Just started watching Die Hard.

Merry Christmas!!

I’m on a movie roll during British Free Week Off.



Really great, easy watch, simple story, perfectly paced.

Treated myself to a great double-header of Varda's Vagabond and Anderson's If....

Tomorrow will be the holiday viewing of The Hudsucker Proxy. The greatest Christmas movie of all.

A_Man_Who_Tries wrote: Fri Dec 29, 2023 1:11 pm Tomorrow will be the holiday viewing of The Hudsucker Proxy. The greatest Christmas movie of all.

I’d never thought of this as a Christmas movie, but now it seems blindingly obvious that it is one. So thanks for that! It’s probably the Coen brothers’ most underrated movie and is a personal favorite of mine.

We recently re-watched the first two Before movies with our daughter, who loved them. Before Sunrise is a wonderful movie, but the second one never fails to shatter me.

Poor Things is hilarious and surreal. Loved it. Just left wondering how one can transplant a baby brain into a human skull.

rsmurphy wrote: Sat Dec 30, 2023 11:48 am Poor Things is hilarious and surreal. Loved it. Just left wondering how one can transplant a baby brain into a human skull.

Everyone with me was blown away but I kind of felt like it was the Primus of movies. I dunno.. that's probably on me.

Everything Everywhere All at Once is the Primus of movies

penningtron wrote: Sun Dec 31, 2023 7:46 am

rsmurphy wrote: Sat Dec 30, 2023 11:48 am Poor Things is hilarious and surreal. Loved it. Just left wondering how one can transplant a baby brain into a human skull.

Everyone with me was blown away but I kind of felt like it was the Primus of movies. I dunno.. that's probably on me.

kmc wrote: Sun Dec 31, 2023 8:25 am Everything Everywhere All at Once is the Primus of movies

At least that one felt appropriate to the era (tech hyper awareness etc) and didn't try to cram Dadaism and Steampunk into every scene.

penningtron wrote: Sun Dec 31, 2023 9:24 am At least that one felt appropriate to the era (tech hyper awareness etc) and didn't try to cram Dadaism and Steampunk into every scene.

I don't understand the dadaism reference but was all on board for the Victorian futurism. Shit was gorgeous, dreamy, and even nightmarish once they made it to Alexandria. l almost squealed at the musicians for the dance sequence and loved the bubble-making contraption connected to Godwin. Started thinking about Dogtooth and wondered if the oldest daughter wasn't as controlled would she have had a parallel adventures to Bella's, controlling her means of production, licking keyboards, furious jumping, and whatnot.

Speaking of Yorgie I watched Barry Keoghan connive his thirst trapping ways through Saltburn last night. Too much gum-flapping about the bathtub sequence and not enough about the graveyard. Overall I enjoyed it but unsure if I was all about it. Love to see boring rich people get what for but it offered nothing new, even in terms of outrageousness.

zorg wrote: Mon Dec 11, 2023 9:43 am New Miyazaki. I haven't been to the cinema in years. I don't know what I think of it exactly, but very happy it exists. Just do yourself a favor and let this wash over you. Very absurdist, dream-logic Lynchian/Wizard of Oz fugue-state thing, and as always exceedingly beautiful to look at. Those fucking parakeets. Jesus.

Thanks for this, I believe it was your post that had me looking to see if it was screening here. Got a babysitter for the first time in forever and saw it with my partner, really enjoyed it for the same reasons.