Last Movie You Watched

[TheGSMoeller]

The scene between Cusack and Malkovich in the bar: priceless.

This might be the best casts assembled for a Woody film. I love the scene with Donald Pleasence when the killer visits him.
And the Pepper Escape  

[Karl Henning]

I believe I've only seen that once before. I have almost no memory of it. Time for a relook. Glad you enjoyed Stardust 

Sarge

This might be the best casts assembled for a Woody film. I love the scene with Donald Pleasence when the killer visits him.
And the Pepper Escape  

This is wonderful, the best of his I've seen yet. This should be no surprise: an artist waxes yet better with time and experience, right? But, even though the experience of viewing the documentary predisposed me to like this one ... much as I have always loved Manhattan, say, Shadows and Fog has a unified perfection which was not attained (IMO) in any other movie of his I've seen. This is a new, sudden favorite.

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[TheGSMoeller]

This is wonderful, the best of his I've seen yet. This should be no surprise: an artist waxes yet better with time and experience, right? But, even though the experience of viewing the documentary predisposed me to like this one ... much as I have always loved Manhattan, say, Shadows and Fog has a unified perfection which was not attained (IMO) in any other movie of his I've seen. This is a new, sudden favorite.

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Fantastic, Karl! I love hearing this, makes me want to watch again right now. Have you seen Zelig? Or Purple Rose of Cairo? Or Broadway Danny Rose? 

[Bogey]

I am actually ahead of you here, Dave, I upgraded to the Blu-ray some little time ago 

Also.   

[Bogey]

Robert Wise: The setup

Absolutely riveting for 72 min

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There are so few good films around boxing.  This is one of the few.

Caught this on TCM a while back.  The tone of the film was outstanding.  Another favorite boxing film of mine besides the original Rocky would be Bogey's The Harder They Fall.

[SonicMan46]

Robert Wise: The setup

Absolutely riveting for 72 min

There are so few good films around boxing.  This is one of the few.

Excellent film - Ryan was quite good - he is not often recognized for his great versatility in films.  But, I was curious about 'good' boxing films and looked at the number of googled lists which were quite variable, although a handful of films consistently appear in the top 10; below from HERE is a list of 25 which sort of matches my thoughts although I've not seen all of those movies - The Set-Up is #10 in this listing - and glad to see the Paul Newman performance there - not sure that I'd put so many of the Rocky films in the top 25 (own just the first one from 1976, although I've seen them all).  Dave

 

[Cato]

If you have a DVR, Aug. 22nd, 4:15 A.M. E.D.T. here in the U.S. you can find on Turner Classic Movies:

[NikF]

Macbeth (1971)

After being taken last week to see the Orson Welles 'Macbeth' in an 18th century church, this evening the nice blonde dancer lady took me to the same venue to view Polanski's version. Lensed by Gil Taylor (Dr. Strangeglove, Omen, A Hard Day's Night, and of course, Star Wars) this is a rather earthy and violent perusal, and none the worse for that. Also: Francesca Annis was a hottie.

I was informed that tickets to see the more recent Justin Kurzel directed offering were available for next weekend, but while it has been cool seeing two films in this grand old church the presentation has been less than ideal, and so it's a no go for me.

Finally, I don't know what was available to them, but I'd have thought that perhaps a trio of Welles/Kurosawa/Polanski might have been interesting to see.

[Drasko]

After managing to catch most of men's wrestling at the Olympics (thanks to internet streams) this looked like the logical conclusion. The film is quite slow, quiet, eerie affair. All muted colors and heavy atmosphere in which you just wait for something bad to happen. Very good cast, Ruffalo especially. I didn't know the story beforehand. Good film, though maybe not for everyone.

[NikF]

After managing to catch most of men's wrestling at the Olympics (thanks to internet streams) this looked like the logical conclusion. The film is quite slow, quiet, eerie affair. All muted colors and heavy atmosphere in which you just wait for something bad to happen. Very good cast, Ruffalo especially. I didn't know the story beforehand. Good film, though maybe not for everyone.

That appears interesting.

[bhodges]

Macbeth (1971)

After being taken last week to see the Orson Welles 'Macbeth' in an 18th century church, this evening the nice blonde dancer lady took me to the same venue to view Polanski's version. Lensed by Gil Taylor (Dr. Strangeglove, Omen, A Hard Day's Night, and of course, Star Wars) this is a rather earthy and violent perusal, and none the worse for that. Also: Francesca Annis was a hottie.

I was informed that tickets to see the more recent Justin Kurzel directed offering were available for next weekend, but while it has been cool seeing two films in this grand old church the presentation has been less than ideal, and so it's a no go for me.

Finally, I don't know what was available to them, but I'd have thought that perhaps a trio of Welles/Kurosawa/Polanski might have been interesting to see.

Saw Polanski's Macbeth just once, right after it came out, and was mightily impressed -- need to see it again. And yes, the photography is terrific.

(A big Polanski fan, anyway, thanks to Knife in the Water, Chinatown, Rosemary's Baby, and The Tenant -- love all of them.)

--Bruce

[Mister Sharpe]

Samsara.

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I'll say!

[Cato]

Excellent meditation on old age:

[Karl Henning]

Time elapsed between seeing your post, Cato, and placing a hold on the DVD at the BPL: 45 seconds.

[James]

BBC's The 21st Century's 25 greatest films ..

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20160822-the-21st-centurys-25-greatest-films

[SonicMan46]

BBC's The 21st Century's 25 greatest films ..

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20160822-the-21st-centurys-25-greatest-films

Hello James - I've seen just a dozen of those 25 films, but have bought none (debated on Pan's L... & Mulholland Drive) - guess that I'll remain in the 20th century for the time being - but looking at my collection, I've actually purchased BDs made after 2000 but the films did not make the list shown (e.g. Alice in Wonderland, Amazing Spiderman, Antwone Fisher, Avatar, Batman Begins, Beautiful Mind, Becoming Jane, Billy Elliot, Blind Side, Bottle Shock, Bridges of Spies, Captain America, Charlie Wilson's War, Chicago.....and more) - well, I'll stop there - guess that I have entered this century w/ movie purchases, just need someone else's list.    Dave

[SonicMan46]

American President, The (1995) w/ Michael Douglas, Annette Bening, Martin Sheen, & Michael J. Fox; Rob Reiner, director - despite owning hundreds of commercial movies (about 2/3 now BDs) & a similar number of old DVD-Rs, Susan & I watch few movies together - she just has different tastes and also dislikes re-watching films; BUT, there are about a dozen that we will view once or twice a year, including the one below.

The Blu-ray Restoration is only average (i.e. 3.5/5 for both video & audio) but still an improvement over the DVD from the review.  Ratings: 6.8/10, IMDB; 4/4, Roger Ebert; 90%, Rotten Tomatoes; 4.6/5*, Amazon - I would certainly do a 4* on Amazon - Dave

[mc ukrneal]

Hello James - I've seen just a dozen of those 25 films, but have bought none (debated on Pan's L... & Mulholland Drive) - guess that I'll remain in the 20th century for the time being - but looking at my collection, I've actually purchased BDs made after 2000 but the films did not make the list shown (e.g. Alice in Wonderland, Amazing Spiderman, Antwone Fisher, Avatar, Batman Begins, Beautiful Mind, Becoming Jane, Billy Elliot, Blind Side, Bottle Shock, Bridges of Spies, Captain America, Charlie Wilson's War, Chicago.....and more) - well, I'll stop there - guess that I have entered this century w/ movie purchases, just need someone else's list.    Dave

it's a sorry list - and even worse if you look at the top 100. I think their top 3 criteria must have been 1) quirky, 2) strange, 3) independent. That said, not everything is a stinker and certainly always good to use lists like this to explore. For example, I'm reminded how much I'd like to see There will be Blood.

[SonicMan46]

it's a sorry list - and even worse if you look at the top 100. I think their top 3 criteria must have been 1) quirky, 2) strange, 3) independent. That said, not everything is a stinker and certainly always good to use lists like this to explore. For example, I'm reminded how much I'd like to see There will be Blood.

Agree Neal - as I was going through my collection of post-2000 films, I just got into the 'Cs' w/ over a dozen - just looked at film database again beyond those listed previously and found an additional 50+ films (not counting the half dozen or more animated productions); SO, probably about 6 dozen films post-2000 - there must be another list to match some of my purchases?    Dave

[Sergeant Rock]

Hello James - I've seen just a dozen of those 25 films...guess that I'll remain in the 20th century for the time being

Hey, Dave, I'm even more stuck in the 20th century    I've only seen five of those films: Mulholland Drive, Lost in Translation, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Inside Llewyn Davis and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

Sarge