Last Movie You Watched

DavidW · July 01, 2025, 06:17:48 AM

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 · July 01, 2025, 07:21:54 AM

AnotherSpin · July 01, 2025, 08:13:06 AM

Quote from: pjme on July 01, 2025, 07:21:54 AM

What do you think about?

Florestan · July 01, 2025, 10:09:13 AM

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

pjme · July 02, 2025, 05:15:30 AM

Quote from: AnotherSpin on July 01, 2025, 08:13:06 AMWhat 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 · July 02, 2025, 05:48:33 AM

Quote from: pjme on July 02, 2025, 05:15:30 AMDie-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 · July 02, 2025, 03:09:12 PM

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

Der lächelnde Schatten · July 02, 2025, 05:14:15 PM

Watched yesterday:

A John Carpenter classic!

Karl Henning · July 02, 2025, 07:20:40 PM

Quote from: Der lächelnde Schatten on July 02, 2025, 05:14:15 PMWatched yesterday:

A John Carpenter classic!

Love it!

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

Karl Henning · July 02, 2025, 08:21:19 PM

Quote from: Karl Henning on July 02, 2025, 07:20:40 PMLove 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 · July 02, 2025, 08:52:14 PM

Quote from: Karl Henning on June 23, 2025, 07:20:30 PMPride 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 · July 03, 2025, 05:52:56 AM

Quote from: Der lächelnde Schatten on July 02, 2025, 05:14:15 PMWatched 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 · July 03, 2025, 06:51:02 AM

Quote from: relm1 on July 03, 2025, 05:52:56 AMHmm, 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 · July 03, 2025, 07:15:14 AM

Quote from: relm1 on July 03, 2025, 05:52:56 AMHmm, 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 · July 03, 2025, 07:21:09 AM

Quote from: relm1 on July 03, 2025, 05:52:56 AMHmm, 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 · July 03, 2025, 06:46:12 PM

Wm Wyler's Wuthering Heights.

AnotherSpin · July 03, 2025, 10:09:04 PM

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.