Timbuktu was pretty great and very affecting
― the plight of y0landa (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 3 February 2015 07:20 (nine years ago) link
Meant to go last weekend
― Sweet Melissus (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 3 February 2015 10:37 (nine years ago) link
I was a bit dissapointed. Liked loads of stuff, but the central characters were pretty two-dimensional, I thought, and the cinematography was hit-and-miss as well. But some really really strong scenes, especially that one shot of the lake at sunset.
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 3 February 2015 12:28 (nine years ago) link
Timbuktu was selling out last weekend; i like to wait for elbow room
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 3 February 2015 12:38 (nine years ago) link
this NYC black independents of '68-86 series at Lincoln Ctr will most definitely reward
http://www.filmcomment.com/entry/tell-it-like-it-is-black-independents-in-new-york
http://www.filmlinc.com/films/series/tell-it-like-it-is-black-independents-in-new-york-1968-1986
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 3 February 2015 20:27 (nine years ago) link
and 3 weeks of Charles Laughton at FF
http://filmforum.org/series/charles-laughton-series
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 3 February 2015 22:56 (nine years ago) link
i wasn't really drawn to timbuktu for character development, was more taken with the bumbling murderous ignorance of the sharia lawkeepers and the generally gorgeous shots. i've seen a lot of criticism that goes overboard though so i can see where some Ida-esque backlash is called for. it reminded me of Gilbert Hernandez's Palomar stories in some ways.
― the plight of y0landa (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 4 February 2015 04:49 (nine years ago) link
Brody, Melissa Anderson on the black indie series:
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/02/09/lost-found
http://www.villagevoice.com/2015-02-04/film/indie-black-cinema-lincoln-center/
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 4 February 2015 17:49 (nine years ago) link
Hard to Be a God was monotonous and somewhat devoid of narrative and still kind of a knockout; the visuals are like Jodorowsky (but less psychedelic and more nihilistic) or Fellini (but without boundaries) and yet even more so. I'm inclined to think I would've liked it twice as much if it had been half as long but my god some of the images are never going to rattle out of my skull. Film Anthology didn't have the theater heated, i had gotten like three hours of sleep the night before and we misjudged the hour the film was starting so we got into the story 20 minutes in progress and even so i would recommend giving this a spin just as an experience. I've never seen anyone play quite so effectively with planes of space; there's often a separate story going on in the foreground. Exhaustingly in your face and so fully realized that it surpasses fetish.
― the plight of y0landa (forksclovetofu), Friday, 6 February 2015 07:52 (nine years ago) link
the Rendezvous slate:
http://www.filmlinc.com/daily/entry/rendez-vous-with-french-cinema-2015-festival
The week of John Boorman starts today at FF, and obviously you should see Point Blank in 35mm if you never have. (I might prioritize, among my blind spots, Beyond Ranbgoon.) The trailer for his new one looks mighty bland, though.
http://filmforum.org/series/boorman-series-page
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 11 February 2015 18:53 (nine years ago) link
which of these should i be seeing?http://www.ifccenter.com/series/rendez-vous-with-french-cinema-2015/
― the plight of y0landa (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 12 February 2015 19:02 (nine years ago) link
and please note i am prejudiced against french film from the start
forks, i just asked in the French s/d thread. Techine is pretty reliable but of course that will be released anyway. I may go for that and Honore, plus Fidelio for the twin hunk factor.
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 12 February 2015 19:36 (nine years ago) link
(oh yeah, Fidelio is not playing at IFC -- fest is shared with FSLC and BAM)
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 12 February 2015 19:39 (nine years ago) link
also before that, FC Selects -- looking fwd to another Michael Almereyda Shakespeare update, as Hawke was actually good in M.A.'s Hamlet 15 years ago:
http://www.filmlinc.com/films/series/film-comment-selects-2015
Don't know much about that Danish auteur tho.
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 12 February 2015 19:43 (nine years ago) link
on the above; i'm going to the new Petzold and two in the Malmos retro
https://www.fandor.com/keyframe/daily-film-comment-selects-2015
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 19 February 2015 17:13 (nine years ago) link
wow that's so cool there's a malmros retrospective in nyc! he's from my hometown! "Tree of Knowledge" is surely his masterpiece, but I can also recommend "Facing the Truth" and "Pain of Love". Quite a controversial figure because of his "auto-fictional" control over other peoples' lives - the way he portrays his father in FtT, the way he depicts a young actress in Sorrow & Joy. The earlier films are beautifully shot on film by Jan Weincke too, you'll enjoy.
― niels, Thursday, 19 February 2015 17:45 (nine years ago) link
ToK and PoL are the ones I've bought. Unsure how widely Malmros previously been exposed in the US, but I don't recall ever reading about him before this.
Two rarely screened NYC early '70s entries in the Gordon Willis MOMI series on Saturday afternoon: Ashby's The Landlord (Beau Bridges buys a building w/ black tenants in Park Slope, moves in, appreciates Diana Sands) and Irvin Kershner's Loving w/ George Segal and Eva Marie Saint.
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 19 February 2015 19:47 (nine years ago) link
visiting old high school friends and one of them wanted to tell me about the most winceworthy scene ever in a horror movie and it was a part in the most recent final destination movie and he asked have you seen it and i said um i've heard of them, probably not for me and he says well you're a little bit of a FILM SNOB aren't you and then i told him about hard to be a god and he ended the night by saying how i only liked things that aren't narrative like hey that lemonade isn't NARRATIVE let me try some of THATanyway.
― the plight of y0landa (forksclovetofu), Friday, 20 February 2015 20:50 (nine years ago) link
full ND/NF slate
http://newdirectors.org/
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 24 February 2015 18:24 (nine years ago) link
B&W in scope... shame The Hustler is digital, but planning to finally see Lonely Are the Brave. Maybe The Haunting too:
http://www.bam.org/film/2015/black-and-white-scope
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 25 February 2015 22:23 (nine years ago) link
http://www.movingimage.us/films/2015/04/10/detail/tsai-ming-liang/
― 龜, Friday, 27 February 2015 20:10 (nine years ago) link
haven't seen the documentary, Boys, and two others
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Friday, 27 February 2015 20:16 (nine years ago) link
haven't seen the latter but the former is a lot of fun, /very/ late-60s mix of political correctness and incorrectness.
― I dunno. (amateurist), Friday, 27 February 2015 20:18 (nine years ago) link
Two-week Wenders retro begins today at MoMA, with WW introductions / discussions
http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/films/1557
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Monday, 2 March 2015 12:59 (nine years ago) link
Handke will be there with him on Wednesday for Goalie's Anxiety.
― Cartesian Dual in the Sun (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 2 March 2015 21:39 (nine years ago) link
Morbs, which is the best MOMI membership to get if you just want to see all their retros etc.
― 龜, Wednesday, 4 March 2015 15:34 (nine years ago) link
the one i have? "Film Lover" takes care of all the film/exhibit admissions
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 4 March 2015 17:16 (nine years ago) link
Real howler from Ian Buruma during tonight's Q&A.
― Cartesian Dual in the Sun (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 5 March 2015 04:55 (nine years ago) link
You can watch here if you wanthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJVE-VjC_ME
― Cartesian Dual in the Sun (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 5 March 2015 12:11 (nine years ago) link
This is interesting and brief: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IZPpkI32pc
― Cartesian Dual in the Sun (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 5 March 2015 12:15 (nine years ago) link
Blacklisted screenwriters part 3 at Anthology; Walter Bernstein in person Saturday:
http://anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screenings/series/43900
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Friday, 6 March 2015 12:52 (nine years ago) link
George Romero is introducing the Archers' Tales of Hoffmann tonight at 7 at Film Forum, just cuz he loves it.
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 14 March 2015 12:57 (nine years ago) link
Wow. Didn't see his name amidst the list of all the other introducers.
― Cartesian Dual in the Sun (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 14 March 2015 13:12 (nine years ago) link
it's showing here all week too - hope to catch it but not sure how likely that'll be
― donna rouge, Monday, 16 March 2015 17:58 (nine years ago) link
I have a theory that "Grey Gardens" is, no matter the time of year, always playing somewhere in the city
― 龜, Monday, 16 March 2015 17:59 (nine years ago) link
so far I'm only going to Listen to Me Marlon at NDNF, bcz I don't trust c4lum m4rsh or anybody else that a fucking Neil Hamburger movie is a triumph.
http://www.villagevoice.com/2015-03-18/film/new-directors-new-films-moma/
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 18 March 2015 16:27 (nine years ago) link
finally seeing Bellocchio's China Is Near tonight at FF (ends Thurs)
La Sapienza moves to FF Friday
go see Amour Fou tonight
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 24 March 2015 16:41 (nine years ago) link
Wish I could take that advice, but don't think I can make it.
― Big Iron Shirt Wearer (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 24 March 2015 23:09 (nine years ago) link
But maybe the Bellochio tonight I can do.
― Big Iron Shirt Wearer (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 25 March 2015 21:27 (nine years ago) link
it's a little academic and Italy-specific, but i liked it well enough
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 25 March 2015 21:31 (nine years ago) link
Really wanted to see AF but couldn't do.
― Big Iron Shirt Wearer (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 25 March 2015 21:33 (nine years ago) link
Max Ophuls' 1940 From Mayerling to Sarajevo opens at FF tomorrow:
https://mubi.com/notebook/posts/an-imperial-romance-max-ophulss-from-mayerling-to-sarajevo
http://filmforum.org/film/from-mayerling-to-sarajevo-film-page
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 26 March 2015 16:19 (nine years ago) link
this weekend's Astoria series escaped my attention
http://www.movingimage.us/films/2015/03/28/detail/downtown-new-york-film-the-1970s-and-1980s-2/
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 29 March 2015 16:47 (nine years ago) link
Griffith's last silent epic, the Revolution-set America starring Lionel Barrymore and Neil "Commissioner Gordon" Hamilton, tonight at FF
http://filmforum.org/film/america-griffith-film
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Monday, 30 March 2015 15:01 (nine years ago) link
Morbs, how soon in advance should I be reserving spaces for the Tsai retro
― 龜, Monday, 30 March 2015 15:29 (nine years ago) link
I don't know -- I assume they are going to be in the big room? or is the Mad Men sidebar still going to be running?
Really, the acclaimed Tsai films haven't been that hard to see, so i don't know if they'd fill the main theater.
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Monday, 30 March 2015 16:32 (nine years ago) link
Ty - first time member
― 龜, Monday, 30 March 2015 16:41 (nine years ago) link
actually they had stand-alone Tsai schedules there yesterday, so i assume they're in the big theater.
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Monday, 30 March 2015 17:05 (nine years ago) link
BAM retro for "Kubrick's producer" and occasional director himself James B Harris (now 86; he'll be there). Anyone seen Some Call It Loving?
http://www.bam.org/film/2015/overdue-james-b-harris
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Monday, 30 March 2015 19:04 (nine years ago) link