Last Movie You Watched

[Todd]

If Deckard ages . . . does that mean he was not actually a replicant?

That, or he was next-gen, with aging tissues, like Arnie in Terminator: Genisys, widely regarded as the greatest of the Terminator series. 

[James]

Short Cuts
1993 ‧ Drama film/Comedy-drama ‧ 3h 10m

The work of two great American artists merges in Short Cuts, a kaleidoscopic adaptation of the stories of renowned author Raymond Carver by maverick director Robert Altman. Epic in scale yet meticulously observed, the film interweaves the stories of twenty-two characters as they struggle to find solace and meaning in contemporary Los Angeles. The extraordinary ensemble cast includes Tim Robbins, Julianne Moore, Robert Downey Jr., Jack Lemmon, and Jennifer Jason Leigh—all giving fearless performances in what is one of Altman's most compassionate creations.

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[Karl Henning]

That, or he was next-gen, with aging tissues, like Arnie in Terminator: Genisys, widely regarded as the greatest of the Terminator series. 

I had no idea!  I'm missing out, I guess.

[Mister Sharpe]

Renoir's Lower Depths, stagey but well worth seeing for the performances.  Gabin charms comme toujours. 

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[Karl Henning]

Woody Allen buffs:  A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy—yea or nay?

[Spineur]

Renoir's Lower Depths, stagey but well worth seeing for the performances.  Gabin charms comme toujours. 

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The moment when Louis Jouvet exits the casino having lost it all and lights up a cigarette should be shown in all actors school.
Renoir "les bas fonds" is much better than than the original novel of Maxim Gorki and infinitely better than Kurosawa remake.

[Spineur]

Michèle Morgan passed away

[Karl Henning]

Ebert seems quite dismissive of T3: Rise of the Appliances.  Do we care?

[Karl Henning]

No, I have not yet watched Lethal Weapon 3 or 4 . . . .

[Sergeant Rock]

Woody Allen buffs:  A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy—yea or nay?

Can't help you. That's one of Woody's I have little memory of. Maybe it made no impression?

Sarge

[SimonNZ]

Can't help you. That's one of Woody's I have little memory of. Maybe it made no impression?

My response, also. Seen it only once decades ago, and while I don't remember a negative reaction I clearly didn't feel the desire to revisit it before it slipped almost completely from my memory.

[André]

Michèle Morgan passed away

She was sublime in Allégret's Les orgueuilleux and René Clair's Les grandes manœuvres.

[Mister Sharpe]

The moment when Louis Jouvet exits the casino having lost it all and lights up a cigarette should be shown in all actors school.
Renoir "les bas fonds" is much better than than the original novel of Maxim Gorki and infinitely better than Kurosawa remake.

That is a very good idea. (Except, remember, psychologically, he can't light a cigarette when he loses...)

[Ken B]

Can't help you. That's one of Woody's I have little memory of. Maybe it made no impression?

Sarge

You've probably seen it twice then.

Naynotnay. It's slight but not so bad. If you can sit through The Shitning you can sit through anything!

TD Hugo
Second time; we saw in in the theatre. A lovely movie. A bit padded, somewhat self-important, but very charming and affecting. Lots of stray quickie jokes, like James Joyce, or the Hitchcock Lodger reference, the Rank gong, etc. 8/10

[SimonNZ]

Ken Loach double feature at a friend's place today:

In Two Minds (1967) and Family Life (1971)

The second film a feature-film remake of the first tele-play, some scenes near-identical, some expanded, some new clearly the result of Loach thinking hard for four years about a much loved subject and incorporating new research and making many details more articulate and explicit, in this study of the misdiagnosis of schizophrenia of a girl suffering only from repressed and repressive parenting and an equally repressive mental health system. Fascinating to see a glimmer of R.D.Laing's emerging theories appearing in one brief moment of hope and clarity in the latter film.

Strong stuff, as always, but both versions masterfully done (as always).

[Karl Henning]

Can't help you. That's one of Woody's I have little memory of. Maybe it made no impression?

Sarge

My response, also. Seen it only once decades ago, and while I don't remember a negative reaction I clearly didn't feel the desire to revisit it before it slipped almost completely from my memory.

You've probably seen it twice then.

Naynotnay. It's slight but not so bad. If you can sit through The Shitning you can sit through anything!

Thanks, all!  A year-ish ago I checked it out from the BPL, but it was a distressed DVD which refused to play . . . so I am wondering how much effort I should continue to exert.

(Not sit through it, merely, but enjoy it . . . so, perhaps . . . .)

Thread Duty:

Last night, all but the last half-hour of Terminator 2 with the 'office-party' commentary track.  I was, somehow, in the mood to watch this, and decided on a whim to give the commentary a try;  not the best commentary track, FWIW.

[drogulus]

     I have never seen a Lethal Weapon movie. They have nevertheless made a powerful impression on me of not wanting to see them even more.
     

[Karl Henning]

The two I have seen are good fun;  the non-viewing as yet of the others is nothing derisory 

[James]

McCabe & Mrs. Miller
1971 ‧ Drama film/Drama ‧ 2h 1m

This unorthodox dream western by Robert Altman may be the most radically beautiful film to come out of the New American Cinema. It stars Warren Beatty and Julie Christie as two newcomers to the raw Pacific Northwest mining town of Presbyterian Church, who join forces to provide the miners with a superior kind of whorehouse experience. The appearance of representatives of a powerful mining company with interests of its own, however, threatens to be the undoing of their plans. With its fascinating flawed characters, evocative cinematography by the great Vilmos Zsigmond, innovative overlapping dialogue, and haunting use of Leonard Cohen songs, McCabe & Mrs. Miller brilliantly deglamorized and revitalized the most American of genres.

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[Ken B]

The Cincinnati Kid

With Ann-Margaret and Tuesday Weld it should have been better.