Last Movie You Watched

[DavidW]

Woman of the Hour: A serial killer stalks a woman by appearing on a dating show.

Murder on the Orient Express: Albert Finney's version has an all-star cast and is the best adaptation of this classic, even eclipsing the David Suchet version.

[pjme]

[AnotherSpin]

What do you think about?

[Florestan]

Typically crazy 1970s French comedy --- and a nice pretext for Catherine Deneuve to show off her legs. 

[pjme]

What do you think about?

Die-hard Wes Anderson fans will probably cherish The Phoenician Scheme. His films have become a brand, beloved precisely because they are so very similar: the same symmetrical design, hyper-structured scripts, bone-dry performances, tiny guest roles and lots of "strange" humor.
The film got mostly bad (to very bad) reviews in the(Belgo-Dutch) press: Anderson needs a fresh start, this is a boring film...
Yet I do like his extremes, the visual abundance, the fantasy, the meticulous (often nostalgia inspired)  design.
Plenty of good music too- even Stravinskys Apollon musagète turns up.

I suppose that I was hoping for some sort of goofy criticism of Trump/Musk/Vance-like figures or -eventually- pumping some real life in his characters....but no, The Phoenician scheme remains too distant...lifeless. 

[AnotherSpin]

Die-hard Wes Anderson fans will probably cherish The Phoenician Scheme. His films have become a brand, beloved precisely because they are so very similar: the same symmetrical design, hyper-structured scripts, bone-dry performances, tiny guest roles and lots of "strange" humor.
The film got mostly bad (to very bad) reviews in the(Belgo-Dutch) press: Anderson needs a fresh start, this is a boring film...
Yet I do like his extremes, the visual abundance, the fantasy, the meticulous (often nostalgia inspired)  design.
Plenty of good music too- even Stravinskys Apollon musagète turns up.

I suppose that I was hoping for some sort of goofy criticism of Trump/Musk/Vance-like figures or -eventually- pumping some real life in his characters....but no, The Phoenician scheme remains too distant...lifeless.

Thank you, that's close to how I saw the film myself. Visually, it's quite fascinating; some of the shots you could easily look at for ages, like images with a life of their own. As a child, I rather enjoyed something similar, poring over intricate, incomprehensible diagrams or maps of faraway lands in heavy old atlases.

As for what was actually going on... well, I can't say I entirely made sense of it, to be honest.

[Karl Henning]

The Devil and Daniel Webster, an early (I think) scoring assignment for Bennie Herrmann. A classic!

[Der lächelnde Schatten]

Watched yesterday:



A John Carpenter classic!

[Karl Henning]

Watched yesterday:



A John Carpenter classic!

Love it!

TD: A little peculiarly, I find myself watching Alien Resurrection with the isolated score.

[Karl Henning]

Love it!

TD: A little peculiarly, I find myself watching Alien Resurrection with the isolated score.

Interesting and unexpected: some of the cues were not used in the final edit.

[Der lächelnde Schatten]

Pride and Prejudice. The cast includes Donald Sutherland Judi Dench.

Speaking of Donald Sutherland, he is featured in Kate Bush's video for her song Cloudbursting from her seminal release Hounds of Love:

[relm1]

Watched yesterday:



A John Carpenter classic!

Hmm, I was about to say I liked it too but then remembered the film I'd seen was Escape from New York.  I haven't seen this one.

[Der lächelnde Schatten]

Hmm, I was about to say I liked it too but then remembered the film I'd seen was Escape from New York.  I haven't seen this one.

Ah, man. You've got to watch Big Trouble in Little China. It's one of my favorite John Carpenter films. There's an element of fantasy, too, which makes it fun.

[Karl Henning]

Hmm, I was about to say I liked it too but then remembered the film I'd seen was Escape from New York.  I haven't seen this one.

Escape from New York is a blast, too. I suspect you'll enjoy Big Trouble. The immortal Jas Hong is the villain.

[DavidW]

Hmm, I was about to say I liked it too but then remembered the film I'd seen was Escape from New York.  I haven't seen this one.

It is funny, you'll like it.

[Karl Henning]

Wm Wyler's Wuthering Heights. 

[AnotherSpin]

Darling (1965) — what a gem. Stylish, biting, and full of that '60s glamour with a real sting underneath. It's a cracking portrait of a young woman clawing her way to the top, only to find it all a bit hollow in the end. Proper time capsule of the era, really. And Julie Christie? Absolutely brilliant — she lights up the screen, effortlessly switching between charm and sheer emptiness. Can't not mention the music either — absolutely wonderful stuff.

[Der lächelnde Schatten]

To @relm1 here's a cool scene from Big Trouble in Little China where the gang is trying to escape and they still have one more elemental being to deal with called Lightning:

[SonicMan46]

Over a week or so, stimulated by my wife's interested in a 'boxing film' w/o gory scenes, so picked Errol Flynn's portrayal of James Corbett - then she told me that was her first Flynn movie - WHAT! So I talked her into watching the two others below - great pics all but she still liked the boxing one the best.

Flynn (1909-1959) made nearly 60 films (Source), many later ones poor but his TOP 20 in this ranking include these three pics in the top 6 - the Sea Hawk (1940), another personal fav is listed at number three.

Gentleman Jim (1942) - synopsis below - a favorite of Flynn who did most of his own stunt work after much training - like my wife, if you want a 'boxing film' with a story and less gory boxing scenes, this one is worth a watch.

The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) - summary below - probably Flynn's favorite film and third of 8 pairings with Olivia de Havilland - probably have watched this picture two dozen times since my childhood - a MUST if never seen!

Captain Blood (1935) - see summary - the first Flynn-de Havilland film; she was just 19 years old - the sword duel with Rathbone is a classic (as is the one in Robin Hood).  Dave

Gentleman Jim was directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Errol Flynn as heavyweight boxing champion James J. Corbett (1866–1933). The supporting cast includes Alexis Smith, Jack Carson, Alan Hale, William Frawley, and Ward Bond as John L. Sullivan. The movie was based upon Corbett's 1894 autobiography, The Roar of the Crowd. The role was one of Flynn's favorites. (Source)

The Adventures of Robin Hood is an American epic swashbuckler film from Warner Bros. Pictures; produced by Hal B. Wallis and Henry Blanke, directed by Michael Curtiz and William Keighley. It stars Errol Flynn as the legendary Saxon knight Robin Hood, who in Richard I's absence, fights back as the outlaw leader of a rebel band against Prince John and the Norman lords oppressing the Saxon commoners. The cast also includes Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone, Claude Rains, Patric Knowles, Eugene Pallette, and Alan Hale. (Source)

Captain Blood is an American black-and-white swashbuckling pirate film from First National Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures, produced by Harry Joe Brown and Gordon Hollingshead (with Hal B. Wallis as executive producer), directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone, and Ross Alexander. (Source)

   

[AnotherSpin]

A witty and inventive European romantic comedy, Follemente (2025) is smart without showing off, funny without being forced, and ironic without sneering. A charmingly offbeat dive into the inner voices that hijack a first date. The director, Paolo Genovese, not for the first time, has given me the pleasure of a genuinely delightful film.