What Movies Are You Watching Lately

[ballmouse]

Great films. Nothing but a Man frighteningly depicts the life of a black man in the South who experiences a few minor mishaps that cause his major trouble.

I think there's a lot more to A Raisin in the Sun that meets the eye. While it focuses on two generations of a black family, it also depicts Americans looking for their cultural identity and parents looking to achieve their dreams - in essence it depicts the daily struggle of many American families. The storyline however does lean a bit more on the fact that the family is black.

 

[rossoz]

Saw this recently. Solid flick. Good acting by the lead character. Basically the story of a contract killer for the mob.
3/5.

Thanks for the tip. I watched this from Netflix last night. I agree- 3/5 and interesting. I thought Winona was good, especially in the beginning. I looked up photos of the killer and his daughters- very scary.

Cheers

 

[ter1413]



Thanks for the tip.  I watched this from Netflix last night. I agree- 3/5 and interesting.  I thought Winona was good, especially in the beginning.  I looked up photos of the killer and his daughters- very scary.

Cheers

 

[Britalian]

yet another fine Losey film. camera work, acting, directing, score, all top drawer. Losey should be much better appreciated than he is.
all but first 10' and final 20' in flashback but it works remarkably well.

 

[The Ernesto]

Careful played , almost underacted by the eminent Eddie Marsan.

Eddie marsan is generally terrific.

He is a fantastic actor.

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell starts here on Thursday night. Looking forward to it.

 

[Roy Al]

yet another fine Losey film. camera work, acting, directing, score, all top drawer. Losey should be much better appreciated than he is.
all but first 10' and final 20' in flashback but it works remarkably well.

Thanks, I will look into this director.

 

[Journeyman]

Movie has the wrong tone and the whole film was miscast. Book was way better by far (and that's not a standard 'book better than the movie' comment -- the movie is Hollywood and the book is about as British as it gets).

I did enjoy the film of High Fidelity, but it was very different from the book, with a different feel/vibe, and the book was very definitely better.

 

[Journeyman]

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell starts here on Thursday night. Looking forward to it.

Eh, what? Is there a film of it?

That's one of my favourite books of the past couple of decades, so I'll have to seek it out.

 

[The Ernesto]



Eh, what? Is there a film of it? 

That's one of my favourite books of the past couple of decades, so I'll have to seek it out.

Seven (?) part series done by BBC. It's on cable if you have it.

 

[Journeyman]

Seven (?) part series done by BBC. It's on cable if you have it.

Don't have cable, so I'll have to look out for it on the ABC/iTunes/DVD.

Given the size of the book, I think that it's better dealt with as a mini-series. I think that Eddie Redmayne would have been good as Strange, but he's probably too expensive nowadays.

 

[The Ernesto]



Don't have cable, so I'll have to look out for it on the ABC/iTunes/DVD. 

Given the size of the book, I think that it's better dealt with as a mini-series. I think that Eddie Redmayne would have been good as Strange, but he's probably too expensive nowadays. 

I'll have to read the book.

 

[Journeyman]

I'll have to read the book.

Highly recommended, a really enjoyable combination of early-19th-century England and Europe, the Napoleonic Wars and an alternative history that involves magic.

 

[SirReveller]

Napoleonic Wars..reminds me..this one is sick, esp if you're a history buff

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Duellists

 

[Roy Al]

The Merchant of four season - Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1971)




After a misconduct Hans has to leave his job as a policeofficer and slides down the social ladder and must work a fruitmerchant, an occupation that his bourgeois family despises. He is unable to live up to the expectations from his surroundings, betrayed by his wife, whom he molest, but who can not leave him any more than he can live without her.

It is a movie where all the persons are in some kind of unhealthy and overdependent relation to each other, and everybody cheat or betray each other; often when they most try to get help and support. Hans and the others characters needs love and respect, but are so out of contact with their emotions, so emotional suppressed, that they are unable to get what they need. Instead Hans gets depressed, confused and violent, and in the end selfdestructive.

This is a topic that Fassbinder returned to in all his movies; the exploitation of feelings and the destructiveness of a society that doesn't let people live in accordance with their needs.
In this movie Fassbinder also explores the conflict from a child's perspective. He is often referring to childhood as formative years in his movies, but seldom portraits children. We can only fear how Hans daughter, Renate, is damaged of the violence and sexuality she is exposed to.

The movie is technically easy made. Straight told story, with character-instruction that is a bit styized, they are all a bit stiff and estranged. The cutting is somewhat strange too, since he cuts the scenes a little bit later than we would expect, making an slow and tardy effect. Still the movie is fresh and not dull.
Nice movie, sad as all he made. Certainy woth a peek.

 

[SirReveller]

Hahahaha "holy sh*t why is high art so depressing??"

Jk- sounds very interesting.