With their two feature films, these directors have made indigenous politics their specialty. That's way more than local color.
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), 28. marts 2019 19:39 (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
They've made four, and while I haven't seen 'Wandering Shadows', 'The Wind Journeys' is very much worth watching.
― Frederik B, Thursday, 28 March 2019 21:40 (five years ago) link
This is Gallego's first co-directing credit afaik; previously producer and other roles I think
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 28 March 2019 22:35 (five years ago) link
yeah obv I'm generous w/credit
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 28 March 2019 23:30 (five years ago) link
For London ilxors, Janbal, my favorite film of 2017 is playing the Barbican next week: https://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/features/contemporary-iranian-cinema-poetry-in-motion-janbal-dragon-arrives
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 9 April 2019 13:06 (five years ago) link
thanks, will check it out
― devvvine, Tuesday, 9 April 2019 13:09 (five years ago) link
Long Day's Journey into Night is quite somethin'. The "dream" half is more lucid than the "real" one. Like Frederik, I too may prefer Bi Gan's debut.
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 24 April 2019 11:31 (five years ago) link
Caught a decent chunk of the El Pampero Cine retro here, including La Flor round 2 (though I ended up missing a big chunk again due to work commitments...sigh). Historias Extraordinarias was cool but felt like a dry run for the former, loved the novelistic, 90%-narration style though. and The Gold Bug was wonderfully scrappy.
― Simon H., Wednesday, 24 April 2019 11:38 (five years ago) link
The Gold Bug really is funded through a - Danish - program where two directors had to pair up on a project, even though they had nothing in common. I love the way they made it work as the whole point of the film.
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 24 April 2019 11:42 (five years ago) link
yeah it could/should have been precious and irritating but had more than enough going on to prevent that from ever setting in.
― Simon H., Wednesday, 24 April 2019 11:48 (five years ago) link
Long Day's Journey into Night is fuckin' ponderous... Lincoln Center audience gave a helpless laugh of mystification at the cut to end credits, then stood in the lobby reading the Times review placard for help.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 29 April 2019 00:32 (five years ago) link
aw man i was kinda stokin myself up for seeing that on the theory that it would be trippy and disorienting, but ponderous is my least fave thing in cinema maybe
― |Restore| |Restart| |Quit| (Doctor Casino), Monday, 29 April 2019 00:34 (five years ago) link
The first half verges on it, the second half doesn't.
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 29 April 2019 00:39 (five years ago) link
"This is the film the cool kids like."
― zama roma ding dong (Eric H.), Monday, 29 April 2019 02:41 (five years ago) link
cool kids are watching the three-hour Marvel thing
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 29 April 2019 02:51 (five years ago) link
It is trippy and disorienting. I dislike trippy and disorienting.
"fucking ponderous" was a Casey Kasem tribute
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 29 April 2019 11:58 (five years ago) link
currently touring the US: Patrick Wang's "sprawling, Altmanesque comedy" A Bread Factory; I see it in Brooklyn on Saturday.
https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/a-bread-factory-part-one-and-two/
https://www.jonathanrosenbaum.net/2019/05/55142/
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 10 July 2019 17:07 (four years ago) link
His married-gays drama is one of the decade's best.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 10 July 2019 18:11 (four years ago) link
i'm about halfway through La Flor -- the 13.5-hour Mariano Llinás curio that the NYT headlined as "Four Actresses in Search of a Movie" -- and it's more entertaining than I would've expected, and frequently looks great.
https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/la-flor/
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 7 August 2019 18:24 (four years ago) link
(there is a dull hour here and there)
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 7 August 2019 18:25 (four years ago) link
just booked tickets, how do you feel having seen the whole thing?
― devvvine, Thursday, 15 August 2019 10:22 (four years ago) link
after tonight i'll know
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 15 August 2019 10:41 (four years ago) link
You're in for some great stuff on the final night (and one more dull hour imo)
― Simon H., Thursday, 15 August 2019 10:43 (four years ago) link
i would've preferred less than a 13-day span, but it's the only way i could do it
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 15 August 2019 17:54 (four years ago) link
It was often cute, often very annoying.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 16 August 2019 03:53 (four years ago) link
I liked his last feature quite a lot more; that was a focused 4 hours
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 16 August 2019 04:21 (four years ago) link
Went to see Bait yesterday and totally loved it: https://www.baitfilm.co.uk. Definitely recommend it if never comes to a cinema near you. The curious technicalities of how it was filmed and its odd style very much worked for me.
― brain (krakow), Saturday, 31 August 2019 12:42 (four years ago) link
oh that looks great! thanks for the tip. it's on all week here.
― Funky Isolations (jed_), Saturday, 31 August 2019 23:03 (four years ago) link
really excited to see this now!
― Funky Isolations (jed_), Saturday, 31 August 2019 23:29 (four years ago) link
Brilliant. It was the GFT I saw it at on Friday.
Just saw Mark Kermode's rave review and I'd pretty much agree. Great to see it getting high profile praise. I was going to say more above, but couldn't get the words together.
― brain (krakow), Sunday, 1 September 2019 09:41 (four years ago) link
I'm going tomorrow, they always seem to stick the interesting stuff on screen 3 tho
― or something, Sunday, 1 September 2019 10:20 (four years ago) link
I used to dislike GFT3 because of the smaller screen size, but I've come to appreciate it. It feels a lot darker in there when the lights go down, so it's more intimate and easy to get properly lost in the film, and I wonder if the sound and screen/projection quality are maybe better than the older screens, though I don't know if I'm just imagining that? Should try to get one of the Doors Open Day tours and find out.
― brain (krakow), Sunday, 1 September 2019 10:42 (four years ago) link
Bait isn’t coming to dundee for a couple of weeks - looking forward to it. Also, does anyone know if Leto is any good?
― Bidh boladh a' mhairbh de 'n láimh fhalaimh (dowd), Sunday, 1 September 2019 12:38 (four years ago) link
(Just because I can catch it at the same time, not because it’s subject to this thread)
― Bidh boladh a' mhairbh de 'n láimh fhalaimh (dowd), Sunday, 1 September 2019 12:39 (four years ago) link
Leto is quite okay, but I'd watch Bait instead. I haven't seen Bait though, missed it at Berlin, and have been kicking myself about it ever since.
― Frederik B, Sunday, 1 September 2019 13:21 (four years ago) link
Leto is on mubi atm
― Funky Isolations (jed_), Sunday, 1 September 2019 13:51 (four years ago) link
Bait was, indeed, very good and unique. Because of the length of the reels of film (around 28 seconds per reel fwiw) it means that every shot has to serve a purpose or be "chosen" in a way that's particular to this kind of form. I don't think they always succeed but it's fascinating to watch as craft. It's like a silent film that isn't silent, in one way, but in another way it's more like each shot is the frame of a comic book than a moving picture in any other film of the last 80-90 years. It's interesting to think about with regard to something like La Jetee too although it would take me a while to tease that idea out.
I have some issues with the ending. *SPOILERS* (sort of) but was that really required? It didn't seem convincing but rather than seeming melodramatic it just seemed unnecessary. How high are the stakes that you need to do that because the film was already unique and compelling enough that he didn't have to go there. I'd have been happy enough for Martin just to get his boat. There's no need for a death because it's a movie trope that the film did not require.
Still, what an achievement. The things that human artists get up to, eh? I mean they had one camera and every 28 seconds of shooting they'd, presumably, have to take the camera into a completely sealed (from light) space to load the next reel and get the finished one into a can, or whatever. Is this correct? In some of the shots the image looked Solarised too, which two points (krakow) you'd have more knowledge of than me.
― Funky Isolations (jed_), Wednesday, 4 September 2019 22:32 (four years ago) link
I have to say also that this screening in cinema 2 was quite busy, which was great!
― Funky Isolations (jed_), Wednesday, 4 September 2019 22:34 (four years ago) link
Screen 3 in the gft is my favourite even though it replaced Cafe Cosmo that I designed the refurb for about 12 years ago when it was dark and had those lights that looked like Zoetropes.
― Funky Isolations (jed_), Wednesday, 4 September 2019 22:40 (four years ago) link
the leather seats make a racket in 3
― самокритика me, daddy (||||||||), Wednesday, 4 September 2019 22:46 (four years ago) link
they don't now, they are nice and soft.
― Funky Isolations (jed_), Wednesday, 4 September 2019 22:47 (four years ago) link
I recommend the Serbian The Load, set in and around Kosovo and Belgrade in 1999. A film about genocide that avoids directly putting it on camera.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 20 September 2019 15:23 (four years ago) link
I enjoyed Bait - the light in it was beautiful.
― Bidh boladh a' mhairbh de 'n láimh fhalaimh (dowd), Friday, 20 September 2019 15:25 (four years ago) link
yo can you guys tell me what movies to see at this fest my friend won a pass to https://viff.org/Online/default.asp
― flopson, Friday, 27 September 2019 23:05 (four years ago) link
dardennes & parasite obv
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 28 September 2019 00:51 (four years ago) link
the lighthouse! also looking forward to seeing Little Joe
― Dan S, Saturday, 28 September 2019 00:57 (four years ago) link
I could never look forward to something with Ben Whishaw in it.
― What a ridiculous clusterfuck of totally uncool jokers (jed_), Saturday, 28 September 2019 01:26 (four years ago) link
lol, I do really want to see it
― Dan S, Saturday, 28 September 2019 01:45 (four years ago) link
a friend of mine referred to him as Ben "action-man-eyes" Whishaw and when you notice it there's no way back
― What a ridiculous clusterfuck of totally uncool jokers (jed_), Saturday, 28 September 2019 02:02 (four years ago) link
don't know anything about "action man eyes" but it sounds kind of hot
― Dan S, Saturday, 28 September 2019 02:23 (four years ago) link
thx. def going to parasite
― flopson, Saturday, 28 September 2019 05:13 (four years ago) link
From the first few pages of listings, these caught my eye of films I've seen...
- 'The Realm' is decent, if you fancy a political thriller with some interesting aspects. It won a whole bunch of Goya awards in Spain at the start of the year.
- 'Yuli' is excellent, if more crowd pleaser than arthouse. Directed by Icíar Bollaín with a fantastic screenplay by her partner Paul Laverty that weaves the dance into the biography brilliantly. Some of the Cuban actors are especially fantastic.
- 'Bait', as we've spoken about above a fair bit.
I was also reading about 'The Painted Bird' recently and it looks absolutely incredible, but will be a tough watch.
― brain (krakow), Saturday, 28 September 2019 08:21 (four years ago) link
I recommend the Costa, and I hear great things about Anne at 13,000 Feet
― Simon H., Saturday, 28 September 2019 10:04 (four years ago) link
Scandinavian films: Queen of Hearts is, like, the biggest sorta arthouse succes in Denmark in the last few years, and it's pretty damn great. Trine Dyrholm should absolutely be a household name all over the world, she's so good. I'd really want someone to watch Checkered Ninja and say what they think, it's the biggest blockbuster in the country since before television was invented, but it's also so entwined with the guy who made it, Anders Matthesen, who is a comedian popular on a level where I don't really think neither anyone in the US or the UK fits, and I'm not really sure if it's actually any good. Also, Koko-di Koko-da is legitimately terrifying, almost Haneke-like, with lovable Danish legend Peter Belli in the role as a straight up sociopathic tormentor. Not for the faint of heart. I'd suspect the same is true for JP Välkeapää's new Dogs Don't Wear Pants as well, his They Have Escaped was fucked up. I'm also excited to see Hlynur Palmasons A White White Day in a couple weeks, so I'd check that out as well. Johan Skoog's Ridge won the CPH:DOX award this year, and is a great hybrid/essay film about seasonal workers in Skåne.
Elsewhere, Mr Jones is a fine biopic, Pain and Glory is good for what it is. The new Angela Schanelec, I Was at Home, But... is a must for fans of the Berlin schoo. Synonyms, which won the Golden Bear, is good, and Nadav Lapid should be better known. Years of Construction by Heinz Emigholz is perfect if you just want an avant-doc about architecture.
― Frederik B, Saturday, 28 September 2019 15:00 (four years ago) link
Saw and liked Mati Diop's Atlantics, which is an absorbing first feature -- plot and vibewise, pitched about halfway between the sensibilities of Val lewton and Jordan Peele. It looks great, shot by Alain Guiraudie veteran Claire Mathon.
I'm not sure the supernatural mechanics make inner "sense" but I guess they don't have to.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 27 November 2019 16:46 (four years ago) link
I liked it too. I *loved* Fatima Al Quadiri's score.
― Simon H., Wednesday, 27 November 2019 16:48 (four years ago) link
I believe it hits Netflix later this year.
I would've favored a more hardhitting climactic scene in the cemetery.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 27 November 2019 16:52 (four years ago) link
I think it's out this week. It had a single showing here last week to celebrate. And yeah, it's good. Loved the lo-budget aesthetic of some of it, but it was also incredibly beautiful.
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 27 November 2019 16:53 (four years ago) link
It's running in a few US theaters now, and apparently hits Netflix this Friday.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 27 November 2019 16:58 (four years ago) link