Clinamenic
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I've now seen over 1,700 films.
Films you've seen recently and would unreservedly recommend:
sufi
lala
like everything everywhere but lots better
and belgian
Clinamenic
LLC
Interesting… Jaco van Dormael did Mr Nobody, which is also pretty maximalist.like everything everywhere but lots better
and belgian
Corpsey
bandz ahoy
Liverpudlian gangsters played by Liverpudlian gangsters. Americans will probably require subtitles, I certainly could have used some at some points. Anyway, kind of a basic 'plot' but definitely feels grittier and realer than most crime films I've seen and the plotlessness of it is in keeping with that.
Followed this up with 'Pusher' on BFI player, a very similar film in some respects—and a better one. Will probably watch the sequel tonight.
Followed this up with 'Pusher' on BFI player, a very similar film in some respects—and a better one. Will probably watch the sequel tonight.
WashYourHands
Cat Malogen
like everything everywhere but lots better
and belgian
loved it, too many moments to mention, brimming with ideas but walking on water smashed it
subtle but earthy, peculiar but poignant, ta duck
version
Well-known member
craner
Beast of Burden
Why do films have to be plausible?
IdleRich
IdleRich
Yesterday this film Hidden Figures was on telly and I caught it. I don't really have much to say about it, it's really just a feel good film with a bunch of black women working at NASA who have to overcome two different prejudices that threaten to hold them back. There are a few minor set-backs on the way but nothing ever really looks like stopping them so the film doesn't have a huge amount of dramatic tension, and yet it's always watchable. I guess it's just an interesting and nice true story (probably embellished but I'd rather believe it wasn't) about an important chapter in human history. That's all but it ends up being enough. For me anyway.
ghost of beiser
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Return to Seoul—really good. Story about a korean girl internationally adopted to france who shows up due to a flight diversion to Korea, very mercurial, grappling with her self, doing impulsive things. Real psychic depth. Episodic, takes place over 8 years. Includes an original house track as part of the narrative. There's something very structuralist about it, it's very good at not being heavy handed even as it could be tempting to be. Very subtle.
They got an untrained french-korean plastic artist to play the lead, and it's somehow the performance of the year. As good as Cate Blanchette in Tar. Incredibly layered portrayal, extremely vivid.
The movie as a whole—languid, but with no wasted shots. Score is fantastic. No way it could've been made by Americans, too weird, not moralistic enough, it proposes that some things really do stay with you.
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Only other movies I unreservedly recc that I've seen in the last year are Yi Yi and Close Up.
They got an untrained french-korean plastic artist to play the lead, and it's somehow the performance of the year. As good as Cate Blanchette in Tar. Incredibly layered portrayal, extremely vivid.
The movie as a whole—languid, but with no wasted shots. Score is fantastic. No way it could've been made by Americans, too weird, not moralistic enough, it proposes that some things really do stay with you.
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Only other movies I unreservedly recc that I've seen in the last year are Yi Yi and Close Up.
Rude Velvet
Awright, Gorgias?
But not Tár?
ghost of beiser
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Clinamenic
LLC
Films you've seen recently and would recommend WITH reservations
Top Gun: Maverick I saw this at the cinema earlier this year and like most people who saw it (I presume), came out of it thinking fucking hell that was GREAT. Rewatched tonight with my parents and for a big chunk of it was thinking "oh, it's actually a bit shit – all this rubbish dialogue and...
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Clinamenic
LLC
I've become a Statham fan, but I still need to see a bunch of his films. Fast and Furious actually uses him well, he elevates it a bit.