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Post by Tweet on Feb 8, 2021 19:29:18 GMT -6
How the hell can a webstream sell out?
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Post by ultravisitor on Feb 8, 2021 19:32:13 GMT -6
Didn't we already talk about that?
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Post by andrewvb on Feb 8, 2021 21:08:06 GMT -6
ya
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Post by Tweet on Feb 8, 2021 21:35:35 GMT -6
Well y’all didn’t do a good enough job explaining why then.
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Post by munkivelli on Feb 8, 2021 21:55:27 GMT -6
Well y’all didn’t do a good enough job explaining why then. A lot of these films don't have distribution yet and are at the festival to try to entice a buyer and/or generate buzz for a future release. A film is less likely to be bought if it was opened up online for an unlimited audience. No film would agree to participate in an online film festival if that was the case.
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Post by thebosma on Feb 8, 2021 21:55:34 GMT -6
This is insanely good
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Post by chvrchbarrel on Feb 9, 2021 9:12:04 GMT -6
this rocked my shit
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2021 10:49:54 GMT -6
Got an invite to watch A Promising Young Woman next week followed by a Q&A afterward with Carey Mulligan and Emerald Fennell. Apparently I’m on the right mailing list or something.
Also watched The Two Killings of Sam Cooke last night. It crams a ton of information into a relatively short running time, but it was very good.
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Post by Kamera on Feb 12, 2021 12:17:13 GMT -6
May Criterion titles announced this morning: Trances Fast Times at Ridgemont High Merrily We Go to Hell Flowers of Shanghai Nightmare Alley
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Post by zircona1 on Feb 12, 2021 13:11:31 GMT -6
May Criterion titles announced this morning: Fast Times at Ridgemont High Huh, didn't see this one in the email I got (image must not have loaded). "If you don't shut up, I'm gonna kick 100% of your ass!"
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Post by mookie on Feb 13, 2021 20:03:54 GMT -6
Not sure if anyone has posted about Sia’s “Music,” but uh, it’s not going well
(read the Twitter thread for further details)
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Post by munkivelli on Feb 13, 2021 21:57:41 GMT -6
Barb and Star go to Vista Del Mar was hilarious
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Post by munkivelli on Feb 13, 2021 21:59:22 GMT -6
Not sure if anyone has posted about Sia’s “Music,” but uh, it’s not going well (read the Twitter thread for further details) The award season completist in me really hates the HFPA right now...
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Post by andrewvb on Feb 13, 2021 23:06:55 GMT -6
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Post by cosmo on Feb 13, 2021 23:16:03 GMT -6
So bad it's good?
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Post by andrewvb on Feb 13, 2021 23:35:21 GMT -6
nah it was fun and pretty good
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Post by thebosma on Feb 13, 2021 23:48:59 GMT -6
A real nail biter
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Post by zircona1 on Feb 14, 2021 11:10:04 GMT -6
I watched Wonder Woman the other night. I'm not a big comic book movie guy, but I thought it was pretty good! Good story, and fine acting from Pine and Gadot. I was expecting her to find out the existence of Ares was a lie.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2021 12:42:01 GMT -6
I watched Wonder Woman the other night. I'm not a big comic book movie guy, but I thought it was pretty good! Good story, and fine acting from Pine and Gadot. I was expecting her to find out the existence of Ares was a lie. on the marc maron podcast recently the director confirmed that WB made her add big battles to the end of both WW movies against her wishes, so your suspicions were probably correct with what the original intention was
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Post by munkivelli on Feb 14, 2021 15:24:02 GMT -6
Mubi is free today, in case anyone had some things they wanted to watch on there.
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Post by irvred on Feb 16, 2021 16:15:48 GMT -6
Watched Minari last night. Enjoyed it and all the actors were A+ but wasn’t crazy about the ending. Everything that happens in that final 20-30 minute stretch felt clumsy.
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Post by clouddead on Feb 16, 2021 16:57:05 GMT -6
REAL LIFE IS CLUMSY
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Post by Kamera on Feb 17, 2021 9:34:20 GMT -6
Didn't expect this to be that good. Awesome stuff. Looking forward to when this gets added to the Criterion Collection.
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Post by ultravisitor on Feb 17, 2021 19:59:51 GMT -6
Watched Minari last night. Enjoyed it and all the actors were A+ but wasn’t crazy about the ending. Everything that happens in that final 20-30 minute stretch felt clumsy. It was honestly a little freaky how familiar the grandma was to me.
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Post by chvrchbarrel on Feb 18, 2021 10:06:28 GMT -6
good shit but for years now ive been trying to find a cronenberg movie that is 100% my thing, and i guess i just never quite get there with him. videodrome is probably the closest i get, though ive had a hankering to see scanners again lately.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2021 10:23:54 GMT -6
if you dig Videodrome then maybe Existenz would be the next closest thing of his you'd like
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Post by rango420 on Feb 18, 2021 10:26:19 GMT -6
good shit but for years now ive been trying to find a cronenberg movie that is 100% my thing, and i guess i just never quite get there with him. videodrome is probably the closest i get, though ive had a hankering to see scanners again lately. Scanners isn't very good. I assume you've seen The Fly?
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Post by rango420 on Feb 18, 2021 10:27:00 GMT -6
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Post by rango420 on Feb 18, 2021 10:27:53 GMT -6
every single movie is very good to great except for scanners and a dangerous method which are still good enough
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Post by chvrchbarrel on Feb 18, 2021 10:29:36 GMT -6
i will rank cronenbergs ive seen because this is the lollaboard
1. videodrome 2. the brood 3. crash 4. shivers 5. the fly 6. scanners 7. naked lunch
thank you for reminding me existenz was a thing, wretched, i half-saw it many years ago and need to revisit it. i couldn't rank it with any confidence, but my vague recollection would put it between the brood and crash on that list.
rango, i know scanners isn't very good but its the one ive seen least-recently
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