yesterday i saw a couple movies made by women

BUT I’M A CHEERLEADER (JAMIE BABBIT, 1999)

funny satire with a bit john waters influence (even with connie marble in a supporting role.) natasha lyonne in 1999, i had no idea! fun soundtrack too. i’d recommend. the director went on to a prolific tv career after this.

FRIENDS WITH MONEY (NICOLE HOLOFCENER 2006)

this one is more of an ordinary indie drama about rich white people with a good cast and some hbo episode flavor but nothing to write home about really.... except for jennifer aniston in a french maid outfit?

this is not the best view of her legs but oh yeah they make an appearance :D

maybe i am a little disappointed with the story i guess. felt kinda meh. like a pilot for a tv show that got canceled. yes there are some social observations in it, but ultimately they don’t matter.

i recently watched Back To The Future and How To Train Your Dragon

BRITANNIA HOSPITAL (LINDSAY ANDERSON, 1982)



at times very funny, other times it falls flat; i’m not sure if it’s serious or trashy, but i prefer the trashy parts

ho-leee-sheeeeeeeeeeeettt what a movie

great credits too



blew my fucking mind

Finally watched Gangs of New York!
Good, but not my favorite. Could have used some more editing and Cameron Diaz wasn’t really up to the role. Some great set design (that intro scene, wow!), but I think Daniel Day Lewis basically owns the film.

I felt like the contrast was overdone, too. Looked more like a Tarantino movie than a Scorsese joint aesthetically. I would have preferred a softer tone to go with the lush scenery and sets, but it was still good, if a little meandering.

Messages about power dynamics and the rich getting the poor to kill one another were kind of lost in a very basic narrative about revenge with a bit of Stockholm Syndrome thrown in. All things Scorsese would put those themes to better use, with The Departed.

Still, quite good. Though I could have ABSOLUTELY done without the U2 song blaring at the end. Ugh.

Also watched Capote, finally, a few weeks ago.
Bennet Miller is now one of my favorite filmmakers, I think. Damn good movie. Catherine Keener as Harper Lee, too... you kidding me?!

Oh and I watched the Superman: Red Son feature length animated film and it was decidedly uninspired. Can that square-jaw animation style go away, please?

I'll see your Jennifer Aniston and raise you a Colleen Camp from Clue

i just came here quickly to say: watch this!

https://youtu.be/Z6_awUgbUJs

I watched a movie called Mikey and Nicky yesterday. Starring Peter Falk and John Cassavetes. I thought it was fantastic, highly recommend it. Then I watched Crawl, a fun creature feature horror movie.

speaking of which, this is what I saw:





it's quite dull though, perhaps because it's the second time I watched it.
But as I couldn't recall that I watched it the first time, I watched it again.
Possibly I didn't recall because it's dull and especially lousy music score.

And last night I watched this one:





very good movie, but also very disturbing.
not one to watch if you want to end up with a happy mind

This is on Netflix now!


It's cool, but the first one was still better.

breakfast club

GRAND PRIX (JOHN FRANKENHEIMER, 1966)



thrilling and visually brilliant movie with spectacular split screen montages supervised by saul bass. great cast too and story, plus a lot of documentary footage of the era. at almost 3h long including musical overture and intermission, an epic film really. wow.

previously:

THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM (OTTO PREMINGER, 1955)



loved this one. the story twisted me up inside for the duration.

(yes, criterion was having a saul bass retrospective)

I watched Romeo Is Bleeding last night, with Gary Oldman and Lena Olin. I quite liked it, and Lena Olin has always been beautiful, as a fan of the television series Alias, that woman has aged like fine wine.

GOODBYE TO LANGUAGE (JEAN LUC GODARD, 2014)



in which godard again reads bits of books at us, but made watchable by the frequent sight of a naked lady.

naked lady aside, it’s genuinely interesting at times, but i think best grasped in short bits rather than the 69+ minutes this drags on

early in the movie it seemed to me some sort of anarchist manifesto and i found myself thinking that atsonicpark would have liked this.

late in the movie, i don’t know, i just got tired of it.

this was supposed to be in 3D but i saw the 2D version.

i paused the movie a few times to read about it and write bits of this.

now it’s done.

it had good moments.

a couple of days ago the TV gave me the choice between Look Who's Talking on one channel, and Godfather Part II on another. Obviously, I choose for the best masterpiece of all times:




Then over the weekend:












and also started watching the next one, but I fell asleep, and it was only 9PM .... don't think I'll finish it. It's more lame than funny









According to imdb there will be a new one in 2021:
Ghostbusters: Legacy featuring some of the original cast members (e.g. Bill Murray, Sigourney Weaver). The trailer looks promising.

Real Genius and Kill Your Darlings.

Good film, little derivative of Wes Anderson, which is surprising since Waititi has his own aesthetic, but still. Good. Occasionally really sad.

Weird to laugh at a comedic Hitler. Weird mix of tones, but good film, no question.