vulture19 Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 woohoo! IFC is showing a film tonight that I always wanted to see, but never remembered that I wanted to see it! The Assassination of Richard Nixon I've always been a supporter of Sean Penn as one of the greatest actors of his generation, and this, IIRC, was an extremely well received pic. Link to post Share on other sites
anthony Posted March 15, 2008 Share Posted March 15, 2008 Just picked up this DVD: Pretty good. It walks that fine line of good cheese / bad cheese. Overall, gotta give it a Link to post Share on other sites
Lynch Posted March 15, 2008 Share Posted March 15, 2008 I didn't like Across the Universe--goofy, cloying, glib--but it does have some interesting visual ideas.This movie infuriated me. Borderline sacreligious! But really, I thought it was ridiculous. Link to post Share on other sites
yermom Posted March 15, 2008 Share Posted March 15, 2008 Also, finally was able to see Batman Begins...which was the best possible way to portray him in a more realistic fashion. As a shirtless, ripped, Christian Bale? I agree whole-heartedly. Link to post Share on other sites
Three dollars and 63 cents Posted March 15, 2008 Share Posted March 15, 2008 finally going to get to watch darjeeling ltd. this weekend on dvd I just got that from Netflix today, so I'll be watching it it weekend, too. Link to post Share on other sites
Beltmann Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 Asphalt / Joe May / Germany / 1929 A slow-burning German melodrama about a Berlin police officer being seduced by an elegant jewel thief. It Link to post Share on other sites
Calexico Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 Anyone watching Mad Men on BBC 4? Great, stylish show. I believe it won a couple Emmys last year or something. Link to post Share on other sites
the carlos Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 Vanishing Point Link to post Share on other sites
Lynch Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 Just watched this. The great dialogue, classic moments, the chemistry of Bogie and Bergman...I love this film. Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 Gone Baby Gone - Pretty damn good. Ben Affleck is a decent director, if not a unique one. The story left me grappling with the idea of doing the right thing vs doing what seems right. No easy answers. Took me by surprise in that way. Casey Affleck's awesome, and Amy Ryan is spot-on as an average Boston dirtbag. It would've been cool if Michelle Monaghan could act, but oh well. Link to post Share on other sites
yermom Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 Fantastic! "Always look on the bright side of life..." Link to post Share on other sites
Duck-Billed Catechist Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 Alternative holy week. Link to post Share on other sites
Beltmann Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 Gone Baby Gone - Pretty damn good. Ben Affleck is a decent director, if not a unique one. The story left me grappling with the idea of doing the right thing vs doing what seems right. No easy answers. Took me by surprise in that way. Casey Affleck's awesome, and Amy Ryan is spot-on as an average Boston dirtbag.Agreed on all counts, and I would add that its sense of place--its verisimilitude--is another major virtue. The movie has really stuck with me. Link to post Share on other sites
VenusStopsTrain2 Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Emma on PBS. Link to post Share on other sites
Beltmann Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 To my eyes, Paranoid Park is by far the best of Van Sant's recent cycle of impressionistic "vibe" films (which also includes Gerry, Elephant, and Last Days). This time, the psyche of the main character feels fully explored, not merely hinted at with vague approximations. Link to post Share on other sites
Beltmann Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 I'm gonna keep beating the drum for director Anthony Mann... even his lesser-known B-movies, such as the mystery thriller The Great Flamarion, are the work of a visual master. Link to post Share on other sites
Beltmann Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 Most critics dismissed it, but even though it stacks the deck I think Redacted is Brian De Palma's best work since 1989's Casualties of War, another unfairly maligned movie about war stories nobody wants to hear. This one, though, employs a multimedia strategy--the story is cobbled together from home videos, websites, YouTube, newscasts, security footage, etc.--that suggests true redaction might be impossible: In the age of high-tech information, the full truth about the Iraq War, good and bad, can be gleaned. Both movies are flawed, at times overwritten, poorly acted, and too didactic, but both are guided by a very real passion for truth and decency, and contain palpable rage against atrocities committed by "the good guys." I was unsettled by the final sequence, though, which is a slideshow of actual photographs of dead Iraqi citizens, their faces "redacted" with black bars. De Palma's points had been fully made by his fictional story, and the inclusion of those real photos felt like overkill--an exploitation. Link to post Share on other sites
Beltmann Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 At the Circus is a bit of a chore... not the Marx Brothers at their finest. Link to post Share on other sites
Beltmann Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 There's nothing pleasant about the abortion drama 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, but it's gripping in every respect and absolutely as good as they say. One of the best movies I've seen in recent months. Link to post Share on other sites
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