eephus wrote: Thu Jan 30, 2025 4:23 pm On Sirk, if you ain't seen Carol by Todd Haynes, it's an excellent Sirk homage ala Far From Heaven, maybe marginally less obviously so, just as good a film

And to bring things full circle, Carol is an adaptation of The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith, who (of course) wrote the Ripley novels.

And don’t sleep on Haynes’s May, December. That was one of the best movies I watched last year.

jeff fox wrote: Thu Jan 30, 2025 9:51 pm

rsmurphy wrote: Thu Jan 30, 2025 4:09 pm

eephus wrote: Thu Jan 30, 2025 3:45 pm Finally got my wife to watch Fall. It's not a good movie.

It stinks. Forgot I watched it until your post. The dialogue was the worst.

Similarly dumb and stupid (and timely for my upcoming travels): Frozen. They get stranded on a chairlift on the last run by a stoner lift operator. Interpersonal drama and grossness ensues.

It's been a minute but I remember liking Frozen for cheesy fun. Fall pissed me off. Those two characters were insufferable.

Open Water is a decent movie in that vein. Bickering couple gets stranded in the ocean surrounded by sharks.

Another long flight, another movie.

Joker: Folie à Deux

Had stayed away at first because of poor reviews but actually liked it more than I thought I would. Just making it through an entire movie on a plane can be a chore.

Also, cross-post on "Celebrity Crush" thread:
 

Watched Chris Wilcha's Flipside on the Criterion Channel last night. It seems like it's a documentary about the New Jersey record store Flipside, but actually is about how the director started several documentary projects after his first feature The Target Shoots First got released, but never finished a project and then "sold out" by having a successful career making commercials. Real cool film about what it means to be successful, hoarding, middle age, etc.

last night, the 1982 movie 'the appointment'. edward woodward stars as a dad who badly disappoints his teenage daughter. this via the british film institute's streaming platform, which might be the only place you can see it? i dunno. really stirred me up. intense score.

rsmurphy wrote: Fri Jan 31, 2025 3:26 pm

jeff fox wrote: Thu Jan 30, 2025 9:51 pm

rsmurphy wrote: Thu Jan 30, 2025 4:09 pm

It stinks. Forgot I watched it until your post. The dialogue was the worst.

Similarly dumb and stupid (and timely for my upcoming travels): Frozen. They get stranded on a chairlift on the last run by a stoner lift operator. Interpersonal drama and grossness ensues.

It's been a minute but I remember liking Frozen for cheesy fun. Fall pissed me off. Those two characters were insufferable.

Open Water is a decent movie in that vein. Bickering couple gets stranded in the ocean surrounded by sharks.

There's a moment in the sequel to Open Water when everyone on a boat that has anchored so they can go swimming realize that A) they forgot to unfurl the ladder, B) they aren't able to climb back in, and C) there's a baby crying on board. Absolutely the best bit from an inferior sequel.

iembalm wrote: Mon Feb 03, 2025 10:53 am There's a moment in the sequel to Open Water when everyone on a boat that has anchored so they can go swimming realize that A) they forgot to unfurl the ladder, B) they aren't able to climb back in, and C) there's a baby crying on board. Absolutely the best bit from an inferior sequel.

Ha! I'm down. Instead of calling it Open Water: Adrift I wish they would've called it Open Water: More Open Water


Heretic was pretty great up until the end. A fun ride nonetheless!

Short film from Coralie Fargeat shot in 2014 and inspiration for The Substance. More sci-fi than body horror. Starring Vincent Colombe, one of the baddies in Revenge, another Fargeat banger.

Wood Goblin wrote: Fri Jan 31, 2025 8:47 am And don’t sleep on Haynes’s May, December. That was one of the best movies I watched last year.

Yes, very very good flick

He has a bunch of winners. Mildred Pierce mini-series on HBO also great.

Once I get through everything once, I will have to circle back to Safe and Velvet Goldmine, neither of which I've seen since they were in theaters. Two of my very very favorite movies of that decade. Like almost so good that I don't want to see them again.

Late to the Parasite party. Was good but overhyped.