Moss Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 Wow, that Burns Vietnam doc is something else!That Nixon fella was quite a piece of work. Link to post Share on other sites
uncool2pillow Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 That Nixon fella was quite a piece of work. Just past the halfway point. Not sure I can handle Nixon's administration with this thing. Link to post Share on other sites
Boss_Tweedy Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 Watched "The Big Sick" last night. Great little movie. Link to post Share on other sites
kidsmoke Posted October 13, 2017 Author Share Posted October 13, 2017 Watched "The Big Sick" last night. Great little movie. I loved this movie! Link to post Share on other sites
chuckrh Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 Watching Baby Driver. Excellent film! Link to post Share on other sites
Beltmann Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 I saw 50 feature films and 24 shorts at the 15-day Milwaukee Film Festival. My favorite? "Faces Places," a collaborative documentary-essay-poem-memoir by Agnes Varda and the street artist JR. I also thought highly of "Lucky," with Harry Dean Stanton in one of his final roles; "The Summer Is Gone," a Chinese drama about how a young boy perceives China's privatization reforms; "The Blood Is at the Doorstep," a documentary about the aftermath of the killing of Dontre Hamilton; and "Maliglitut," a revenge tale set in 1913 on a small Inuit island in northern Canada. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKbjnLpxv70 Link to post Share on other sites
kidsmoke Posted October 17, 2017 Author Share Posted October 17, 2017 I saw 50 feature films and 24 shorts at the 15-day Milwaukee Film Festival. My favorite? "Faces Places," a collaborative documentary-essay-poem-memoir by Agnes Varda and the street artist JR. I also thought highly of "Lucky," with Harry Dean Stanton in one of his final roles; "The Summer Is Gone," a Chinese drama about how a young boy perceives China's privatization reforms; "The Blood Is at the Doorstep," a documentary about the aftermath of the killing of Dontre Hamilton; and "Maliglitut," a revenge tale set in 1913 on a small Inuit island in northern Canada. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKbjnLpxv70 I always love hearing your recommendations,Eric! Link to post Share on other sites
tinnitus photography Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 i watched the first episode of Vietnam last night, and came across this excellent critique via a friend's facebook page. it's worth reading and even though i've barely scratched the surface of Burns' work, it rings totally true. i was surprised to see that David Koch was an executive producer of it. https://www.commondreams.org/views/2017/10/15/does-vietnam-even-matter-any-more-does-ken-burns Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 i watched the first episode of Vietnam last night, and came across this excellent critique via a friend's facebook page. it's worth reading and even though i've barely scratched the surface of Burns' work, it rings totally true. i was surprised to see that David Koch was an executive producer of it. https://www.commondreams.org/views/2017/10/15/does-vietnam-even-matter-any-more-does-ken-burnsCool. I'll check that out after work. I'm not necessarily a detractor of the documentary series (I liked it, for the most part), but there are some valid criticisms of it. Here are two I thought woerth the read/insight, as well:https://theintercept.com/2017/09/28/the-ken-burns-vietnam-war-documentary-glosses-over-devastating-civilian-toll/ (can't find the other one right now, it had to do, in part, with a Q &A at Harvard....) Link to post Share on other sites
John Smith Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 I'm watching Live at Pompei right now and am surprised at how much "Spinal Tap" is in it. Mainly in the band interview spots. Still great though. Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Heartbreak Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 Finished all of Californication and Dexter, and am now on to Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. It’s cute. Link to post Share on other sites
Chez Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 I just finished the Ken Burns Vietnam documentary. Amazing. Link to post Share on other sites
NoJ Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 Finished the 3rd season finale of Better Call Saul last nite, wow! Link to post Share on other sites
NoJ Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Just finished the 2nd season of Stranger Things. Now we have Black Mirror on the horizon. Link to post Share on other sites
ih8music Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Just finished the 2nd season of Stranger Things. Now we have Black Mirror on the horizon.We just started season 1. Got the kids into it, too. The first episode definitely has us hooked! Link to post Share on other sites
NoJ Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Yeah, its a fun series Link to post Share on other sites
Chez Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 I just finished Season 3 of Fargo. Great stuff. Link to post Share on other sites
tinnitus photography Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 We just started season 1. Got the kids into it, too. The first episode definitely has us hooked!i hope you are talking about watching Stranger Things w/ the kids and not Black Mirror... Link to post Share on other sites
Atticus Posted November 12, 2017 Share Posted November 12, 2017 Mindhunters is outstanding Link to post Share on other sites
KevinG Posted November 13, 2017 Share Posted November 13, 2017 i hope you are talking about watching Stranger Things w/ the kids and not Black Mirror...Nothing like getting the kids into Pig love with the first eps Link to post Share on other sites
NoJ Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 "Ozark", first couple episodes. Seems to be "Breaking Bad" lite. Its fine, nothing earthshattering. Link to post Share on other sites
Winston Legthigh Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 Mindhunters is outstandingLooking forward to starting it. We're grinding out the last few episodes of Stranger Things now before we start something new. Link to post Share on other sites
calvino Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 "Ozark", first couple episodes. Seems to be "Breaking Bad" lite. Its fine, nothing earthshattering. Stick with Ozark - I think it got better as it went along. We will be watching the last episode of Stranger Things 2 tonight - another great season, thus far. Link to post Share on other sites
Boss_Tweedy Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 Streaming on Netflix - "Chasing Trane," a good documentary about John Coltrane. Link to post Share on other sites
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