There's a remastered version of master Satoshi Kon's great anime Tokyo Godfathers hitting theaters nationally via Fathom Events. Please check your local listings and go check it out.
ETA: last day to catch it is this Wednesday, March 11th.
A great pick-me-up if you're feeling blue. And if you're not feeling blue. _________________ Under New Management
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There's a remastered version of master Satoshi Kon's great anime Tokyo Godfathers hitting theaters nationally via Fathom Events. Please check your local listings and go check it out.
ETA: last day to catch it is this Wednesday, March 11th.
A great pick-me-up if you're feeling blue. And if you're not feeling blue.
"I always wanted to die drunk in a nice, old house. I'm halfway there."
I see where Cuarón got his inspiration for Children of Men. _________________ Under New Management
Has anyone re-watched Contagion due to the COVID scare?
I re-watched it not long before the COVID scare. It's very prescient except even Soderbergh couldn't predict the trickle down stupidity a narcissistic grifter moron as president would have on the American government's ability to respond to a pandemic. That would be like putting Immortan Joe in Contagion and that wouldn't be plausible, right? No one would believe that story. _________________ Under New Management
With the NBA season postponed and a lot of people likely spending more time indoors under self-quarantine, it's time for movies to make a comeback!
Never seen classics like Red River, The Sweet Smell of Success, or Army of Shadows? Streaming right now on the Criterion Channel, friends. Let's turn lemons into lemonade with great cinema at home. _________________ Under New Management
VUDU has the LOTR extended trilogy on sale for $20. Is LOTR considered cinema since it won a best picture Oscar?
Oscars have generally been pretty crap at picking best picture over the decades, but why not enjoy LOTR when you have a chance? _________________ Under New Management
One nice thing about going to see foreign and indie flicks, especially this time of year, is that the theaters are usually pretty empty anyway. _________________ Under New Management
Yeah I think I will be hitting the movies to see Emma this weekend. Still waiting for Portrait of a Lady on Fire because I feel I have to be in the right mood for that one.
Yeah I think I will be hitting the movies to see Emma this weekend. Still waiting for Portrait of a Lady on Fire because I feel I have to be in the right mood for that one.
Let us know how Emma. is. _________________ Under New Management
Will do. It looks like Disney will be pushing back Mulan, New Mutants and possibly some other titles. I wonder if theaters are just going to keep the current movies in theaters for extended amount of time....?
Saint Laurent (2014): I rarely complain about film length, but Bertrand Bonello's sensuous anti-biopic about the iconic French fashion designer can feel saggy at points during its 2 hr and 30 min runtime, but the peaks it reaches in a handful of gorgeous set pieces make it worth watching. A simple scene about a more dowdy middle aged woman being glammed up in a personal shopping session with Sain Laurent and his design team as they add a couple accessories to the woman's YSL suit and let her hair down is a gorgeous paean to the power of fashion and of an artist's eye:
Bonello is one of the best directors (and modern composers) out there right now with The House of Tolerance (2011) and Nocturama (2016) being two of the great films of the past decade. His filmmaking is sleek with Scorsese-esque marriages of classic rock and pop to slickly edited sequences that suck you in to his strange, cool genre mashups. I mean look at this ish (spoilers ahoy):
For those who are essentially practicing mild or moderate forms of self-quarantine during these times, how about a double feature emphasizing the loneliness and alienation of humankind.
If you liked Soderbergh's Contagion, I would recommend a double bill of his essential Sex Lies and Videotape combined with the Antonioni classic L'Avventura.
For those who are essentially practicing mild or moderate forms of self-quarantine during these times, how about a double feature emphasizing the loneliness and alienation of humankind.
If you liked Soderbergh's Contagion, I would recommend a double bill of his essential Sex Lies and Videotape combined with the Antonioni classic L'Avventura.
Nice. We can do pandemic movie marathons.
1. 28 Days Later (2002)
2. The Omega Man (1971)
3. The Andromeda Strain (1971)
4. The Crazies (1973)
5. Right At Your Door (2006) _________________ Under New Management
Hardcore - upper-tier Schrader, kind of the B-movie counterpart to Taxi Driver. George C. Scott really leans into the ridiculous sleaze.
Boiling Point - this early Takeshi Kitano flick gets mixed reviews, but I think there's something really special here even if it lags a bit behind Sonatine and Hana-Bi.
A Faithful Man - frothy, slyly witty French romantic comedy that doesn't tread any new ground, but is a pleasant light watch. Lily-Rose Depp is going to be a star.
Local Hero - a simple premise that could easily have veered into twee sentimentality, Bill Forsyth instead finds the right tonal balance in this fish out of water comedy through a genuine curiosity, empathy, and generosity for the film's ensemble cast from Paul Reigert's lonely, beleaguered Houston oil company executive to the denizens of the Scottish village he visits to purchase land for a corporate project. There are moments of almost surreal beauty interspersed between the comedic day-to-day bits and Forsyth finds time to comment on corporate culture, alienation, environmental preservation, and more without being heavy handed. _________________ Under New Management
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Will do. It looks like Disney will be pushing back Mulan, New Mutants and possibly some other titles. I wonder if theaters are just going to keep the current movies in theaters for extended amount of time....?
Movie theaters will probably close if they haven't already. Talk about a breeding ground... _________________ Not a legend
Will do. It looks like Disney will be pushing back Mulan, New Mutants and possibly some other titles. I wonder if theaters are just going to keep the current movies in theaters for extended amount of time....?
Movie theaters will probably close if they haven't already. Talk about a breeding ground...
It's incredibly sad. Boutique theaters were already having a hard time, but even a few weeks off could be a killer for a number of independent film houses hanging on month to month.
AMC and Regal will easily survive, but maybe think of purchasing a gift card from or making a donation to your local independent theater if you can. _________________ Under New Management
Hardcore - upper-tier Schrader, kind of the B-movie counterpart to Taxi Driver. George C. Scott really leans into the ridiculous sleaze.
Boiling Point - this early Takeshi Kitano flick gets mixed reviews, but I think there's something really special here even if it lags a bit behind Sonatine and Hana-Bi.
A Faithful Man - frothy, slyly witty French romantic comedy that doesn't tread any new ground, but is a pleasant light watch. Lily-Rose Depp is going to be a star.
Local Hero - a simple premise that could easily have veered into twee sentimentality, Bill Forsyth instead finds the right tonal balance in this fish out of water comedy through a genuine curiosity, empathy, and generosity for the film's ensemble cast from Paul Reigert's lonely, beleaguered Houston oil company executive to the denizens of the Scottish village he visits to purchase land for a corporate project. There are moments of almost surreal beauty interspersed between the comedic day-to-day bits and Forsyth finds time to comment on corporate culture, alienation, environmental preservation, and more without being heavy handed.
Miss Bala (2011) - surprisingly underrated
The Kid from Brooklyn (1946) - properly rated as bad _________________ Under New Management
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