Back in the early/mid 80's saw Vertigo on a huge screen in a 1920's theater (Amherst Cinema) with the woman who stole my furniture.

The old, beaten down venue just off the UMass campus always showed cool stuff. During that period we saw North by Northwest, Rear Window and the Stewart version of The Man Who Knew Too Much in that locale that was always featuring cool beans material (Time Bandits, Life of Brian, My Dinner with Andre, frequent Blade Runner screenings, Jeremy Irons featuring Moonlighting just to name a few.)

Real good movies, messed up temp life partner; but, at least she enjoyed opening her cinema eyes.

Moonlighting seems to be little known, but very much worth seeing.

Baltimore Jones - love your reviews, but you really thought that white people transferring their consciousnesses into black people was "subtle racism?"

My opinion of the movie and its stars seems to keep changing over the years. I always like Jimmy Stewart, but he often seems to play the same character -- an idealized American boy-next-door type. As for Kim Novak, I used to think of her as a stereotypical blonde of the 1950s, but I like here acting more and more with each viewing.

Heh. The bulk of Get Out is the slightly more subtle white liberal racism ("my man!", "do blacks really have it harder in this day and age?", etc.). I thought about whether I should clarify that.

You could certainly argue that it unsuccessfully portrays subtle racism (in the same way that I argued about A Fantastic Woman) because it becomes so overt later, but it's at least "been talked about" as showing white people examples of how we're not as woke* as we think we are.


*I've recently become aware that using "woke" may be problematic.

Saw a movie on TCM the other night called The Only Game in Town. It takes place in LV but is shot in Paris. I was really enjoying watching Warren Beatty lose at craps but my dvr ****ed up and I didn’t get to finish it.

Rust and Bone 98/100

Watched this after reading something about it in this thread. Thanks, thread. It’s the best movie I’ve seen in awhile. I just couldn’t help but old man river-style saying “THEY JUST DON’T MAKE GREAT MOVIES LIKE THIS VERY OFTEN” to my gf right afterwards. We both absolutely loved this film. I love the simple narrative. I love that it’s not Hollywood-style dumbed-down for the masses, and that the people were realistic and imperfect. I felt like if it were a typical film made in the states, there would have been a “I love you, let’s-just-be-together” sentiment, and that it would have been cheapened. Cotillard’s a dream. The actor is superb. The supporting performances were too.

I don’t have anything bad to say about the movie. My ONLY gripe is:

Rewatched Casablanca for the umpteenth time. They just don't make em like that any more. Goddam, Bogey was great and Ingrid Bergman.....just gorgeous. What a film.

Yeah, best movie ever made

Huh, weird, I thought the message was pretty clearly that those things were mostly nonsense/just people trying to be friendly, but the end basically erases anything about the beginning when you realize their motives for asking things like "you look really athletic"

woke has always been stupid

I watched The Aviator, Scorsese's Howard Hughes bio. I think I'd seen bits and pieces on tv before, I liked it. Poor crazy bastard, had a strong will tho. Very American, Houston boy ofc.

Yesterday I rewatched The Master, the weird one with the cult leader and his lost thug/drunk acolyte. Somehow this didn't hit me quite as well the 2nd time around, knowing where it was going. I still like it a lot, admire its originality etc. Both Hoffman and Phoenix kill it too. Hard to believe Hoffman is dead now, very sad.

The Florida Project - Not what I was expecting. A very depressing two hours that I wanted to turn off after 15 minutes. The kids give a few laughs, but there are very few light moments. It is just a heavy dose of depression. Probably the worst movie I've watched in the last year.

Take Shelter (2011)
Great movie. Michael Shannon is great as usual.
Any theories on the ending?

I loved this also, highly recommended. Don't want to spoil the ending.

Just watched Bug (2006), another film with Michael Shannon as a character with some psychological issues affecting his relationship. I can't recommend it as wholeheartedly as Take Shelter, but if you like MS you should enjoy it also.

legit walked out of Red Sparrow today

you didn't miss anything

ending of Take Shelter was pretty straightforward

You might like 10 Cloverfield Lane, if you haven't seen it.

Tomb Raider - Is pretty bad, which is actually better than expected.

Re-watched Out of the Past (1947), then its quasi-remake Against All Odds (1984) for the first time.

OOTP is one of the best noirs and a stone classic, with great performanes, one-liners, and cinematography.

AAO is interesting as a time capsule of everything 80’s, but not much else.

Out Of The Past is fantastic

I really need to rewatch Out of the Past. Haven't seen it since we did that lounge watch and discuss thread years ago. Really great noir.

For some reason, I like my noir with incomprehensible story lines, and Out of the Past is near the top of my list. When people dump on Mitchum, this is one of the movies I refute with.

That and The Big Sleep!

Oh yeah, it's always worth a rewatch.

For Mitchum and that kind of dialogue/tone, you can't beat Angel Face, one of my favorites of his. The Big Steal has some great lines too (and, like OOTP, stars the amazing Jane Greer).

I couldn’t agree more. Caught it for the first time a couple weeks back and was blown away.

All the comic bits throughout are gold, but for me the absolute high point was that short, wordless scene where John Wayne first sees Maureen O’Hara. I rewound it ten times. So moving. Everything that makes film great in a few fleeting seconds: gesture, expression, music. What versatility Ford had.