Wilfrid Posted August 29, 2024 Share Posted August 29, 2024 "Close Your Eyes," directed by Victor Erice, is the movie referred to in the previous post. It's long, the pace is stately and it's one of the best movies I have ever seen. I think it would work even if you haven't see "Spirit of the Beehive." I re-read Chang's review in the New Yorker last night after seeing it and he completely nails it so I have nothing to add, except that it's at Film Forum through 9/5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted August 31, 2024 Share Posted August 31, 2024 Season 4 of “Only Murders in the Building” posted episodes without me noticing. ❤️ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
small h Posted August 31, 2024 Share Posted August 31, 2024 Just the one so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
small h Posted August 31, 2024 Share Posted August 31, 2024 https://tv.apple.com/us/show/bad-monkey/umc.cmc.2qoep59s6qukjonprttysfs8x I might like it, I might not. Two episodes in, and it's gotten a little less stupid macho manbaby. But maybe too slowly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloviatrix Posted September 1, 2024 Share Posted September 1, 2024 Season 3 of Shoresy dropped without me realizing it. It's just a profane and as funny as the first two seasons. I should be embarrassed that I like it as much as I do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted September 5, 2024 Share Posted September 5, 2024 On 8/30/2024 at 10:28 PM, small h said: Just the one so far. I mistook. We have number two now. ”Mabel, it’s a ham!” 😂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted September 16, 2024 Share Posted September 16, 2024 On 1/15/2024 at 4:05 PM, Wilfrid said: I will probably watch the Emmys, but not for the first time the classifications seem weird. Take comedy. The Bear is funny? Jeremy Allan White is a comic actor? Poker Face, with all those brutal murders? Yes, there are funny scenes in Wednesday, but a comedy series? To me, The Honeymooners is a comedy series. Wednesday is actually quite dark. The Bear is still not a comedy. I guess it does well entered in that category 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted September 16, 2024 Share Posted September 16, 2024 I watched one of those Yorgos Lanthimos movies just before I went away, Kinds of Kindness. My first one. I thought the performances were all electric. No idea what it was about, what was happening, or why. Should I watch another one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
small h Posted September 16, 2024 Share Posted September 16, 2024 2 hours ago, Wilfrid said: Should I watch another one? You should watch all of them, but particularly The Favorite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollywood Posted September 20, 2024 Share Posted September 20, 2024 Watched the first two (of three) episodes of "A Very Royal Scandal" on Prime. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Very_Royal_Scandal Pretty good stuff. Is Andrew really this odd? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollywood Posted September 21, 2024 Share Posted September 21, 2024 Finished the final chapter. Quite satisfactory. Having watched all of this, I have to consider whether the monarchy is cost effective. The number of Firm staff per royal is gigantic. Someone to make the tea and meals, serve them, keep their calendar, dress them, open every door, chauffeur them, guard them, advise them, etc., etc. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted September 24, 2024 Share Posted September 24, 2024 “Evil Does Not Exist,” the new movie from Hamaguchi, was shown live on Criterion last night. Since it was less than two hours long, unusual for Hamaguchi, I watched it. Whether you see references to Kobayashi as one review I saw did, or find it showered with Ozu, it’s very beautiful. Viewers will be “exasperated” by the ending. It’s the journey to get there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
small h Posted September 24, 2024 Share Posted September 24, 2024 9 hours ago, Wilfrid said: Viewers will be “exasperated” by the ending. This is not exactly a ringing endorsement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted September 24, 2024 Share Posted September 24, 2024 A critic, I think in the Guardian, used the word. It's a bit of an overstatement, but I also don't see audience members walking away saying "I totally get the ending." But it really doesn't matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollywood Posted October 13, 2024 Share Posted October 13, 2024 "The Apprentice" is really well-crafted. The writing, the directing and the acting are top notch. It's not all of the Don's story. You might call it Trump, the Roy Cohn Years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollywood Posted October 28, 2024 Share Posted October 28, 2024 "Conclave" features quality acting from Ralph Fiennes, John Lithgow, Stanley Tucci, Isabella Rossellini and Sergio Castellito. Something to appeal to papist and antipapist alike. Entertaining if a bit stagey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted November 5, 2024 Share Posted November 5, 2024 I finally got to the Season 4 finale of “Only Murders.” The Streep subplot is a yawn and (no spoiler) I thought the way the killer was taken down was a bit silly. Otherwise great and suspenseful and yay looks like a Season 5 coming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollywood Posted November 10, 2024 Share Posted November 10, 2024 "Juror #2" is Mr. Eastwood's latest (last?) film and a pretty good one at that. A cast member I know says that Clint was consuming Cheez-its throughout the shoot. Anyway, lots of tension all the way through up to and including an ambiguous end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloviatrix Posted November 10, 2024 Share Posted November 10, 2024 Finally finished watching season 3 of The Bear. I think this season was better than the last one. Definitely intense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
small h Posted November 10, 2024 Share Posted November 10, 2024 My Old Ass. Very sweet, mostly predictable, picturesque and under 90 minutes. A good use of my time. The performances are natural and effective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted December 3, 2024 Share Posted December 3, 2024 I have to give credit to Mubi. It sent me an email promising to diagnose my movie-watching personas for the past year. It identified four. The last two were not interesting (“romantic,” what even is that?). But the first two startled me. #1 “philosopher.” Well yes. #2 “slow burner.” Again yes, I love slow cinema. Each persona comes with recommendations so this directed me to “Alcarras,” a 2022 Catalan-language movie about peach farmers. Exactly what I would want to see. Well done Mubi’s algorithms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephanieL Posted December 4, 2024 Share Posted December 4, 2024 (edited) HBO's Yacht Rock: A DOCKumentary. It's a fairly in-depth, sincere exploration of this mocked genre, which actually has a lot of influences from jazz, soul, and R&B. Great interviews with Michael McDonald, Kenny Loggins, Christopher Cross, members of Toto, and others. All of the music brought me back to long car rides between NJ and Brooklyn/Queens when I was a kid, listening to AM radio (WNBC and WABC). Edited December 4, 2024 by StephanieL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted December 4, 2024 Share Posted December 4, 2024 I bet it doesn't feature Yachts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backyardchef Posted December 4, 2024 Share Posted December 4, 2024 27 minutes ago, Wilfrid said: I bet it doesn't feature Yachts. Suffice to say....you are right 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted December 5, 2024 Share Posted December 5, 2024 Very good! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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