Bernardo wrote: Wed Jan 28, 2026 6:57 pm Saw Bonnie and Clyde yesterday. Loved it.

Great movie. We watched it with our kids a couple years ago, and they loved it too. The whole house cracked up at the scene when the gang gets out of their car and approaches Gene Wilder, who rolls up his window.

The Shrouds

Meh.

An Arthur Penn movie everyone should see is Night Moves. It's one of the great Florida movies. Or at least parts of it take place in Florida. Gene Hackman gives one of his best performances, and it features a young Melanie Griffith. Has that sort of seventies neo-noir, things aren't as they seem vibe down. And the plotting is tight. There's an amusing jab of sorts at the films of Eric Rohmer, among other things. Hadn't seen it until it showed up on the Channel with a new transfer. Then it got a spine number and I snagged a copy. Pretty great!!

Wood Goblin wrote: Thu Jan 29, 2026 12:31 pm The Shrouds

Meh.

Damn, really looking forward to this one. Never opened in Brazil. I'm rarely disappointed by Cronenberg.

Bernardo wrote: Thu Jan 29, 2026 1:24 pm

Wood Goblin wrote: Thu Jan 29, 2026 12:31 pm The Shrouds

Meh.

Damn, really looking forward to this one. Never opened in Brazil. I'm rarely disappointed by Cronenberg.

I’d say it’s 45% great Cronenberg movie, 45% Red Shoe Diaries, and 10% Tesla product placements. Too much of the script is either exposition or horny old guy stuff, and Vincent Cassel is really not good in that role. Everyone else is the movie is excellent; Jean-Claude Van Damme would’ve been just as good as Cassel.

Parts of it, though, are really sticking with me. So maybe it’s fine if you enter it with lower expectations.

Rewatched A Separate Peace. Not as good as I remembered from my youth. Book is still great. Did you know there is a book sequel called Peace Breaks Out?

One of my fav bits of literary trivia, along with the sequel to Marathon Man that William Goldman wrote called Brothers.

If I Had Legs I'd Kick You. Really, really great. Rose Byrne was amazing, really great seeing Conan O'Brien in a dramatic role.

If I had to describe it to someone in one word: "SHEraseHERhead"

Caught a double bill of Fassbinder's Ali: Fear Eats The Soul and Todd Haynes' Far From Heaven as part of a Haynes retrospective, enjoyed both, liked the former more, hadn't seen either. Considered finally seeing All That Heaven Allows when I got home, but it'd have been too much.

Saw Apocalypse Domani instead, which I was not sure of having watched before. I had, but it figures I had forgotten about it, a little bland for italian horror of that era. Has some funny bits.

I did see Zombi 3 the other day and it was very entertaining and crazy enough to be worth my while.

Also saw Working Girls, liked it. The insanely dated low budget 80's soundtrack hurts it a little.

tallchris wrote: Sun Feb 01, 2026 4:26 pm If I Had Legs I'd Kick You. Really, really great. Rose Byrne was amazing, really great seeing Conan O'Brien in a dramatic role.

If I had to describe it to someone in one word: "SHEraseHERhead"

This one is high on my list!

Send Help - I was hoping for something much better. Gotta stop believing internet ratings.