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Miami Connection 1987
Watched by ander 21 May, 2013 "Taekwon taekwon!
Taekwon taekwon!
Taekwon taekwon!
TaekwonDO!"Legitimately great music and fights, YK Kim and Vincent Hirsch especially throw themselves at each other and at various ninjas/bikers/disgruntled former club band frontmen. Color palette is wonderful at times too. I love that at one point it's put out there, as if it were a given, that Dragon Sound basically formed because the members are orphans, *and* that that motivation...kinda works really well for particular scenes.
"Taekwondo is- BEST."
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Encounters at the End of the World 2007
Watched by AnkitT 12 May, 2013 Utterly entrancing. Herzog brings the theme of humanity in the context of the harshness of nature as the larger perspective, but most of the focus is directed at what sort of people are attracted to the nature of the end of the world, and draws interesting parallels between the uniqueness of both. The documentary format really emphasizes the selflessness of the individuals at the place, and forms somewhat a narrative based on their backgrounds. Also appreciated were the musical cues, especially in the penguins scene, where it really dials up the emotive impact of the director's perspective.
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The Night of the Hunter 1955
by ander 30 Apr, 2013 The Night of the Hunter is absolutely everything I love in film. Perverse sexuality. Partially inscrutable animal/biblical symbolism. Drawn-out sequences of expressionistic imagery. Children facing violence. Lillian Gish yelling lovingly at those children.
"It's a hard world for little things."
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Adventures in Babysitting 1987
first film i ever got caught masturbating to. the shue dance sequence at the beginning is seriously too much to handle. even today. im sure you understand.
though after getting banned from the local multiplex for my actions during a screening of Percy Jackson, im starting to wonder if chris columbus just has my number and can feel my inner desires
always dreamt of a porn empire taking off with a first feature homage titled adventure sin babysitting
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The Golden Age 1930
Watched by ander 15 Apr, 2013 much more gradual descent into madness than Un Chien Andalou. From aimlessly confusing, to having something resembling a plot, to agressive and hilarious absurdity (cow in the bed, demolition), eventually wading into blatant sacrilege and chaos and twisted sexuality. all told I think that made it a better representative of the surreality of dreams. instead of a quick dive into insanity, you start with a series of fun non sequiturs, slowly replacing that with casual horror and perversion until suddenly you're awake and you kinda wish you hadn't let it get that far but are also glad you did.
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Like Someone in Love 2013
Watched by Mychal Stanley 24 Mar, 2013 Hits all of the usual Kiarostami obsession points (cars, the cinema, ambiguous identities, patriarchy, etc) and combines them all into a movie that feels so very slight, it borders on purposeless. This one is a puzzler, not because its so oblique, but because it doesn't really feel like Kiarostami has anything in particular to say about it. The filmmaking itself is across the board excellent, as expected from one of the greatest living directors. There are standout moments. But I…
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Bunny Lake Is Missing 1965
Watched by ander 19 Mar, 2013 Fantastic. The search for Bunny Lake (if she even exists) is unsettling, dizzying, manic. That's reflected most noticeably in the camera work. Intense dollies, incessant panning and tilting, crane shots like there's no tomorrow. It turns locations like the school into psychological mazes, which is where the best of Bunny Lake Is Missing resides. Preminger straddles the line between mundane and abnormal to point out peculiarities in our minds and in our culture. The film is a fairy tale, a…
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Sullivan's Travels 1941
Watched by ander 08 Mar, 2013 A message film against message films. Lasers in on the nature of empathy and the value of escapism. Of course it's also wonderfully funny and has a fantastic cast (Lake and McCrea leading the charge strongly). Also think the visuals are the most beautiful of any Sturges I've seen so far.
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Life of Pi 2012
Watched by ander 26 Feb, 2013 Without the expertly crafted first act, Life of Pi would be nothing. Lee's laser accuracy in portraying how a young boy might come to learn about faith and how families can love each other and interact even when they're so unalike is vital to the rest of the film. By the time you've reached the inevitable shipwreck, you fully understand the tone that Lee is shooting for. It's a stylistic hodgepodge, between the heavy use of CGI, the fable-esque dissolves,…
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Rapture 1965
Watched by seth 24 Feb, 2013 1 finally tracked down this little seen prequel and im so happy to report that it is amazing. having always wondered what happened in the leap gone wrong, it is really something special to see it play out in front of me. while a lot of the details are left out of the film, its easy to deduce what actually went wrong (ziggy getting lost during the hellacious rainstorm, etc). seems just like al to quickly lose site of his mission,…
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They Call It Sin 1932
Watched by Bobby O))) 24 Feb, 2013 If I had a time machine I'd use it to go back to the 1930s and marry Loretta Young. God DAMN.
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Baby Doll 1956
Watched by ander 19 Feb, 2013 This...this is maybe the most unsettling film I've seen in a long time. Don't know if that's good or bad. Every character is so terrible, awful, revolting, pitiable, malicious. Everyone seems through-and-through, to the deepest darkest depths of their soul, right at the core, plain fucked up. And the point of the film seems to be that every single person is this way and there's no way it'll ever change. We're all just thoroughly screwed up on every single basic…
