Last Movie You Watched

[Spineur]

Au programme ce soir

at the glory of the 28 yo Emmanuelle Beart.
There is another more recent movie on the same subject by Fernando Trueda, which I havent seen

Rivette is in my pantheon of french cinema.

[Karl Henning]

"Noirvember"?

Really?

[NikF]

Au programme ce soir

at the glory of the 28 yo Emmanuelle Beart.

If this is the original (almost four hours?) the I feel it's superior to 'L'artiste et son modèle'. However I think Rochefort is marvellous in the latter. Also, I'd the pleasure of seeing it presented via Blu-ray as part of a demo in a studio and it looked wonderful. And yeah, 28 year old Beart is a sight to behold indeed.

e: maybe after you get to see 'L'artiste et son modèle' you can post any thoughts on it?

[aligreto]

Well, if you do I hope you enjoy it. I find watching Daniel Auteuil is usually worthwhile. His range is relatively wide; he does the somewhat stereotypically hardened cop who chases a serial killer in Mr 73 -

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- the unlikeable businessman having an affair with a fashion model in the simple comedy La Doublure

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- and poor obsessed Ugolin in Manon des Sources

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- which happen to be the next three films I'm going to (re)watch.

Agreed on Daniel Auteuil.
I have Manon des Sources but I have not seen the other two. Cheers for that.

[Spineur]

Two other major roles of Daniel Auteuil are le huitieme jour for which he got a prize at the Cannes festival
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and la reine margot where he plays the role of Henri de Navarre future Henri IV
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But as I mentionned earlier, it is his role in Un coeur en Hiver (Claude Sautet) which has the spot closest to my heart.

[NikF]

Two other major roles of Daniel Auteuil are le huitieme jour for which he got a prize at the Cannes festival
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and la reine margot where he plays the role of Henri de Navarre future Henri IV
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I've seen the first but not the second. Another that I enjoyed was 'Caché' -

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But as I mentionned earlier, it is his role in Un coeur en Hiver (Claude Sautet) which has the spot closest to my heart.

If I compiled a 'top 10' listing of my favourite films, that one would comfortably reside within it.

[André]

Auteuil is a fabulous actor. I've seen the above films, but not Sautet's Un coeur en hiver.

[listener]

Lubitsch's TROUBLE IN PARADISE  1932
Hopkins, Kay Francis,, Herbert Marshall, Charles Ruggles, Edward Everett Horton, C. Aubrey Smith
not the Criterion edition but a good transfer on a British Eureka Masters of Cinema one that was much less expensive.
Astounding to compare the technical advances in sound and cinematography with THE GREAT GABBO from three years earlier.

[aligreto]

Two other major roles of Daniel Auteuil are le huitieme jour for which he got a prize at the Cannes festival
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and la reine margot where he plays the role of Henri de Navarre future Henri IV
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But as I mentionned earlier, it is his role in Un coeur en Hiver (Claude Sautet) which has the spot closest to my heart.

I've seen the first but not the second. Another that I enjoyed was 'Caché' -

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If I compiled a 'top 10' listing of my favourite films, that one would comfortably reside within it.

I have La Reine Margot and Caché but I have not seen  Le Huitieme Jour - another one for the List 

[Ken B]

Lubitsch's TROUBLE IN PARADISE  1932
Hopkins, Kay Francis,, Herbert Marshall, Charles Ruggles, Edward Everett Horton, C. Aubrey Smith
not the Criterion edition but a good transfer on a British Eureka Masters of Cinema one that was much less expensive.
Astounding to compare the technical advances in sound and cinematography with THE GREAT GABBO from three years earlier.

One of the greats. It's all about doors!

[NikF]

El Cuerpo (2012)

This wouldn't be out of place as an extended/higher production values episode of 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents...' or some other similar TV show. However, that's not necessarily always a bad thing and such is the case in this instance. So with expectations in place this I found this a worthwhile expenditure of time in uncomplicated entertainment. Bonus: Belén Rueda, who is aging with grace yet retains her womanly charms along with an undoubtedly self-assured edge, both of which she imparts delightfully.

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[Wood]

Another Ken Loach double feature at a friend's place.

Today it was The Gamekeeper (1980) and Raining Stones (1993). Both excellent.

I haven't seen either of those two Simon, though I'll have to give them a shot shortly. The others in that box are strong.

[NikF]

Gazon maudit (1995) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113149/

After learning of her husband's infidelities, a housewife invites an itinerant lesbian to move in with them. None of their lives will ever be the same again.

Light comedy featuring a nice portrayal by writer/director Josiane Balasko of a (albeit stereotypical) worldly-wise lesbian who recognises easy pickings in the form of unhappily married Victoria Abril.
If you decide to watch this, do know that the American/British edit has a far different ending than the original French release.

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[SimonNZ]

I haven't seen either of those two Simon, though I'll have to give them a shot shortly. The others in that box are strong.

I remember you talking about "Cathy Come Home" elsewhere, and that was another I watched recently. And oh man, that still hits like a punch in the stomach after fifty years - time hasn't dulled it one bit, perhaps, and unfortunately, because its still all too relevant. I was also impressed by the bluring of fiction and documentary in that one, and the sound editing overdubs of actual news reports and speeches and studies.

[listener]

One of the greats. It's all about doors!

and tonsils!!!
tonight French again   with Julien Divivier's PÉPÉ LE MOKU  (1937) with a young Jean Gabin

[aligreto]

Last night, My Life as a Dog....

[Wood]

I remember you talking about "Cathy Come Home" elsewhere, and that was another I watched recently. And oh man, that still hits like a punch in the stomach after fifty years - time hasn't dulled it one bit, perhaps, and unfortunately, because its still all too relevant. I was also impressed by the bluring of fiction and documentary in that one, and the sound editing overdubs of actual news reports and speeches and studies.

It still packs a punch for sure, and the documentary feel to it works well, especially when you've been immersed in the films of the British Documentary Movement, which I also recommend.

Up until ten years ago, it would have looked like an historical film, but now it is extremely relevant in the UK with rising homelessness, food banks and apparently increasingly invasive social workers. The judgement on Cathy, that she is responsible for her downfall, is something that I recognise today.

Have you seen Ladybird, Ladybird? It has similar themes, but was made in the nineties. In some ways, this was a better film than Cathy Come Home.

[NikF]

The Last Detail (1973) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Detail



When sailor Larry Meadows (Randy Quaid) is sentenced to eight years in a New Hampshire prison, Navy lifers Billy Buddusky (Jack Nicholson) and Mule Mulhall (Otis Young) are assigned to escort him there from Virginia. Along the way, they warm up to their prisoner, indulging him in small ways such as making excursions to a brothel, and to his mother's house. As they get closer to their destination, their fondness for Larry makes it harder for them to execute their orders.

My favourite Jack Nicholson performance in a film that when viewed on the big screen really came across, courtesy of the gloomy and virtually subfusc palette, along with the increasing sense of claustrophobia as the trio's adventure nears the end.

[Drasko]

 

[Ken B]

Kind Hearts and Coronets

One of the great classics, maybe the very best Ealing comedy. So finely detailed! Perfectly acted, scripted, and directed.