Mermaids (Richard Benjamin, 1990) 8/10
Proof of Life (Taylor Hackford, 2000) 4/10
Angel Eyes (Luis Mandoki, 2001) 3/10
Enough (Michael Apted, 2002) 4/10
Transformers (Michael Bay, 2007) 3/10
21 (Robert Luketic, 2008) 5/10 (rewatch)
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Michael Bay, 2009) 3/10
Grown Ups (Dennis Dugan, 2010) 2/10
The Thing (Matthijs van Heijningen Jr., 2011) 5/10
A Good Marriage (Peter Askin, 2014) 3/10
The Last Witch Hunter (Breck Eisner, 2015) 4/10
Tully (Jason Reitman, 2018) 8/10
A Quiet Place (John Krasinski, 2018) 5/10
Shiva Baby (Emma Seligman, 2020) 7/10
Black Widow (Cate Shortland, 2021) 6/10
Best: Tully, Mermaids, Drive a Crooked Road
Worst: Grown Ups, Transformers, A Good Marriage
Suddenly (Lewis Allen, 1954) 6/10
Silver Lode (Allan Dwan, 1954) 6/10
The Far Country (Anthony Mann, 1954) 5/10
Drive a Crooked Road (Richard Quine, 1954) 8/10
Track of the Cat (William A. Wellman, 1954) 7/10
Convoy (Sam Peckinpah, 1978) 4/10
Goin’ South (Jack Nicholson, 1978) 3/10
The Brink's Job (William Friedkin, 1978) 7/10
Paradise Alley (Sylvester Stallone, 1978) 5/10
Koko: A Talking Gorilla (Barbet Schroeder, 1978) 6/10
Mermaids (Richard Benjamin, 1990) 8/10
Proof of Life (Taylor Hackford, 2000) 4/10
Angel Eyes (Luis Mandoki, 2001) 3/10
Enough (Michael Apted, 2002) 4/10
Transformers (Michael Bay, 2007) 3/10
21 (Robert Luketic, 2008) 5/10 (rewatch)
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Michael Bay, 2009) 3/10
Grown Ups (Dennis Dugan, 2010) 2/10
The Thing (Matthijs van Heijningen Jr., 2011) 5/10
A Good Marriage (Peter Askin, 2014) 3/10
The Last Witch Hunter (Breck Eisner, 2015) 4/10
Tully (Jason Reitman, 2018) 8/10
A Quiet Place (John Krasinski, 2018) 5/10
Shiva Baby (Emma Seligman, 2020) 7/10
Black Widow (Cate Shortland, 2021) 6/10
Best: Tully, Mermaids, Drive a Crooked Road
Worst: Grown Ups, Transformers, A Good Marriage
watched a weird slate of films this month...
features:
Cruella (Craig Gillespie, 2021) - 8/10
The Guilty (Gustav Moller, 2018) - 7/10
Death to Smoochy (Danny DeVito, 2002) - 7/10
Trading Places (John Landis, 1983) - 7/10
Sicario (Denis Villeneuve, 2015) - 7/10
Spider-Man (Sam Raimi, 2002) - 7/10
Beverly Hills Cop (Martin Brest, 1984) - 6/10
Polytechnique (Denis Villeneuve, 2009) - 6/10
Finding Nemo (Andrew Stanton, 2003) - 6/10
Bad Times at the El Royale (Drew Goddard, 2018) - 6/10
Like Father Like Son (Rod Daniel, 1987) - 6/10
Monkeybone (Henry Selick, 2001) - 5/10
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (Bharat Nalluri, 2008) - 5/10
Adventures in Babysitting (Chris Columbus, 1987) - 5/10
Hazard (Sion Sono, 2005) - 4/10
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (Stephen Herek, 1991) - 4/10
Vice Versa (Brian Gilbert, 1988) - 4/10
Look Who's Talking Now! (Tom Ropelewski, 1993) - 3/10
Notting Hill (Roger Michell, 1999) - 3/10
Big Hero 6 (Don Hall/Chris Williams, 2014) - 3/10
Rambo: Last Blood (Adrian Grunberg, 2019) - 3/10
Just One of the Guys (Lisa Gottlieb, 1985) - 2/10
The Wrong Cheerleader Coach (David DeCoteau, 2020) - 1/10
Runaway Bride (Garry Marshall, 1999) - 1/10
shorts/mids:
Kaze (Sion Sono, 1998) - 7/10
Love Song (Sion Sono, 1984) - 6/10
Amatory (MK Rhodes, 2020) - 4/10
0cm4 (Sion Sono, 2001) - 2/10
Underwater Impressions (Leni Riefenstahl, 2002) - 2/10
features:
Cruella (Craig Gillespie, 2021) - 8/10
The Guilty (Gustav Moller, 2018) - 7/10
Death to Smoochy (Danny DeVito, 2002) - 7/10
Trading Places (John Landis, 1983) - 7/10
Sicario (Denis Villeneuve, 2015) - 7/10
Spider-Man (Sam Raimi, 2002) - 7/10
Beverly Hills Cop (Martin Brest, 1984) - 6/10
Polytechnique (Denis Villeneuve, 2009) - 6/10
Finding Nemo (Andrew Stanton, 2003) - 6/10
Bad Times at the El Royale (Drew Goddard, 2018) - 6/10
Like Father Like Son (Rod Daniel, 1987) - 6/10
Monkeybone (Henry Selick, 2001) - 5/10
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (Bharat Nalluri, 2008) - 5/10
Adventures in Babysitting (Chris Columbus, 1987) - 5/10
Hazard (Sion Sono, 2005) - 4/10
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (Stephen Herek, 1991) - 4/10
Vice Versa (Brian Gilbert, 1988) - 4/10
Look Who's Talking Now! (Tom Ropelewski, 1993) - 3/10
Notting Hill (Roger Michell, 1999) - 3/10
Big Hero 6 (Don Hall/Chris Williams, 2014) - 3/10
Rambo: Last Blood (Adrian Grunberg, 2019) - 3/10
Just One of the Guys (Lisa Gottlieb, 1985) - 2/10
The Wrong Cheerleader Coach (David DeCoteau, 2020) - 1/10
Runaway Bride (Garry Marshall, 1999) - 1/10
shorts/mids:
Kaze (Sion Sono, 1998) - 7/10
Love Song (Sion Sono, 1984) - 6/10
Amatory (MK Rhodes, 2020) - 4/10
0cm4 (Sion Sono, 2001) - 2/10
Underwater Impressions (Leni Riefenstahl, 2002) - 2/10
August 2021
Lazy month as I made no attempt to find and watch what I'd initially intended to due to personal life, but I'm hopeful for a more fruitful month in September.
The Savages was a great discovery. Pristine directing by Jenkins and two great performances by Hoffman and Linney. It struck a personal chord as it presented a situation that my family found ourselves in at this moment with my grandfather's situation.
Cops & Robbersons (Michael Ritchie, 1994) 2/10
Sunshine (Danny Boyle, 2007) 6/10
The Savages (Tamara Jenkins, 2007) 9/10
We Own the Night (James Gray, 2007) 8/10
The Heartbreak Kid (Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly, 2007) 4/10
Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (Colin Strause, Greg Strause, 2007) 1/10
F9 (Justin Lin, 2021) 2/10
The Suicide Squad (James Gunn, 2021) 5/10
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard (Patrick Hughes, 2021) 3/10
TV:
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (2014) 9/10
Physical (2021) 8/10
Best: The Savages, We Own the Night
Worst: F9, AvP: Requiem
Lazy month as I made no attempt to find and watch what I'd initially intended to due to personal life, but I'm hopeful for a more fruitful month in September.
The Savages was a great discovery. Pristine directing by Jenkins and two great performances by Hoffman and Linney. It struck a personal chord as it presented a situation that my family found ourselves in at this moment with my grandfather's situation.
Cops & Robbersons (Michael Ritchie, 1994) 2/10
Sunshine (Danny Boyle, 2007) 6/10
The Savages (Tamara Jenkins, 2007) 9/10
We Own the Night (James Gray, 2007) 8/10
The Heartbreak Kid (Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly, 2007) 4/10
Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (Colin Strause, Greg Strause, 2007) 1/10
F9 (Justin Lin, 2021) 2/10
The Suicide Squad (James Gunn, 2021) 5/10
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard (Patrick Hughes, 2021) 3/10
TV:
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (2014) 9/10
Physical (2021) 8/10
Best: The Savages, We Own the Night
Worst: F9, AvP: Requiem
- August -
The Disciple (Chaitanya Tamhane, 2020) ♥
A Year of the Quiet Sun (Krzysztof Zanussi, 1984)
The Suicide Squad (James Gunn, 2021)
The Sun Also Rises (Jiang Wen, 2007)
Sazen Tange and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo (Sadao Yamanaka, 1935)
Om Shanti Om (Farah Khan, 2007)
Kikujiro (Takeshi Kitano, 1999)
Holy Flame of the Martial World (Tony Lou Chun-Ku, 1983)
In the City of Sylvia (José Luis Guerin, 2007) ♥
Herostratus (Don Levy, 1967)
Way of a Gaucho (Jacques Tourneur, 1952)
Chizuko's Younger Sister (Nobuhiko Obayashi, 1991)
Annette (Leos Carax, 2021)
You, the Living (Roy Andersson, 2007)
TV:
Archer (season 1)
The Disciple (Chaitanya Tamhane, 2020) ♥
A Year of the Quiet Sun (Krzysztof Zanussi, 1984)
The Suicide Squad (James Gunn, 2021)
The Sun Also Rises (Jiang Wen, 2007)
Sazen Tange and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo (Sadao Yamanaka, 1935)
Om Shanti Om (Farah Khan, 2007)
Kikujiro (Takeshi Kitano, 1999)
Holy Flame of the Martial World (Tony Lou Chun-Ku, 1983)
In the City of Sylvia (José Luis Guerin, 2007) ♥
Herostratus (Don Levy, 1967)
Way of a Gaucho (Jacques Tourneur, 1952)
Chizuko's Younger Sister (Nobuhiko Obayashi, 1991)
Annette (Leos Carax, 2021)
You, the Living (Roy Andersson, 2007)
TV:
Archer (season 1)
August
Da qiao ying xiong zhuan "Mahjong Heroes" (Pei-Chuan Li, Hong Kong 1981) [7/10]
Poh wai ji wong "Love on Delivery" (Lik-Chi Lee, Hong Kong 1994) [8/10] ♥
Baan sau chuk dak hin dui "Shark Busters" (Herman Yau, Hong Kong 2002) [7/10] ♥
Ren zhe wu di "Five Element Ninja" (Cheh Chang, Hong Kong 1982) [8/10] ♥
Ching wa wong ji "Prince Charming" (Jing Wong, Hong Kong 1984) [6/10]
Si hing chong gwai "Look Out, Officer!" (Sze-Yu Lau, Hong Kong 1990) [5/10]
Qi xiao fu "Painted Faces" (Alex Law, Hong Kong 1988) [8/10] ♥
Shao Lin da peng da shi "Return to the 36th Chamber" (Kar-leung Lau, Hong Kong 1980) [8/10] ♥
The Score (Frank Oz, USA/Germany 2001) [7/10] ♥
Mokalik (Mechanic) (Kunle Afolayan, Nigeria 2019) [6/10]
The Arrival (David Twohy, USA/Mexico 1996) [8/10] ♥
Glory (Edward Zwick, USA 1989) [8/10] ♥
White Men Can't Jump (Ron Shelton, USA 1992) [9/10]
Sweet Girl (Brian Andrew Mendoza, USA 2021) [2/10]
Fright Night (Tom Holland, USA 1985) [6/10]
The Siege (Edward Zwick, USA 1998) [7/10]
Le chanteur de Mexico (Richard Pottier, France/Spain 1956) [8/10] ♥
A Walk Among the Tombstones (Scott Frank, USA 2014) [8/10] ♥
Motherless Brooklyn (Edward Norton, USA 2019) [8/10] ♥
The Magnificent Seven (Antoine Fuqua, USA/Australia 2016) [7/10]
Da qiao ying xiong zhuan "Mahjong Heroes" (Pei-Chuan Li, Hong Kong 1981) [7/10]
Poh wai ji wong "Love on Delivery" (Lik-Chi Lee, Hong Kong 1994) [8/10] ♥
Baan sau chuk dak hin dui "Shark Busters" (Herman Yau, Hong Kong 2002) [7/10] ♥
Ren zhe wu di "Five Element Ninja" (Cheh Chang, Hong Kong 1982) [8/10] ♥
Ching wa wong ji "Prince Charming" (Jing Wong, Hong Kong 1984) [6/10]
Si hing chong gwai "Look Out, Officer!" (Sze-Yu Lau, Hong Kong 1990) [5/10]
Qi xiao fu "Painted Faces" (Alex Law, Hong Kong 1988) [8/10] ♥
Shao Lin da peng da shi "Return to the 36th Chamber" (Kar-leung Lau, Hong Kong 1980) [8/10] ♥
The Score (Frank Oz, USA/Germany 2001) [7/10] ♥
Mokalik (Mechanic) (Kunle Afolayan, Nigeria 2019) [6/10]
The Arrival (David Twohy, USA/Mexico 1996) [8/10] ♥
Glory (Edward Zwick, USA 1989) [8/10] ♥
White Men Can't Jump (Ron Shelton, USA 1992) [9/10]
Sweet Girl (Brian Andrew Mendoza, USA 2021) [2/10]
Fright Night (Tom Holland, USA 1985) [6/10]
The Siege (Edward Zwick, USA 1998) [7/10]
Le chanteur de Mexico (Richard Pottier, France/Spain 1956) [8/10] ♥
A Walk Among the Tombstones (Scott Frank, USA 2014) [8/10] ♥
Motherless Brooklyn (Edward Norton, USA 2019) [8/10] ♥
The Magnificent Seven (Antoine Fuqua, USA/Australia 2016) [7/10]
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"I too am a child burned by future experiences, fallen back on myself and already suspecting the certainty that in the end only those will prove benevolent who believe in nothing." – Marran Gosov
2021. 8
The Real Thing (Koji Fukada, 2020)
Little Girl (Sebastien Lifshitz, 2020)
Encounters at the End of the World (Werner Herzog, 2007)
The Kiss (Kunitoshi Manda, 2007)
The Green Knight (David Lowery, 2021)
Maso and Miso Go Boating (Delphine Seyrig, Carole Roussopoulos, Nadja Ringart, Ioana Wieder, 1975)
The Prostitutes of Lyon Speak (Carole Roussopoulos, 1975)
Death in the Land of Encantos (Lav Diaz, 2007) ♥
Let the Summer Never Come Again (Alexandre Koberidze, 2017) ♥
What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? (Alexandre Koberidze, 2021) ♥
Jallikattu (Lijo Jose Pellissery, 2019)
The Darjeeling Limited (Wes Anderson, 2007)
RR (James Benning, 2007)
Casting a Glance (James Benning, 2007)
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time (Hideaki Anno, 2021)
Stop-Zemlia (Kateryna Gornostai, 2021)
The Girl and the Spider (Ramon Zürcher, Silvan Zürcher, 2021)
Mr. Bachmann and His Class (Maria Speth, 2021) ♥
Our Beloved Month of August (Miguel Gomes, 2008) ♥
Christopher Columbus, The Enigma (Manoel de Oliveira, 2007)
Ailey (Jamila Wignot, 2021)
Old (M. Night Shyamalan, 2021)
Annette (Leos Carax, 2021)
Areum Married (ParkKang A-reum, 2019)
Underground (Kim Jeong-keun, 2019)
The Quince Tree Sun (Víctor Erice, 1992) ♥
Sister J (Lee Soo-jung, 2020)
Palm Springs (Max Barbakow, 2020)
My Winnipeg (Guy Maddin, 2007) ♥
Mad Detective (Johnnie To, 2007)
Claire's Knee (Eric Rohmer, 1970)
Pauline at the Beach (Eric Rohmer, 1983) ♥
Boyfriends and Girlfriends (Eric Rohmer, 1987) ♥
Zama (Lucrecia Martel, 2017) *rewatch
A World Without Women (Guillaume Brac, 2011)
July Tales (Guillaume Brac, 2017)
Treasure Island (Guillaume Brac, 2018)
Shirley (Josephine Decker, 2020)
A King in New York (Charlie Chaplin, 1957)
Limelight (Charlie Chaplin, 1952) ♥
Starstruck (Gillian Armstrong, 1982)
Two Friends (Jane Campion, 1986)
Snowball (Lee Woo-jung, 2020)
Take Care of My Cat (Jeong Jae-eun, 2001)
There will be No More Night (Eleonore Weber, 2020)
The Good Woman of Sichuan (Sabrina Zhao, 2021)
and like some of shorts directed by Georges Melies
The Real Thing (Koji Fukada, 2020)
Little Girl (Sebastien Lifshitz, 2020)
Encounters at the End of the World (Werner Herzog, 2007)
The Kiss (Kunitoshi Manda, 2007)
The Green Knight (David Lowery, 2021)
Maso and Miso Go Boating (Delphine Seyrig, Carole Roussopoulos, Nadja Ringart, Ioana Wieder, 1975)
The Prostitutes of Lyon Speak (Carole Roussopoulos, 1975)
Death in the Land of Encantos (Lav Diaz, 2007) ♥
Let the Summer Never Come Again (Alexandre Koberidze, 2017) ♥
What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? (Alexandre Koberidze, 2021) ♥
Jallikattu (Lijo Jose Pellissery, 2019)
The Darjeeling Limited (Wes Anderson, 2007)
RR (James Benning, 2007)
Casting a Glance (James Benning, 2007)
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time (Hideaki Anno, 2021)
Stop-Zemlia (Kateryna Gornostai, 2021)
The Girl and the Spider (Ramon Zürcher, Silvan Zürcher, 2021)
Mr. Bachmann and His Class (Maria Speth, 2021) ♥
Our Beloved Month of August (Miguel Gomes, 2008) ♥
Christopher Columbus, The Enigma (Manoel de Oliveira, 2007)
Ailey (Jamila Wignot, 2021)
Old (M. Night Shyamalan, 2021)
Annette (Leos Carax, 2021)
Areum Married (ParkKang A-reum, 2019)
Underground (Kim Jeong-keun, 2019)
The Quince Tree Sun (Víctor Erice, 1992) ♥
Sister J (Lee Soo-jung, 2020)
Palm Springs (Max Barbakow, 2020)
My Winnipeg (Guy Maddin, 2007) ♥
Mad Detective (Johnnie To, 2007)
Claire's Knee (Eric Rohmer, 1970)
Pauline at the Beach (Eric Rohmer, 1983) ♥
Boyfriends and Girlfriends (Eric Rohmer, 1987) ♥
Zama (Lucrecia Martel, 2017) *rewatch
A World Without Women (Guillaume Brac, 2011)
July Tales (Guillaume Brac, 2017)
Treasure Island (Guillaume Brac, 2018)
Shirley (Josephine Decker, 2020)
A King in New York (Charlie Chaplin, 1957)
Limelight (Charlie Chaplin, 1952) ♥
Starstruck (Gillian Armstrong, 1982)
Two Friends (Jane Campion, 1986)
Snowball (Lee Woo-jung, 2020)
Take Care of My Cat (Jeong Jae-eun, 2001)
There will be No More Night (Eleonore Weber, 2020)
The Good Woman of Sichuan (Sabrina Zhao, 2021)
and like some of shorts directed by Georges Melies
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The Arrival with Sheen is bad imo. It was praised at the time for being more 'grounded' and 'realistic' than films like ID4, but any film that casts Sheen as an astrophysicist that works for SETI is not particularly concerned with being intelligent or plausible. Shoddy fillm making too. Twohy is a hack.
* = rewatches. All scores out of 10.
American Splendour* (no idea) - 7.5
Mirror* (Tarkovsky) - 9
The Principal* (no idea) - 5
The Devil Bat - N/A
The Corpse Vanishes - N/A
The Ninth Heart (Herz) - 6.5
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein* (no idea) - 6.5
Anne of the Indies (Tourneur) - 6.5
Son of Frankenstein (V.Lee) - 6.5
Return of the Ape Man - N/A
Voodoo Man - N/A
Rock 'n Roll High School* (Dante + no idea) - 6
Anvil! The Story of Anvil* (no idea) - 6.5
Oil Lamps (Herz) - 6
Motel Hell (who cares) - 4.5
And the Fifth Horseman is Fear (Brynych) - 7.5
The Invisible Ghost - N/A
Son of Kong - (the hack that is not Cooper) - 4.5
Bowery at Midnight - N/A
Top Hat (no idea) - 7.5
Splendor in the Grass (Kazan) - 6.5
Meteor Man* (Townsend) - 4
Baby Doll (Kazan) - 7
A Holy Place (no idea) - 6
Ferrat Vampire (Herz) - 6
Something Happened (Andersson) - 7
World of Glory (Andersson) - 7
Annette (Carax) - 4.5
Basic Instinct* (Verhoeven) - 7.5
* = rewatches. All scores out of 10.
American Splendour* (no idea) - 7.5
Mirror* (Tarkovsky) - 9
The Principal* (no idea) - 5
The Devil Bat - N/A
The Corpse Vanishes - N/A
The Ninth Heart (Herz) - 6.5
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein* (no idea) - 6.5
Anne of the Indies (Tourneur) - 6.5
Son of Frankenstein (V.Lee) - 6.5
Return of the Ape Man - N/A
Voodoo Man - N/A
Rock 'n Roll High School* (Dante + no idea) - 6
Anvil! The Story of Anvil* (no idea) - 6.5
Oil Lamps (Herz) - 6
Motel Hell (who cares) - 4.5
And the Fifth Horseman is Fear (Brynych) - 7.5
The Invisible Ghost - N/A
Son of Kong - (the hack that is not Cooper) - 4.5
Bowery at Midnight - N/A
Top Hat (no idea) - 7.5
Splendor in the Grass (Kazan) - 6.5
Meteor Man* (Townsend) - 4
Baby Doll (Kazan) - 7
A Holy Place (no idea) - 6
Ferrat Vampire (Herz) - 6
Something Happened (Andersson) - 7
World of Glory (Andersson) - 7
Annette (Carax) - 4.5
Basic Instinct* (Verhoeven) - 7.5
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I thought it was a wonderful film and Twohy's direction outstanding. Sheen was also great imo, in fact I thought the whole casting was extraordinary and all actors did a commendable job (of course that's called directing, so another plus for Twohy). The effects and everything were also wonderful (on such a small budget, and so much better than all the CGI-junk that came later!). In fact I thought that Sheen's energy was riveting to watch, and he was an excellent choice for the lead - and I was sceptical before going into the film, cause I'm not a fan of Sheen, and the whole alien thing, and the film seemed like something that could be totally boring. But I gave it a shot and said to myself "if it's shitty, I'll turn it off after 15 minutes". But it was great! What a surprise!Joks Trois wrote: ↑Tue Aug 31, 2021 11:59 am The Arrival with Sheen is bad imo. It was praised at the time for being more 'grounded' and 'realistic' than films like ID4, but any film that casts Sheen as an astrophysicist that works for SETI is not particularly concerned with being intelligent or plausible. Shoddy fillm making too. Twohy is a hack.
Of course the story and plot and screenplay aren't believable or logical or any such thing. But the screenplay and dialogues and story for, say "King Kong" (1933) by Cooper/Schoedsack also weren't, and only someone without any knowledge of film would complain about such a trifle. This is fantasy/science-fiction, it's basically a 70s conspiracy thriller with aliens, and it's also more or less your typical "bodysnatchers" 50s/60 US/UK alien-invasion movie. There were hundreds of those made in the 1950s and 1960s. And this very late one is one of the best of those.
Of course it's not really more "grounded" or "realistic" than ID4 or other films from the period. It's totally 90s and completely over the top. But Twohy's filmmaking is more relaxed, his pacing is much much better than many other sci-fi/fantasy stuff from the time (compare this with the clumsy directing, terrible acting and horrible effects Peter Jackson would torture us with only a decade later with his Lord of the Rings movies...). This film was truly made by a total LOVER of sci-fi/fantasy movie-stuff, almost on a John Carpenter level of love and knowledge and passion. I definitely need to see more by Twohy now.
For me, something like "Anvil! The Story of Anvil" is shoddy filmmaking directed by incompetent hacks. Especially the editing is atrocious! Too bad, cause the protagonists and their story are fun.
"I too am a child burned by future experiences, fallen back on myself and already suspecting the certainty that in the end only those will prove benevolent who believe in nothing." – Marran Gosov
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Anvil is about the people, not the film making. I'm also a big metal fan.
Yeah, the people (and music) are wonderful! But the filmmaking (and thus the filM) are shit, imo.Joks Trois wrote: ↑Tue Aug 31, 2021 1:00 pm Anvil is about the people, not the film making. I'm also a big metal fan.
I watched it at the cinema at the time of its release, and while I enjoyed the film because of story and content, I was appalled, at how bad the filmmaking was.
Anvil definitely deserved better!
And I can't rate a film based on its content, or how much I enjoy the protagonists or any such thing, but I rate it in regards to the artistry of the filmmaking.
That's me of course, and others judge films differently and get totally other stuff out of them.
"I too am a child burned by future experiences, fallen back on myself and already suspecting the certainty that in the end only those will prove benevolent who believe in nothing." – Marran Gosov
DRIFTING (Browning) 5/10
SIEGFRIED (Lang) 10/10
RAN (Kurosawa) 10/10
NO WAY OUT (Donaldson) 7/10
RAW DEAL (Mann) 7.5/10
KRIEMHILD'S REVENGE (Lang) 10/10
FLOWERS OF SHANGHAI (7/10, pending re-watches)
NERVES (Reinert) 3/10
THE CAT AND THE CANARY (Leni) 3/10
THE LAVENDER HILL MOB (Crichton) 9/10
LOVE ME TONIGHT (Mamoulian) 8/10
THE MERRY WIDOW (Von Stroheim) 9/10
SIEGFRIED (Lang) 10/10
RAN (Kurosawa) 10/10
NO WAY OUT (Donaldson) 7/10
RAW DEAL (Mann) 7.5/10
KRIEMHILD'S REVENGE (Lang) 10/10
FLOWERS OF SHANGHAI (7/10, pending re-watches)
NERVES (Reinert) 3/10
THE CAT AND THE CANARY (Leni) 3/10
THE LAVENDER HILL MOB (Crichton) 9/10
LOVE ME TONIGHT (Mamoulian) 8/10
THE MERRY WIDOW (Von Stroheim) 9/10
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These matters are best disposed of from a great height. Over water.
rough month
Day and Night (Ken Jacobs, 2011) - 8/10
Flo Rounds a Corner (Ken Jacobs, 1999) - 6/10
Begin Again (John Carney, 2013) - 5/10
Little Stabs at Happiness (Ken Jacobs, 1963) - 5/10
Jungle Cruise (jaume Collet-Serra, 2021) - 4/10
Pandemic (Armand Mastroianni, 2007) - 2/10
Day and Night (Ken Jacobs, 2011) - 8/10
Flo Rounds a Corner (Ken Jacobs, 1999) - 6/10
Begin Again (John Carney, 2013) - 5/10
Little Stabs at Happiness (Ken Jacobs, 1963) - 5/10
Jungle Cruise (jaume Collet-Serra, 2021) - 4/10
Pandemic (Armand Mastroianni, 2007) - 2/10
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High Hopes (Mike Leigh, 1988)
Meantime (Mike Leigh, 1983)
Life Is Sweet (Mike Leigh, 1990)
Naked (Mike Leigh, 1993)
Secrets And Lies (Mike Leigh, 1996)
Annette (Leos Carax, 2021)
Career Girls (Mike Leigh, 1997)
Topsy-Turvy (Mike Leigh, 1999)
No Maps On My Taps (George T. Nierenberg, 1979)
Jour De Fête (Jacques Tati, 1949)
National Lampoon’s European Vacation (Amy Heckerling, 1985) *rewatch*
The Suicide Squad (James Gunn, 2021)
Safe (Todd Haynes, 1995)
Free Guy (Shawn Levy, 2021)
Columbus (Kogonada, 2017)
The Last Black Man In San Francisco (Joe Talbot, 2019)
City Of God (Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund, 2002)
Caddyshack (Harold Ramis, 1980)
La Haine (Mathieu Kassovitz, 1995)
Lost In Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)
Snowden (Oliver Stone, 2016)
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (Karel Zeman, 1962)
Tampopo (Juzo Itami, 1985) *rewatch*
You’re Gonna Miss Me: A Film About Roky Erickson (Keven McAlester, 2005)
Duvidha (Mani Kaul, 1973)
A Futile And Stupid Gesture (David Wain, 2018)
Paprika (Satoshi Kon, 2006)
High Hopes (Mike Leigh, 1988)
Meantime (Mike Leigh, 1983)
Life Is Sweet (Mike Leigh, 1990)
Naked (Mike Leigh, 1993)
Secrets And Lies (Mike Leigh, 1996)
Annette (Leos Carax, 2021)
Career Girls (Mike Leigh, 1997)
Topsy-Turvy (Mike Leigh, 1999)
No Maps On My Taps (George T. Nierenberg, 1979)
Jour De Fête (Jacques Tati, 1949)
National Lampoon’s European Vacation (Amy Heckerling, 1985) *rewatch*
The Suicide Squad (James Gunn, 2021)
Safe (Todd Haynes, 1995)
Free Guy (Shawn Levy, 2021)
Columbus (Kogonada, 2017)
The Last Black Man In San Francisco (Joe Talbot, 2019)
City Of God (Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund, 2002)
Caddyshack (Harold Ramis, 1980)
La Haine (Mathieu Kassovitz, 1995)
Lost In Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)
Snowden (Oliver Stone, 2016)
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (Karel Zeman, 1962)
Tampopo (Juzo Itami, 1985) *rewatch*
You’re Gonna Miss Me: A Film About Roky Erickson (Keven McAlester, 2005)
Duvidha (Mani Kaul, 1973)
A Futile And Stupid Gesture (David Wain, 2018)
Paprika (Satoshi Kon, 2006)
- September -
The Cotton Club (Francis Ford Coppola, 1984) ♥
Dark Passage (Delmer Daves, 1947)
Santa Claus Is a Stinker (Jean-Marie Poiré, 1982)
T.A.M.I. Show (Steve Binder, 1964)
Takeshis' (Takeshi Kitano, 2005)
Girl Walk // All Day (Jacob Krupnick, 2011) ♥♥
Marat/Sade (Peter Brook, 1967)
My Heart Is That Eternal Rose (Patrick Tam, 1989)
Appointment in Honduras (Jacques Tourneur, 1953)
The Power of the Dog (Jane Campion, 2021)
The Card Counter (Paul Schrader, 2021)
Himalaya Singh (Wai Ka-fai, 2005)
The Cotton Club (Francis Ford Coppola, 1984) ♥
Dark Passage (Delmer Daves, 1947)
Santa Claus Is a Stinker (Jean-Marie Poiré, 1982)
T.A.M.I. Show (Steve Binder, 1964)
Takeshis' (Takeshi Kitano, 2005)
Girl Walk // All Day (Jacob Krupnick, 2011) ♥♥
Marat/Sade (Peter Brook, 1967)
My Heart Is That Eternal Rose (Patrick Tam, 1989)
Appointment in Honduras (Jacques Tourneur, 1953)
The Power of the Dog (Jane Campion, 2021)
The Card Counter (Paul Schrader, 2021)
Himalaya Singh (Wai Ka-fai, 2005)
September
Super Mario Bros. (Annabel Jankel/Rocky Morton, USA/UK/Japan/France 1993) [7/10] ♥
Hudson Hawk (Michael Lehmann, USA 1991) [6/10]
The Book of Eli (Albert Hughes/Allen Hughes, USA 2009) [6/10]
The Woman in the Window (Joe Wright, USA 2021) [7/10]
För hennes skull "For Her Sake" (Paul Merzbach, Sweden 1930) [8/10] ♥
Commandos (Armando Crispino, Italy/West Germany 1968) [8/10] ♥
Super Mario Bros. (Annabel Jankel/Rocky Morton, USA/UK/Japan/France 1993) [7/10] ♥
Hudson Hawk (Michael Lehmann, USA 1991) [6/10]
The Book of Eli (Albert Hughes/Allen Hughes, USA 2009) [6/10]
The Woman in the Window (Joe Wright, USA 2021) [7/10]
För hennes skull "For Her Sake" (Paul Merzbach, Sweden 1930) [8/10] ♥
Commandos (Armando Crispino, Italy/West Germany 1968) [8/10] ♥
"I too am a child burned by future experiences, fallen back on myself and already suspecting the certainty that in the end only those will prove benevolent who believe in nothing." – Marran Gosov