current film strut

[Duderonomy]

Netflix:

Chicago 7 thing was good. Borat had some good lines even if his accent was terrrrrible. Keaton owned it in his brief cameo.

Enola Holmes: 7 from Stranger Things proving that she’s more than just staring hard at things and getting a nose bleed. She’s actually a really really great actor.

Not new but The True History Of The Kelly Gang is good, even if it follows the Mel Gibson tradition of black&white-all-badguys-are-English, the-English-are-evil casting even if it’s out of synch with source material (in this case a book, in Gibson’s case reality). I find Ozzie films are usually really good if for no other reason than the locations available, and this is no exception. Stunning landscapes!

 

[Jimster]

Speaking of Gibson, I saw a review of Fatman which said the trailer was better than the film. I dunno, I guess his ego is too big to express any kind of contrition in his work, but the way he flushed his reputation down the crappper, I'd have expected him to be trying harder.

 

[Mondeyano]

Everyone needs to see this one now.

It's insane, part (100%) documentary, part spy thriller. And it's all real.
Shot over a period of 10+ years.
Highest recommendation.

 

[dizzybull]

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. I was disappointed. Love the music of that era, stellar cast, but damn it was so “Stagey” it was like watching a play. So I looked it up, and it was indeed a play. Not that plays can’t turn into good movies but this wasn’t it. Rip black panther.

 

[klezmer electro-thug beats]

That's a bit of a shame if it's Chad Boseman's last movie, but then there was that creepy announcement from marvel saying they'd make another Black Panther movie without recasting him - presumably by some kind of Paul Walker/Carrie Fisher CGI abomination technique? Not sure that's got potential to be a better swansong...

 

[ketan]

ppadilha said:
Knives Out - was pretty tight, feel like I haven't seen a movie like that in a while where everything is just solid. I saw it with my mom, I'd say it's a good movie to take your mom to see.

Only just saw this recently and it's exactly what Hollywood fluff should be. (I loved it.)

 

[Frank]

New-ish, not really current but hugely enjoyable.

 

[ketan]

Nice, I've been wanting to see Monos. Did you see Bacurau, Frank? You might like it.

 

[klezmer electro-thug beats]

I saw Monos and Laissez bronzer les cadavres at the London film festival last year, both were dope!! The filmmakers of Laissez... were there and like 80% of the audience questions after the screening were about the soundtrack.

I saw the absolutely bizarre thing where Barack Obama puts out a list of all the movies and TV he's liked for the year, and he mentioned the Russian movie Beanpole, which I also saw at the last festival. It's "inspired" by a book I love, The Unwomanly Face of War/War's Unwomanly Face. I kind of don't believe he'd watch that and put it on his list... it's a pretty brutal watch, emotionally. But very good.

 

[Frank]

Yeah, Bacurau was great, Udo Kier kills it. I remember I tried to find a download for Beanpole a while back but couldn't find a place to steal it from.

 

[ketan]

Mondeyano said:

Everyone needs to see this one now.

It's insane, part (100%) documentary, part spy thriller. And it's all real.
Shot over a period of 10+ years.
Highest recommendation.

I'm halfway through this - I remember seeing The Ambassador, which treads similar territory. But this is another level given the length of the game, the setting, and the fact that this guy apparently undertook this of his own fanboy volition... I kinda suspect Mads hired him for it, but regardless, it seems insane to try this.
I can't wait to find out his wife's reaction!

 

[Frank]

I watched these two over the past couple of days and hugely enjoyed them both:


Possessor was a recommendation by MarcoFunk. I think I have to re-watch both.

 

[ketan]

Frank said:

I watched these two over the past couple of days and hugely enjoyed them both:


Possessor was a recommendation by MarcoFunk. I think I have to re-watch both.

i've been wanting to see both of those. thanks for the encouragement.my parents wanted to watch the mauritanian the other day, so i checked it out. it's pretty well made but i wish kevin macdonald had more emotion (or something) in his films. i started his pele documentary last week... it's brilliant watching the man lay out his story on screen, but it's also a bit too undramatic in tone. i dunno. not current but i'm going to be watching cache for the 3rd or 4th??th time next week and can't wait to sit down with it again. besides, with France, it's always going to be kind of current... https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-56360817 (sorry, not getting political, raj! :shame

 

[Frank]

Thanks Ketan, downloading Caché right now...

 

[ketan]

Frank said:

Thanks Ketan, downloading Caché right now...

just know that it's not a horror movie. have you seen anything else by michael haneke? one of the versions of funny games, perhaps?

 

[Frank]

ketan said:



Frank said:

Thanks Ketan, downloading Caché right now...

just know that it's not a horror movie. have you seen anything else by michael haneke? one of the versions of funny games, perhaps?


I don't watch too many straight up horror movies these days. I totally loved La Llorna, just watched it last week, not really a horror movie even though it's been marketed as one. How is the 2nd Funny Games? I watched the first one and loved it. Always had a soft spot for Home Invasion movies.

 

[ketan]

Frank said:



ketan said:



Frank said:

Thanks Ketan, downloading Caché right now...

just know that it's not a horror movie. have you seen anything else by michael haneke? one of the versions of funny games, perhaps?How is the 2nd Funny Games? I watched the first one and loved it. Always had a soft spot for Home Invasion movies.



i didn't watch it actually. the first one blew me away, but i didn't feel the need to see how he would americanize it.

 

[Frank]

ketan said:



Frank said:



ketan said:



Frank said:

Thanks Ketan, downloading Caché right now...




just know that it's not a horror movie. have you seen anything else by michael haneke? one of the versions of funny games, perhaps?How is the 2nd Funny Games? I watched the first one and loved it. Always had a soft spot for Home Invasion movies.



i didn't watch it actually. the first one blew me away, but i didn't feel the need to see how he would americanize it.

hehe, I can remember having had the exact same sentiment

 

[Frank]

Also re-watched the Spanish Argentinian the Secrets in their Eyes a few days ago (amazing) and passed on the US version even though it has Nicole Kidman in it. BTW, Invisible Man kicked some unexpected ass despite the tedious CGI bullshit.

 

[klezmer electro-thug beats]

Wait, what? They made an american version of Secrets in Their Eyes? God damn, I'm tempted to watch it strictly from morbid curiosity. I did avoid the Funny Games remake though. Caché is one of my favorites, though I don't know if I'll watch it again. Haneke movies aren't good-time comfort rewatches.

But in a totally different tone, I rewatched Alex Ross Perry's The Color Wheel. I really liked it when it came out and it holds up completely on a second viewing. It's a comedy about two siblings made of distilled unpleasantness, and you still end up caring about them. Gorgeous 16mm BW. It kept getting called mumblecore but it was apparently very intricately scripted. While I don't usually care about "spoilers" as most people use the term (oh no you ruined how han solo's spaceship looks boo hoo), there's an element to The Color Wheel that is a huge spoiler present in almost any press about the movie. I think to know it beforehand is pretty ruinous to the experience. So if you're gonna watch it just watch it first, don't read about it.