Last (x) movies you saw (II)

lots of Hong Sang-soo, just hook it to my veins

The Passion of Joan of Arc (Dreyer, 1928) 9/10
Minnie and Moskowitz (Cassavetes, 1971) 7/10
Happy Hour (Hamaguchi, 2015) 9/10
La Collectionneuse (Rohmer, 1967) 6/10
Right Now, Wrong Then (Hong, 2015) 8/10
Three Colours: Blue (Kieślowski, 1993) 7/10
Three Colours: White (Kieślowski, 1994) 7/10
Three Colours: Red (Kieślowski, 1994) 7/10
In Another Country (Hong, 2012) 8/10
On The Beach at Night Alone (Hong, 2017) 8/10
Blackkklansman (Lee, 2018) 7/10
The Aviators Wife (Rohmer, 1981) 9/10
Woman on the Beach (Hong, 2006) 9/10
The Day After (Hong, 2017) 7/10

Crazy Rich Asians: 7.5

*Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song (1971, Van Peebles) 8/10
The Seashell and the Clergyman (1928, Dulac) (41m) 8/10
La folie des vaillants (1926, Dulac) (46m) 6/10
La Belle dame sans merci (1920, Dulac) 7/10
Princesse Mandane (1928, Dulac) 6/10
Freaky Friday (1976, Nelson) 7/10
Surrender (1950, Dwan) 5/10
Dutchman (1967, Harvey) (55m) 7/10
Rendezvous in July (1949, Becker) 6/10
Nico, 1988 (2017, Nicchiarelli) 5/10
*The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961, Guest) 8/10

On the Waterfront (Elia Kazan, 1954) - 10/10
A Colt is My Passport (Takashi Nomura, 1967) - 5/10
Do the Right Thing (Spike Lee, 1989) - 10/10
Starship Troopers (Paul Verhoeven, 1997) - 10/10
Auto Focus (Paul Schrader, 2002) - 7/10
Bamboozled (Spike Lee, 2000) - 10/10
Le Amiche (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1955) - 6/10
Monte Carlo (Ernst Lubitsch, 1930) - 7/10

A Ciambra, a story about a Romani family of low-level criminals in Italy, and a young boy's coming-of-age/becoming-a-scumbag.

Alex Strangelove (Johnson, 2018) 6/10
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (Milestone, 1946) 8/10
Vision Quest (Becker, 1985) 5/10
*Mean Girls (Waters, 2004) 6/10
*Heathers (Lehmann, 1989) 9/10
A Man There Was (Sjöström, 1917) 7/10
Heartaches (Shebib, 1981) 6/10
The Story of Temple Drake (Roberts, 1933) 7/10

Nearest and Dearest (Robins, 1972) 4/10
Smiles of a Summer Night (Bergman, 1955) 8/10
The Boys From Fengkuei (Hou, 1983) 8/10
Cabaret (Fosse, 1972) 7/10
The Big Combo (Lewis, 1955) 7/10
The Final Programme (Fuest, 1973) 6/10
The Devil's Rain (Fuest, 1975) 7/10
Rawhide (Hathaway, 1951) 8/10
Further up the Creek (Guest, 1958) 6/10
The Women (Cukor, 1939) 8/10
Ant-Man and the Wasp (Reed, 2018) 6/10

The Finsl Programme is one of the rare movies that I watched, thoroughly entertained the whole way through, with absolutely no clue as to what was happening.

I'd read the book many years ago, so that maybe helped - I'm not sure it was intended to be entirely coherent, in the manner of New Wave SF. Moorcock-loving fans of my acquaintance (and Moorcock himself) detest it, but as you say it's pretty pleasurable to watch. The director, Robert Fuest, had come from TV and things like the (Steed-Peel) Avengers, and he was a great set dresser and stylist - this set is the standout in FP:

https://thegameofnerds.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/the-final-programme-02.jpg

The Good Marriage (Rohmer, 1982) - early to mid-80s Rohmer is really his best period. Also have an impression he is an interesting dabbler in these electronic music soundtracks - might be an idea to see them collected.

Heavy Love (Pembroke, 1926)
The Operation (Roth, 1930)
*That's the Spirit (Mack, 1933)
*Bubbles (Mack, 1930)
The Grab-Bag Bride (Hartman, 1917)
Guests Wanted (Ceder, 1932)
The Balloonatic (Keaton & Cline, 1923)
Take Next Car (Howe, 1922)
Pie-Eyed (Pembroke & Rock, 1925)
The Dummy Owner (Yarbrough, 1938)
The Door Knocker (Cline, 1931)
The Notorious Sophie Lang (Murphy & Menzies, 1934)
The Girl Ranchers (Christie, 1913)
Horseshoes (Davis & Semon, 1923)
This Can't Happen Here (Bergman, 1950)

in theaters August 25 - September 3

Support the Girls (Andrew Bujalski, 2018) - 3/10
Never Goin’ Back (Augustine Frizzell, 2018) - 3/10
Crazy Rich Asians (Jon M. Chu, 2018) - 5/10
Summer with Monika (Ingmar Bergman, 1953) - 9/10
Juliet, Naked (Jesse Peretz, 2018) - 6/10
2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, 1968) - 10/10
The Bookshop (Isabel Coixet, 2018) - 6/10
The Last Movie (Dennis Hopper, 1971) - 2/10

have been off work following an operation and attacking the dvd pile (which started at about 30 unwatched films)

Shin Godzilla (2016)
The Mysterians (Honda 1957)
Lady Snowblood (1973)
L'Atalante (Vigo 1934)
Stroszek (Herzog 1977)
The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner (Herzog 1975)
The Soft Skin (Godard 1964)
Lady Snowblood 2 (1974)
Satantango (Tarr 1994)

(3 hours of satantango left to go, 5 days before work)

The Good Marriage (Rohmer, 1982) - early to mid-80s Rohmer is really his best period. Also have an impression he is an interesting dabbler in these electronic music soundtracks - might be an idea to see them collected.

― xyzzzz__, Saturday, September 1, 2018 8:11 AM

I like Full Moon in Paris, which I don't see mentioned enough.

The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner (Herzog 1975)

― koogs, 4. september 2018 22:40 (twelve minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This might be my favorite Herzog. Though I should definitely watch it again soon. I love that he basically already has achieved what every Herzog-hero wants, he has transcended his field and learned to fly, basically, and it's only brought him trouble and he's just trying to be able to compete properly.

i didn't really know what to expect. but 50,000 people at a ski jump competition? 70m jumps without helmets?

yeah, everything about that film is crazy. but the flying passages with popol vuh are amazing.

North Korea Exposes The Western propaganda cos it was being circulated on Pirate Bay.
Weird take on American advertising etc . I think it has some clips borrowed from Adam curtis. odd taht it was saying that Americans were a people being brainwashed by their leaders but I guiess the idea is that the public who get to see the filma re brainwashed enough not to think that they are too.
Semi had it on in the background.

Active Measures new documenatry on the Russian influence on the 2016 election, lead up to and aftermath. Quite enjoyed it.

Boss baby, watched a few computer animation type things last week. Also saw The Secret Life of Pets, Captain Underpants and half watched Despicable Me 3. & had seen Incredibles 2 at the start of the week.

I like Full Moon in Paris, which I don't see mentioned enough.

― The Silky Veils of Alfred (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 4 September 2018 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Yes. I strongly suspect The Aviator's Wife and Pauline at the Beach are great. The Green Ray is my favourite.

Although looking at the filmography he didn't get going till the 80s. One film a year almost every year whereas before there are gaps with nothing.

Crazy Rich Asians (Chu, 2018) 6
Scarlet Street (Lang, 1945) 8
The Bat (Wilbur, 1959) 3
Alien Covenant (Ridley Scott, 2016) 5
Alpha (Albert Hughes, 2018) 5

August 24th to September 1st: not gonna lie, Moviepass nigh-collapsing is having an impact. But the elliptical at the Y now has Netflix, so I'm going to be watching more films in 45-minute chunks under fluorescent lights, the way the makers intended.

Green Room (Saulnier, 2015) 📺
The Happytime Murders (Henson, Berger , 2018)
* There Will Be Blood (PTA, 2007)
* No Country For Old Men (Coen x Coen, 2007)
The VVitch (Eggers , 2015) 📺
* Still Crazy (Clement, LaFrenais, Gibson, 1998) 📺
Landline (Robespierre, Holm, 2017) 📺
Mindhorn (Foley, Farnaby, Barratt, 2016) 🏋️
* Stop Making Sense (Demme , 1984)
Open Windows (Vigalondo, 2014) 📺
* Attack The Block (Cornish, 2011) 📺
Mission: Impossible - Rogue; Nation (McQuarrie, 2015) 📺
The Last Movie Star (Rifkin, 2018) 📺

Happytime was mulitplex DCP, the other cinema screenings were laser-projected at Cinerama.

Woman Walks Ahead. Free on Amazon Prime. Pretty good. Extra points for Jessica Chastain's character not sleeping with anyone.

I saw Nico 1988 in the theater it was good

Wonderstruck (Haynes)*
Chloe (Egoyan)
Fruitvale Station (Coogler)
Se7en (Fincher)*
Zodiac (Fincher)*
Great Expectations (Lean)
Lawrence of Arabia (Lean)
A Passage to India (Lean)
Bad Timing (Roeg)
The Mission (Joffé)*
The Queen (Frears)*
The Browning Version (Figgis)
Control (Corbijn)
The Trip (Winterbottom)*
The Trip to Italy (Winterbottom)*
The Trip to Spain (Winterbottom)
The Deep Blue Sea (Davies)*
Les Miserables (Hooper)
Patience (After Sebald) (Gee)
The Third Murder (Koreeda)
The Fourth Direction (Singh)
Court (Tamhane)
Thithi (Reddy)
Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Akerman)
News From Home (Akerman)
D’Est (Akerman)
Bad Circumstances (Kestner)
1989 (Østergaard)*
Truly Human (Sandgren)
The Sunfish (Balle)
Terribly Happy (Genz)
Satisfaction 1720 (Genz)

Akerman classics are as good as they say.

I Was a Male Yvonne De Carlo (1970, Smith) (28m) 6/10
No President (1967, Smith) (50m) 7/10
*Grandma’s Boy (1922, Newmeyer/Lloyd) (48m) 8/10
Any Number Can Win (1963, Verneuil) 7/10
Carefree (1938, Sandrich) 6/10
*The Driver (1978, Hill) 8/10
*Dead End (1937, Wyler) 7/10
*Humoresque (1920, Borzage) 7/10
PROTOTYPE (2017, Williams) 6/10
*The Story of a Three-Day Pass (1968, Van Peebles) 7/10
L'invitation au voyage (1927, Dulac) (36m) 6/10
The Smiling Madame Beudet (1923, Dulac) (38m) 7/10

Fred I just watched News from Home with some friends that had never seen it last night. I was nervous but they all loved it and we talked for an hour afterwards about and for once a post-film group discussion actually had some insight and substance for me. it's my favorite film of hers and was very happy to see half a dozen of my friends hypnotized by it.

Recently watched that too and it was beautiful. Though my roommate and their significant other walked through and seemed rather perplexed, not sure my half-assed explanation while still locked in really helped.

damn that sucks. yeah, that was my main fear in showing it. luckily only like 6-7 people showed up, and I'm glad our plans to do it outside got rained out, the thought of people coming and going or talking during NFH makes my skin crawl... though I completely understand... "locked in" is it exactly. I was worried I wouldn't be able to focus after a long day at work and little sleep the night before, but 20 minutes in I was completely hypnotized.

her mother can be so funny. "you haven't written in 10 days, it's getting a little annoying!" and her encouraging comments about the screenplay Chantal sent her: "it seems good, but you know my tastes: it's very sad and depressing." those letters are from 1972-73, so she must be referring to the script for Jeanne Dielman right? her mother says "it's important to show these people and their struggle and how they're suffering," which could apply to JD.

Going Spanish (Christie, 1934)
Good Morning, Nurse (Bacon, 1925)
A Sleepless Night (Bowers, 1940)
The Telephone Girl and the Lady (Griffith, 1913)
Helter Skelter (Lamont, 1929)
Office Blues (Blumenstock, 1930)
The Antique Shop (Cozine, 1931)
A Panic in the Parlor (Roberts, 1941)
His New Mamma (Del Ruth, 1924)
Felix All Balled Up (Messmer, 1924)
Falbalas (Becker, 1945)
The Biffle Murder Case (Parrott, 1935 Schlesinger, 2015)
Imitation of Wife (McCarey, 1935 Schlesinger, 2015)
Antoine et Antoinette (Becker, 1947)

I know I've seen a lot of the shorts you list, j.lu, but what's with the crossouts? And is that Paul Parrott or Charley (Chase) Parrott?

From The Misadventures of Biffle and Shooster, a fake 1930s comedy duo. The shorts are supposed to be in the style of Paul Parrott and Ray McCarey. A lot of love and knowledge of early sound comedy clearly went into these shorts.

Midnight Cowboy (John Schlesinger, 1969) - 9/10
Somewhere (Sofia Coppola, 2010) - 9/10
Heavyweights (Steven Brill, 1995) - 4/10
Easy Rider (Dennis Hopper, 1969) - 8/10
No Regrets for Our Youth (Akira Kurosawa, 1946) - 6/10
Chinatown (Roman Polanski, 1974) - 10/10
EuroTrip (Jeff Schaffer, 2004) - 3/10
25th Hour (Spike Lee, 2002) - 8/10

F for Fake (Welles, 1973) 8/10
Distant Voices, Still Lives (Davies, 1988) 9/10
Purple Butterfly (Lou, 2003) 5/10
Cocote (De Los Santos Arias, 2017) 8/10
Au Hasard Balthazar (Bresson, 1966) 9/10
Cold War (Pawlikowski, 2018) 6/10
The Emperor’s Naked Army Marches On (Hara, 1987) 9/10
Sennan Asbestos Disaster (Hara, 2017) 7/10

Active Measures.
Think I knew most of this, though it goes back further into 80s trump than I was familiar with.
Has a load of people in as talking heads. Quite enjoyed it and my girlfriend did too when i rewatched it with her.
Oh yeah, had missed the story aboutPutin's mother the first time around because i'd been doing something else at the same time.
Also not that familiar with Ukraine situation which is covered here.

Death of Stalin
very dark, funny in places. Not really sure what girlfriend made of this.
Glad I finally watched it.

American Animals
THought i was going to see Blackkklansman but time I saw online a few days earlier wasn't showing it. Early afternoon showing is cheaper so went to see this cos had come across some of the promos tuff for it when I'd been in cinema a few weeks earlier.
Anyway interesting film about ineptitude in ambitious post-adolescents.
Quite enjoyed it though it has some pretty slow bits.
Funny and dark in places. It was odd seeing a number of people I thought i recognised from elsewhere.
Thought that the real Warren looked like Mark Kozeleik or someone so thought that reality might be another layer away from what was shown.

Blackkklansman
enjoyed this though it is a little cartoonish so makes me want to read the memoir it's based on to see how fictionalised it is.
Looks like they changed the time it was set in since black style is very much early 70s. Seas of massive afros etc. Events appear to have been in 78 in real life.
Have just seen taht book is only 2014 so not sure how long the story was around. Was it even much of a rumour before that came out.

Ocean’s 8 was smarter and funnier than 12 or 13.

The last six weeks:

Support the Girls (Bujalski, 2018) 6/10
The Wife (Runge, 2018) 3/10
Nico, 1988 (Nicchiarelli, 2018) 7/10
BlacKkKlansman (Lee, 2018) 5/10
The Third Murder (Kore-eda, 2018) 6/10
Love, Cecil (Vreeland, 2018) 7/10
Eighth Grade(Burnham, 2018) 7/10
Lean On Pete (Haigh, 2018) 6/10
Tully (Reitman, 2018) 7/10
After the Storm (Kore-eda, 2017) 8/10
Our Little Sister (Kore-eda, 2016) 7/10
* Lady Bird (Gerwig, 2017) 8/10
Chi-Raq (Lee, 2015) 6/10
4 Little Girls (Lee, 1997) 8/10
* Close-Up (Kiarostami, 1990) 7/10
* The Glass Shield (Burnett, 1994) 7/10
Sharkey's Machine (Reynolds, 1981) 6/10
* Two English Girls (Truffaut, 1974) 6/10
The Trial of Joan of Arc (Bresson, 1962) 7/10
* Touch of Evil (Welles, 1958) 9/10
The Song of Bernadette (King, 1944) 4/10
Toni (Renoir, 1935) 8/10

* Close-Up (Kiarostami, 1990) 7/10

Too low!

When I first saw it an easy 8

After the Storm (Kore-eda, 2017) 8/10

loved this, didn't seem to get the attention it deserved

If Close-Up isn't a 10, nothing is a 10

Mandy (2018) 4/5
Othello (1952) 4.5/5
Sun Ra: a Joyful Noise (1980) 3/5
King Cohen: the Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen (2017) 2.5/5
* Hana-Bi (1997) 4/5
* The Guest (2014) 4/5
Mission Impossible: Fallout 4/5
Long Strange Trip (2017) 3.5/5
The Summer of Flying Fish (2013) 3/5
Un Flic (1972) 3/5
Pauline at the Beach (1983) 4/5

The Prisoner of Zenda (Ingram, 1922)
*Thrills of Yesterday (1931)
Roundhay Garden Scene (Le Prince, 1888)
*The Water Nymph (Sennett, 1912)
Hot Pepper (Blystone, 1933)
Edouard et Caroline (Becker, 1951)
Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves (Becker, 1954)
Rendezvous in July (Becker, 1949)
Limite (Peixoto, 1931)

Really annoyed with myself for not seeing Mandy for its one-night showing last week as it turned out "opens September 14th" meant precisely dick- it's not playing anywhere in or near Philadelphia.

Elle
In a Lonely Place
Los Angeles Plays Itself

I couldn't make it to Mandy on Thursday either - it's running for a week (once a day, at 9pm) here, but the premiere was a double-feature with Mom & Dad, which was only projected about 4/5 on screen when I saw it in January.

very suspicious of all the local Mandy hype here. sounds like Stranger Things for people who are too cool to watch or admit they watch Stranger Things. I think I'll see it this week. but if it's mostly just Nic Cage being extra, why? Herzog already did that with a movie that can't be topped.

and I got that impression from two people I trust who saw the movie separately in packed theaters full of knowing chuckles

love to divine the quality of a movie from secondhand reports of how people reacted to it in a theater

but then i haven't seen it either. i like and support cosmatos though