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NTA. I mean, I'm not surprised the other parents got angry, but it sounds like you are raising your daughter to be a leader who will stand up for herself and others. UNION.
Yep. The "rewind scene" is an unforgettable moment in an outstanding movie. Here's each version of the scene for those who aren't into being tortured by a brilliant artist for hours:
Original, in German
Remake, in English
For anyone curious about the context, Funny Games is a postmodern work (a nice summary here) that aims to highlight the audience's complicity in the sadism that often plays out in cinema. That scene is the most blatant of many times the film engages with the audience. The movie is worth a watch if you're open to cinema as commentary.
Just shows that the whole "mindfuck" term (which I hate anyway), which seems to place more 'convoluted' or 'challenging' cinema (i.e. anything with a plot twist) above generic cinema, is such a pedestrian term at heart. None of the films listed are that complicated, and the true "mindfucks" -- Last Year at Marienbad, Meshes of the Afternoon, many Lynch staples, many other Resnais films, lots of avant garde shorts (here is a fantastic list) -- are ignored in place of contemporary films with minor twists. Any formal complexity is completely dismissed as 'pretentious' or a 'gimmick' or whatever. This list is just an array of popular films with complicated plots (Revolver? Really?); it's a shame /r/movies in general hates to engage with films that are, in fact, more difficult to understand and interpret.
The list of Edgar's Favourite 1000 Films that's mentioned in the video.
I have barely made a dent.
Also the bit where Edgar corrects the release year reminds me of a similar situation in a film course I took at college (UK) where my teacher and I disagreed about the year The Wicker Man was released and she double-checked and admitted I had it right. Was a cool but nerdy moment.
(And then everyone stood up and clapped /s)
This is from mubi.com
What sets Kane apart:
>It was produced, co-written, directed, and starred a man who was all of 25 years old.
>Nobody in the film had ever been in a film before.
>It has more effects shots than Star Wars-see the Ebert commentary on that.
>Great performances by actors playing characters twice their own age.
>Welles plays a man in his 20s, 40s, and 60s.
>The movement of the camera was radical and rarely seen in any film, especially Hollywood.
>Deep focus photography-everything in the the frame is in focus-this requires massive amounts of lighting.
>You can see the ceilings in Citizen Kane. Before, and usually after, Kane, you never see a ceiling in a movie, because there are no ceilings on sets-that is where the lights and microphones go. Welles hid the microphones with false ceilings made of cloth.
>Welles’ camera angles- obtuse or ‘dutch’ angles, camera in the floor, check and check.
>The star of the film is not seen for almost the first 20 minutes of the film.
>The movie begins with faux newsreel footage.
>No credits before the movies starts.
>Just a simple title “Citizen Kane, by Orson Welles”
>Possibly the first film in which its story is pieced together out of order-something that Pulp Fiction was lauded for some 5 decades later.
I think Kane is one of the films that needs to be watched again with commentary after the initial viewing.
As far as related films. I would check out the Scarlet Empress (1934). The visuals are quite unique for the time period and the style is somewhat similar to Kane. They both deal with power politics and the complexity of character in their own way.
There was a real no wave film scene, it's just decidedly punk in its distribution and production methods so you'll have to scramble a bit to find and watch these - actually it looks like a lot of these are on youtube. I think this list is a pretty good sampler:
https://mubi.com/lists/cinema-of-transgression
You Killed Me First, Death Valley 69, and Submit to Me I remember as all being emblematic of the style. Raw Nerves is a little different in tone but also worth watching. Interestingly enough, Kathryn Bigelow, director of some arguably very non punk movies, started out tangential to this scene. If you want to go deeper the book 'Deathtripping: Cinema of Transgression' is pretty good.
That 1st Vacation poster is really a masterpiece level spoof, and I'm not even sure of what. Maybe the original Star Wars poster, or maybe that one just resembles an earlier trope I'm unaware of.
EDIT: So I went googling, and it seems like it's not a spoof of a particular poster, but the work of the same artist who established the style, turned up to 11 for comic purposes. Very effective!
https://mubi.com/films/the-red-balloon
Could have been inspired by this. I'm pretty sure there are other similar videos, the concept doesn't seem to be that unique..
I use the "best of" approach. I start from a list made by someone I like : David Fincher ; Martin Scorcese or Edgar Wright.
And if I like a film I will explore from there.
Not just subs, misandry runs amuck the courts, googleand social media, politics, any programs created to help teens and young adults, don't have the evidence for this next one but I'm preety sure when applying scholarships males get shafted there too.
There's also a giant laundry list or films that do it too https://mubi.com/lists/feminist-pro-feminist-and-misandrist-films
Don't think I've ever watched one but it exists.
This is normal and this is fine, this propaganda will help slowly recruit boys into MGTOW Men, may a being more powerful than we are help them.
The best MUBI list I could find for this:
Some more:
COSMIC HORROR
UNSOLVED MYSTERY
I think Haynes' Safe would work. And maybe Black Narcissus/A Passage to India, albeit from a slightly different angle. Erice's The Spirit of the Beehive feels like this to me, but it's subtle, from the perspective of a child.
I think I'll wait a year or two before buying into Netflix, until the library expands substantially.
Until then MUBI all the way. It has excellent foreign cinema collection (from 1930s to present day) only at ₹300 per month. I highly recommend it.
Link for the curious : https://mubi.com/films/showing
Onko Netlixissä tai muissa striimauspalveluissa mitään järkeä, jos haluat käyttää niitä tiettyjen elokuvien katsomiseen? Ei tietenkään, koska kaikkien elokuvien ostaminen ei ole kannattavaa liiketoimintaa. Striimauspalveluilla on rajallinen määrä sisältöä, joten kaikkia elokuvia ei ole tietyssä palvelussa. Plus suurimpien Hollywood elokuvien ulkopuolella tarjonta on aika marginaalinen (vaikka toki Mubi ja Filmstruck ovat alkaneet muuttaa tilannetta). Jos haluat katsoa jonkun tietyn leffan, niin VOD tai Blu-Ray on aina toimiva vaihtoehto.
Onko Netflixissä ja muissa striimauspalveluissa järkeä, jos haluaa katsella elokuvia ja sarjoja? Kyllä. Katsoo esimerkiksi Flixablesta Netflixiin tulevaa sisältöä, niin sieltä löytyy pari katsottavaa elokuvaa viikossa, välillä tulee joku hyvä sarja ja osa viikottaisistakin sarjoista on ihan katsottavia. Striimaus on tavallaan vain jatke TV:lle, jossa katseluajat ja sisältö on katsojan valittavissa, mutta sisältöä on edelleen rajallinen määrä.
Esimerkiksi aloituspostauksessasi mainittu Primer löytyi Suomi Netflixistä talvella. Se oli aina ollut listallani elokuvia, jotka voisi joskus katsoa, mutta en ollut jaksanut etsiä sitä käsiini. Sitten se ilmestyi Netflixiin, katsoin sen silloin ja se oli minusta hyvä elokuva. En kuitenkaan voi olettaa sen olevan jatkuvasti Netflixissä, joten halutessani katsoa sitä useammin, hommaisin sen itselleni. Vaihtoehtoisesti voi etsiä eri striimauspalveluista löytyykö niistä sitä, mutta helpompaa on vain ostaa se, vuokrata netistä tai hakea vaikka kirjastosta.
If you liked Yi Yi you should check out other movies by Edward Yang. I 5ink criterion released “A brighter summer day”, for example.
Two other great Taiwanese directors are Hou Hsiao Hsien (millennium mambo, the assassin,...) and Tsai Ming liang (his actually from Malaysia, but he worked mainly in Taiwan)
Some of my favorites Hong Kong directors that started working around the ‘80s are:
- John Woo (the killer, a better tomorrow,...)
- Tsui Hark (Once upon a time in China, Peking Opera Blues)
- Ann Hui (a simple life, the river)
- Johnnie to (a hero never dies, the mission)
- Fruit Chan (made in Hong Kong)
I’d also recommend King Hu’s movies
From mainland China I recommend works from the Fifth Generation of Chinese filmmakers (I.e. Chen Kaige, Zhang Yimou). Right know China is also producing some great documentaries (I.e. Mrs fang)
Thailand also entered a “new wave” of cinema in the 00’s. For example I loved:
- Last life in the universe
- The tears of black tiger
- Uncle bonmee
Here are some great list for Chinese/Hong Kong/Taiwan movies:
- top 100 chinese language movies by Golden horse awards
- Hong Kong film awards top 100 Chinese movies
- Time out top 100 Hong Kon movies
Didn't see take one. I'm assuming you are still looking for feedback so I'm going to give you some. Take this unsolicited advice from a fellow designer as you want.
You are missing hierarchy. All of your design elements are on the same level of importance so they are all swimming in an undirected layout. I don't know where to look. Plus it makes the layout boring - no drama or tension.
Check out this poster: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/60/ff/ba/60ffbaa33c4fecce6fd75bd037c6331f.jpg
One big element catches your eye immediately - the figure. Then, carefully placed near the figure's eye the artfully stacked text diminishes in scale leading you down to the car scene grounding the poster. Which then flows back up into the figure. Your eye moves around the poster continually because it has been carefully crafted to lead you to the next part.
Here's a modern movie that took a similar feel: https://mubi.com/notebook/posts/movie-poster-of-the-week-the-american
Even Audrey: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51W9Geh7vaL.jpg
Notice the hierarchy of the design elements. How can you bring this kind of thinking to your poster? Where could you add drama and interest? How could you play with scale more with your design elements?
Also, you want a 60's vibe to the photographs? Add some grain - look at my first example poster again - notice the film grain feel. Also I think you have at least 4 fonts in here (counting Hollywood) - I'd reduce.
I find Mubi is really good for obscure modern art house, whereas Criterion has more older titles. You can get a free trial with a referral code, here’s mine if you want to use it.
Since you're on a Loach kick have you seen The Wind that Shakes the Barley yet?
Also, at a quick glance this seems like a pretty solid list of movies with leftist themes.
Well, you have to sign up for Mubi. Mubi is like Netflix for cinephiles, except they only have 30 films available at a time, there's a new film every day. Look like this will be the new film 14 days from now,, according to my frontpage.
If anyone wants, everyone can use my referral link and you get the first 30 days for free. The site is definitely for people looking to see more foreign and classic films, if that happens to be your interest. I rarely see any of the stuff on Mubi on Netflix. Full disclosure: if any of you actually sign up after, I get 30 free days. But that will get you access to watch Junun, at least.
I'd recommend Mubi. It's $5.99/month. They have 30 films available at a time, each on a 30 day timer, one arriving, one leaving each day. It's a good mix of current/past masters and more obscure independent/international films.
Currently they have films of Godard & Miike mixed with films from NYFF and Winding Refn's new service. Last month they had Argentinian & German new wave films mixed with political documentaries/docudramas, the horror films of Ferrara & Carpenter and a few surrealist films.
It's a solid alternative to Filmstruck or Fandor especially if you're looking to save a few bucks.
Here's a discussion thread on how to turn off this setting.
TL;DR: Check your TV Menu for 'Cinema Smoother', 'Motion Smoother' etc. Or simply google "Soap opera effect" followed by your tv brand.
for those who don't know mubi is free if you have a university student email
you can sign up to 4 years free of charge! my account is vaild until 2024
unfortunately the 30 films/day thing gets very limiting and it's region locked so most of the movies you listed aren't available in my country.
Maybe you should watch some foreign films?
The Brits, Russians, French, Germans, Italians, Japanese, and many other countries have all made fantastic films from their own perspectives about this period of history. But because Hollywood didn't make them, you don't count them? Shameful.
This will answer your question. It will also explain the film which is great and underappreciated. https://mubi.com/topics/as-aboveso-below-a-meditation-in-horror-aesthetics-hermeticism-and-dantes-inferno
Here you go sir. To make you even bad-assier Edit: let this be a lesson to all newer redditors. Always take a read-through before posting something. You end up looking like an ass posting something that has already been spoken to elsewhere in the thread. I await and deserve any downvotes/criticism.
What type of movies do you want to watch?
You can get HBO Now for $15, Starz for $9, and Showtime for $11 ($9 through Hulu), each of these as standalone, Netflix like services.
Hulu and Amazon each have the Epix library.
PS Vue will also let you get Epix and Showtime together for $14 without paying for a regular PS Vue subscription.
Sling TV (base $20) has a few add-ons as well: Cinemax for $10 and Hollywood Extra for $5 (4 Epix channels + their library, Sundance and TCM).
If you're into hallmark movies, Feeln is a potential option for $5/mo.
If you're into indie films, Mubi has 30 rotating indie films (new film each day, oldest film drops off) for $6/mo.
And then Amazon has add-on video subscriptions.
- American Psycho
- Marie Antoinette
- Orlando
- Little Women (1994)
- Clueless
- Boys Don't Cry
- Frida
- Monster
- Little Miss Sunshine
- Friends With Money
- Please Give
- Lovely And Amazing
- Julie & Julia
And then a more comprehensive list, including stuff I haven't seen https://mubi.com/lists/films-directed-by-women
Not really a streaming site, but a great cinematographic source nontheless:
They see to have everything you would think of.
Then you can dig into
Which is the french TV archive.
The you have the cinémathèque Française VOD Platform.
The rushes section of Mubi has a good roundup of film writing every week
https://mubi.com/notebook/posts/tag/Rushes
Film Comment too (plus both sites have their own great writing)
https://www.filmcomment.com/blog/category/news/
Thedissolve was great for this. They had a roundup everyday but I don't think there's anything similar to it now to my knowledge.
Otherwise, just follow your favorite film writers on twitter. They'll usually retweet things they like (or their friends have written)
Amazing how, except for Spike Lee's later films and Richard Ayoade, almost all of these movies is about niggers being niggers. Nearly all of them focus on race or how them blacks be blacker than black. Instead of just a movie where the lead character happens to be black.
Most if not all the Nightmare on Elm Street posters were done and designed by a guy called "Matthew Peak"
here's a little article on the poster and the artist behind it. https://mubi.com/notebook/posts/movie-poster-of-the-week-wes-craven-s-a-nightmare-on-elm-street-and-the-posters-of-matthew-peak
Same. The best example I can think of is this, almost perfectly summarises Nolan:
> Is there a less visceral filmmaker helming blockbusters in Hollywood? So many opportunities to create mood are left unfulfilled. Take for instance the introduction—or lack thereof—to Bruce Wayne’s isolation. The film is in such a rush to explain itself to us, we don’t get to settle into a universe. Imagine a series of wide shots of the mostly empty Wayne Manor, a limping Wayne stalking the halls (or think Plainview in the mansion at the end of There Will be Blood). Nolan doesn’t have such considerations and we never get a sense of Wayne’s loneliness, we’re just told about it by Michael Caine. Also, the chance to create an atmospheric, anarchic Gotham once Bane takes over is skipped over entirely—though Oldman’s Jim Gordon running through alleys is the one highlight—or rather a hint of what could have been.
This isnt regarding the score, but I think these a some quick storyboard sketches he made for the film https://mubi.com/notebook/posts/dziga-vertovs-storyboard-for-man-with-a-movie-camera
I would say that even though Mubi is awesome, watching hardcore art house films all the time can get tiring and Netflix has a lot more relaxed content.
If you want to give it a try though, this is my referral link, you can get a free month.
The Gleaners, 1999 by French film directing legend Agnes Varda. She follows various people who live from what others discard. People gathering up potatoes, people who repair things, dumpster divers, all sorts. It's currently on mubi.com and I dare say available from other sources.
Maya Deren was a surrealist filmmaker and occultist. So was Curtis Harrington. "The Wormwood Star" in particular fits what your looking for. Stan Brakhage made surreal films with occult themes. Derek Jarman made surreal occult films. He's a big one. Pretty sure he was into Crowley. Elias Merhige's "Begotten" is a surreal occult classic.
You already mentioned Jodorowsky, Anger and Lynch.
"The Color of Pomegranates" is very Jodorowsk-ian.
Liam Gavin's "A Dark Song" is a masterpiece in my opinion. It's all about the Abramelin ritual.
I'm not a fan of Arronofsky's "Mother!" but it fits the bill to a degree. It's certainly a riff on Jodorowsky.
Louise Malle's "Black Moon" is certainly trippy and has occult undertones.
Guy Maddin makes surreal films that sometimes delve into the occult similar to Jan Svankmajer who was previously mentioned.
Zulawki's "On the Silver Globe" fits your criteria perfectly.
Makavejev's "Sweet Movie" might have some occult undertones. Certainly is surreal.
Carmelo Bene is basically in the same league as Jodorowsky and Anger.
"Birds, Orphans and Fools" is also definitely within the criteria.
Just check out this link - https://mubi.com/lists/host-and-blood
And this one - https://mubi.com/lists/the-vision-and-the-voice-the-cinema-of-the-occult
*edit - I would even add "The Neon Demon"
Why because A) it's surreal and B) there are some very heavy occult things going on here that the initiated can appreciate.
Here are certainly a few streaming services that cater for indie films from all over the world but, as others have said, I'm not sure how viable a British only service would be.
The few that I know of are Curzon Home Streaming, BFI Player, and MUBI. Curzon has some films to stream at the same time as the cinema release, BFI Player is pretty much all bangers (and some stuff for free too), and MUBI has a great USP regards how the films are made available. To sub to them all costs about the same as subbing to the big 3 movie services in the UK (Netflix, Now TV, and Amazon) and they cost around the same individually. Well worth it if you like non-mainstream films.
True it is the other way around haha :) although nowadays it would seem easier to create a unique, stylish world in a game than in a movie due to how fleshed out they make the towns.
Definitely agree with that about Gotham in BB. It felt like a crime-filled underworld with Batman hunting regular goons. That's what made Spider-Man 1 and 2 feel like it was set in an NYC that needed Spider-Man. SM2 even showed cops being incompetent (on foot running down the road).
Gotham felt like a regular thriving town that got taken over by 1 guy and his goons. Twice.
> So many opportunities to create mood are left unfulfilled. Take for instance the introduction—or lack thereof—to Bruce Wayne’s isolation. The film is in such a rush to explain itself to us, we don’t get to settle into a universe. Imagine a series of wide shots of the mostly empty Wayne Manor, a limping Wayne stalking the halls (or think Plainview in the mansion at the end of There Will be Blood). Nolan doesn’t have such considerations and we never get a sense of Wayne’s loneliness, we’re just told about it by Michael Caine. Also, the chance to create an atmospheric, anarchic Gotham once Bane takes over is skipped over entirely—though Oldman’s Jim Gordon running through alleys is the one highlight—or rather a hint of what could have been.
Don't know about chinese specifically, but Hong Kong put out a ton of fun horror movies in the 70s-90s. Seeding of a Ghost and Boxers Omen are some recommendable ones I saw recently, otherwise there seems to be a pretty complete list here
Great thread. Can I also offer up Mubi as a streaming service, who have a library of arthouse/lost classic/experimental films, and who have a 3 months for a quid offer on right now. It got me through the first lockdown.
A bit more local, BFI Player does a 14 day free trial.
Something from a place and a time in which "focus groups" located in USA did not select the posters to be used for the entire world.
https://assets.mubi.com/images/notebook/post_images/19412/images-w1400.jpg?1440782948
https://mubi.com/notebook/posts/movie-poster-of-the-week-the-art-of-franciszek-starowieyski
Just curious, but do you have an article or source from where he said that? This unranked list of his favorite films includes Eraserhead, but I couldn't find any article that said his favorite film was Eraserhead. I could be wrong, though, if you know where you got that.
Absolutely. It is one of my favorite films. The nudity really helps with the overall tone of the film. It makes everything feel extremely intimate, but also inclusive of the viewer. Nothing is ever shot in a voyeuristic way and there is so much nudity that it just starts to feel natural. The actors are really comfortable and the dialog is so natural that as the audience you feel part of everything going on. That helps you connect with the main character so that when he starts to lose himself in the relationships you go right along with him.
It also helps if you are a bit of a classic film buff. A lot of the movie is the three characters discussing film and recreating scenes from other movies. It is set in 1968 Paris, so all the film references are from before that time and it uses a lot of French New Wave. Being familiar with at least some of these movies helps increase your connection to the characters.
Terrence Malick will inevitably be mentioned.
Yeah you'll only ever see those four mentioned... maybe Fellini. I'll eat a goddamn sock if Antonioni, Renoir, Ozu, Dreyer, or Bresson hits the front page because of an article that recommends literally just one of their movies. Better yet, any of these: https://mubi.com/lists/films-admired-by-tarkovsky
You could maybe do it with Kielsowski, Wong Kar-Wai, or Kiarostami if you emphasized how relatively recent their films are. Or maybe you could get Bunuel and Godard if you emphasized their absurd, political bent. Doubtful though.
the real show came out in the 1980's, so all of the recording was already done; it was just a matter of recording some english voice-overs as you see on here.
hell, just to give an idea of how long ago it was, takeshi kitano (one of the presenters on the japanese program) is already an old guy now: https://mubi.com/notebook/posts/cannes-2010-takeshi-kitano
Here is a much more extensive and ranked list of Kubrick's favorite films
If you watch The Phantom Carriage you can see the influence it had on The Shining very clearly.
This has been floating around the internet, though I would hardly endorse all the items on the list.
I'm a pretty big fan of magical realist films like Big Fish and Forrest Gump, to name a couple accessible ones. I'd say comedy is also pretty formative for me.
I recently watched This Is the End--it's what the Left Behind books would be if you actually took dispensationalism seriously; except it stars James Franco, Seth Rogen, and those folks.
The Phantom Carriage was one of his favorite films so it makes since that he would pay homage to it with the ax scene.
Here is a list of his favorite films Everything from Bergman to Texas Chainsaw.
Zagreb school of animated film have a lot creepy and also award winning movies, i found this list and you can watch most of them on youtube also...enjoy ;)
Started the free trial on Mubi, and just finished watching A German Youth. It's a documentary about the post-WW2 German student movement that to lead to the likes of the Baader-Meinhof Group / RAF. Really interesting, I'd reccommend it for anyone looking for more leftist docs.
Yeah, you might want to watch My Little Princess, because it was directed by Eva herself and is a quasi-biopic (to avoid law suits).
And her mother was close friends with Roman Polanski.
And she's suing her mother for photographing her
So don't peddle your 'it's just art' bullshit around here, tyvm.
If you want variety, stop watching only American films.
It's shameful how nearly every post in this thread assumes that it's up to Hollywood to tell other countries' stories. It ignores the rich history of great movies on this subject that have already been made and continue to be made around the world.
https://mubi.com/notebook/posts/movie-poster-of-the-week-national-lampoons-vacation-and-the-posters-of-boris-vallejo Basically Boris was paid to poke a little fun at himself and a style he helped inspire.
Those aren't actually the films available for streaming, these are. MUBI functions as a list/review site as well, which is the side of the site that your link came from. It's kind of confusing on their part and I wish there was a better divide.
I wouldn't recommend it for a newbie enthusiast as the selections can sometimes get pretty obscure. It's more for people who are already into film and looking to expand their horizons - lots of foreign films and festival indies that aren't available through other services. It's like $35 for a yearly subscription, which is dirt-cheap if you're into the kind of stuff they offer.
If you have Mubi please consider watching The Legend of the Stardust Brothers, it's a Japanese musical from the 80's (!!!!!!) and I would describe it like if the Looney Tunes made A Star is Born. It's camp, it's kitsch, the songs are BOPS, and it's just gorgeous to look at.
It leaves the site tonight!!! don't miss it.
Muitos filmes bons no MUBI desde que descobri que você pode ter uma conta gratuita se tiver um email institucional estudantil (daqueles "@universidade.edu").
Pra quem não conhece, o MUBI é uma plataforma de streaming com curadoria focada em filmes independentes, de festival, clássicos cult e coisas do tipo. Eles sempre mantêm 30 filmes disponíveis pra assistir. Todo dia acrescentam um filme novo e retiram o mais antigo. Já descobri muita coisa bacana que eu nunca tinha ouvido falar, como também tive a chance de ver alguns filmes muito bons que eu conhecia só por nome mas nunca teria assistido se não estivessem com acesso fácil disponível na plataforma.
Pra quem se interessar, segue o link:
This is my favorite genre!
All of Charlie Kaufman's films: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Synecdoche New York, Adaptation, Being John Malkovich, Anomalisa, Human Nature
Coen brothers films, especially: A Serious Man, Barton Fink, The Big Lebowski, Raising Arizona, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Terrence Malick, particularly: The Tree of Life (my favorite movie of all time), The New World, Days of Heaven, The Thin Red Line
Ingmar Berman (I've only seen these two of his films): Persona, Wild Strawberries
Woody Allen, particularly: Crimes and Misdemeanors, Annie Hall
8 1/2 (1963)
Ikiru (1952)
The Master (2012)
Oslo, August 31st (2011) - another one of my all time favorites
Y Tu Mama Tambien (2001)
Scifi: Moon (2009), Zardoz (1974), Never Let Me Go (2010), Annihilation (2018), 2001 A Space Odyssey (1968)
Tokyo Story (1953)
Taxi Driver (1976)
All of Kaufman's movies vary from somewhat to extremely surreal. Persona, The Tree of Life, and 8 1/2 are also pretty trippy.
Also, here's a link to a huge list of existential movies: https://mubi.com/lists/500-existential-films
Don't be turned off by old movies, they're often way more interesting and experimental than movies try to be today.
Regarding the current independent animation scene in Italy you might find this read interesting: https://mubi.com/notebook/posts/wonder-and-displacement-a-look-at-contemporary-italian-animation
Virgilio Villoresi, which is mentioned in the article above, used to do interesting works in stop motion. I think you can find some of his works on Vimeo.
About Anime in Italy: it's related to the problem that every form of animation in the country is perceived as childish. In Japan, Anime targets all ages. There are Anime for kids, Anime for teenagers, Anime for adults... This important fact was completely ignored in Italy and some problems started to surface. One of the first Anime to receive a huge success was Grendizer in 1978. It became so popular (that year the music album of the Anime was one of the most sold) that it started a trend called anime boom (roughly from 1978 to 1984) that was combined with a lot of merchandising which sold really well. Broadcasting networks started to buy a lot of licences from Japan because it was cheap and people were really receptive to it. And they bought every kind of licence because they would just censor the product once it arrived in Italy. But for certain Anime, the censorship was still not enough precisely because some products were made for an adult audience. After the anime fever calmed down a bit, toward the end of the 80s, media started to demonize Anime as too much violent for kids and definitely too childish for adults, portraying it as sub genre of no cultural importance or relevance.
J'avais déjà regardé et c'est un peu la mort. Netflix pour les films, je trouve ça à chier. Je cherchais une plateforme où je pourrai avoir du film franco-français avec même les Tuches.
Bah ça existe pas...
Mais dans ma quête, voilà ce que j'ai trouvé
Le problème/avantage c'est que ce sont des sélections de films. C'est chiant parce que c'est pas forcément ce que tu veux voir quand tu veux poser ton cerveau, c'est bien car ça permet de s'ouvrir et de découvrir des trucs.
Sinon, tu peux regarder du côté de Arte VOD, Canal VOD, Filmo TV, Fnac Play, Imineo, La Cinetek, MyTF1, Orange, Videofutur, France Télévisions, SFR, UniversCiné et Nolim Films.
One of the most interesting greatest film lists I ever came upon was this one, which was the result of a user poll in the old mubi forum:
https://mubi.com/lists/the-mubi-forum-users-top-20-poll-2012
I’m still trying to make my way through its entries, but the ones that I already had the pleasure to watch were all complete gems
To not be quite so overwhelming, here's five I'd recommend starting with:
The Rules of the Game (1939)
Duck Soup (1933)
L'Age d'Or (1930)
Nothing Sacred (1937)
The Thin Man (1934)
Of the ones you have listen above, I can't recommend Trouble In Paradise and the two Hawks films enough. Those are some of my all time favorites.
If you're looking for more, this list is a pretty good, large, reference point.
So, uh, I used Google. Here's 100 movies with female leads and here's 45 with strong, intelligent female leads. As a bonus, a bunch of those movies are pretty good too.
HOWEVER, this one wins the thread: Mrs. Doubtfire.
Mubi has curated a list of Kubrick's favorite films. Wouldn't you know it, Wild Strawberries is second on the list! The Phantom Carriage appears at number 30.
In 1966, Kubrick said "“There are very few directors, about whom you’d say you automatically have to see everything they do. I’d put Fellini, Bergman and David Lean at the head of my first list, and Truffaut at the head of the next level.”
The main text of the article reads as:
> His favorite films from Cinema (magazine) in 1963:
> I Vitelloni (Federico Fellini, 1953)
> Wild Strawberries (Ingmar Bergman, 1958)
> Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1941)
> The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (John Huston, 1948)
> City Lights (Charles Chaplin, 1931)
> Henry V (Laurence Olivier, 1945)
> La Notte (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1961)
> The Bank Dick (W.C. Fields, 1940)
>Roxie Hart (William Wellman, 1942) Note: at one point, he said this was his favorite film Hell’s Angels (Howard Hughes, 1930)
It's a fairly long, but very insightful and thorough transcript of a discussion about The Dark Knight Rises' writing flaws, which are also Nolan's recurring flaws.
> Is there a less visceral filmmaker helming blockbusters in Hollywood? So many opportunities to create mood are left unfulfilled. Take for instance the introduction—or lack thereof—to Bruce Wayne’s isolation. The film is in such a rush to explain itself to us, we don’t get to settle into a universe. Imagine a series of wide shots of the mostly empty Wayne Manor, a limping Wayne stalking the halls (or think Plainview in the mansion at the end of There Will be Blood). Nolan doesn’t have such considerations and we never get a sense of Wayne’s loneliness, we’re just told about it by Michael Caine. Also, the chance to create an atmospheric, anarchic Gotham once Bane takes over is skipped over entirely—though Oldman’s Jim Gordon running through alleys is the one highlight—or rather a hint of what could have been
A main issue people have with his exposition is that he uses dialogue to explain emotions (as evidenced in aforementioned excerpt). Another one is how he repeats concepts ad nauseam (e.g. "Plan A was a lie" said 5 times in a row over the course of 1 scene)
It's been a while since I've seen it, and yes it is a great film. But I've read that it isn't it. Here is a link that analyzes it. I'm not even sure if marienbad is referred to as a rare film (my mistake, Weiner said rare and not old).
I think you make some interesting points, but do I think you make a simplification by giving examples which focus on the most mainstream streaming sites. The points you make are pretty much how most mainstream cinemas operate, and this is somewhat inevitable with anything which is mainly about making money. However, there are more art-house sources of movie streaming, just like there are more arthouse cinemas. To name a few:
- For instance, there's BFI Player, which is connected to the British Film Institute,
- MUBI,
- Curzon On Demand which is connected to another UK independent/arthouse cinema chain,
They run slightly different business models to Netflix/iTunes but I suppose that's not much different to cinemas.
>If you feel like you can write a song without passion that hinges on thoughts
Great songs, like most great art are the consequences of great passion. Why can't film be passionate? You'll find more passion in a Mizoguchi film than you'll find in most top 40 hits. Plenty of lyrical songs hinge on the artist's inner thoughts, I'd wager most are written in first person.
>If you feel like you can write a play that is built on action and limited dialog
I've seen silent plays
> If you can write a movie that really expresses the inner workings of the mind and not choices derived from external events in the hero's life
Here's a decent list to get you started >Please someone link me one movie or movie script that is generally accepted as a great film that delves into the thoughts of the characters.
A ma connaissance il n'y a rien en sVOD (abonnement).
À part éventuellement Mubi, qui en propose parfois (et qui a quelques films permanents), mais c'est une sélection tournante - et le cinéma français n'est pas leur spécialité (c'est une plateforme de cinéma d'auteur en général).
Par contre, en VoD (achat au film seul), tu peux aller voir sur La Cinetek, c'est probablement la plateforme la plus adaptée.
Enfin, si tu es à Paris, le plus simple de très loin c'est de prendre un abonnement aux médiathèques de la ville et d'aller emprunter les films sur place...
I had a kid the "right age" to have seen this and never heard of it from them or any friends or classmates. I used Disney as an example because a lot of their direct-to-video productions had merchandise associated with them that was distinct from the original film.
Direct to video is not JUST for "lesser known" films, or "flops" or even Disney. There are a LOT of movies of other genres that are not released to theatres that turn out to be pretty well-watched.
Here is a list of kid films that went right to video.
You'll definitely find some in here:
https://letterboxd.com/hydratedshrimp/list/lonely-people-in-neon-cities/
https://mubi.com/lists/colors-of-the-brush-the-cinematography-collection
Oh man, just looked it up and stumbled upon this article about Boris Vallejo and he’s made some awesome posters! And I love that vintage painted style. Thanks for the rec!!
Try lists from letterboxd, or if you want a little bit less mainstream suggestions: from mubi, like this one. Discord servers could be alternative too.
Wendy and Lucy (2007)
A girl with her dog is heading to Alaska and the car breaks down and the story starts there.
Solid little story with Michelle Williams in lead role.
I'm currently watching through it on Mubi.com (https://mubi.com/films/city-hall-2020) but if you don't have that service you might find it on other platforms or at the library since its pretty well-rated. No real narration just conversations on local government and events from a perspective most never get to see.
I agree. Love him.
I had a little epiphany about him & Mia while watching that doc. It’s pretty well understood that he’s the biological son of Frank Sinatra and just looking at the resemblance tells that.
BUT.
They showed a pic of Mia’s dad in the doc and guess what? He also looks an awful lot like Frank Sinatra. So the first epiphany was that Ronan might have gotten his handsome good looks from his mom’s gene pool. The second one is that young Mia had some serious/borderline creepy daddy issues when she landed in the bed of a dude who looks like her dad at 21.
Here’s a pic of her dad: https://mubi.com/cast/john-farrow
This pic shows the Sinatra resemblance better than others, but either way, you can see a lot of Ronan in him.
It’s still tough to believe he’s got any of Woody Allen’s genes in him though.
There's a lot of articles, scholarly and otherwise, out there that dissect it in detail. For starters, I'd recommend this MUBI post. I think the following quoted paragraph is maybe the best summary of the main view, but there are so many salient coded symbols and themes that support the interpretation.
> Trans Academic Cael M. Keegan writes on this exchange in Lana and Lilly Wachowski: Sensing Transgender (University of Illinois Press), stating that Morpheus’ dialogue “captures a trans* affect for which language barely exists. Something is wrong with reality. The gendered structure of the world does not seem true, but others live within it as if it were presocial, coterminous with nature.” Keegan continues that gender dysphoria “is rendered invisible or irrational,” because this world cannot reflect such a personal sensation. The Matrix has resonated with many trans and non-binary people long before either one of the Wachowskis were out as transgender women. Much like those viewers, Keegan’s read of this film’s “real” is a construct or rather, “the matrix,” a virtual simulation that we take to be the film’s reality, is a construct—much like gender. Keegan’s book is built on the entire Wachowskis’s career, focusing on the representation of queerness and gender with The Matrix as the foundational text.
It is also well worth noting that the trans (and queer community in general) have often found salient trans interpretations within the cyberpunk sub-genre, particularly in relation to how it often makes distinctions between the physical and the spiritual.
The Wolf House was recommended on this sub by /u/KenjanRozu a few days ago
https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueFilm/comments/gks4l6/the_wolf_house_is_a_stopmotion_horror_masterpiece/
And it seemed that MUBI had it, but it wasn't in their 30-day roster. So I looked it up yesterday when I got the email about the Library thing and sure enough:
https://mubi.com/films/the-wolf-house
Still not available.
It's an awesome service and there's a bunch of stuff that they offer that the Criterion Channel doesn't have at the moment.
Free 30 day trial (instead of just 7 days) too if you use a referral code: https://mubi.com/t/web/global/65nXLR-a
It's less numerical figure and more of perspective - someone who can answer not just "what are your favorite non-English films" but also "what good recent non-English films can you recommend". Or even apply a delimiter to the question e.g. year, last few years, decade, 21st century. It's not because it's automagically better, but it's like listening to your neighbor say "why would I want to vacation abroad when we have the best everything in this town/county/state/country". Perspective.
Disclaimer of course that you can still fantasize even if you cannot afford to travel - but anyone with more than $10 budget for entertainment monthly can subscribe to MUBI (and they have a 3-month free trial right now).
El último disco de Deafheaven y este tema
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La novela "Nadie nada nunca" de Juan José Saer (Escritor argentino que no tiene nada que envidiarle a Borges). acá un cuento de él.
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Blood Night: The Legend of Mary Hatchet!
It's Danielle Harris though. She's very adorable.
Here is a list, but I can't check it right now:
If they’re celebrating the Bergman Centennial than perhaps they also release some of his favorites?!
- The Circus He certainly loved films involving ‘the circus ring.’
- The Mirror or Rublev
- The Wind (1928)
- The Conductor (1980) - Andrzej Wajda
Port of Shadows upgrade. this is probably a Studiocanal property, so I’m likely going to shell out for the region b soon as my cc dvd is missing or lost.
Upgrade to the Bergman Faith Trilogy
Bergman’s “Island Trilogy* or...
Bergman’s Face to Face which has been re-evaluated as of late after the BFI screenings this year. I’ve never seen it.
The Saragossa Manuscript (okay, this one is one of my favorites! And the restoration was completed back in 2015 I beleive).
Here’s a list of films Bergman liked.
Check out MUBI.
Lots of critically acclaimed films from all genres and plenty of 30s -50s movies.. Constantly revolving content, I can always find something I like...
> As one of the six people who are still Michael Mann fans
Oh, his critical fanbase may be smaller than it was in the 90s, but the people that still love his work really love it. Ignatiy Vishnevetsky writes some of the best work on Mann.
some of the hollywood classics that are probable/definite influences on Twin Peaks: Laura (1944), Vertigo, Carnival of Souls, Night of the Hunter
Others along the lines of what you're looking for: Repulsion, Possession (1981), 3 Women, Blow-Up, Picnic at Hanging Rock, Solaris (1972), L'Avventura, Dead Ringers, Pulse (2001), Double Life of Veronique, Last Year at Marienbad, Messiah of Evil (1973), Hour of the Wolf, Persona, Don't Look Now, Meshes of the Afternoon (def influence on Lynch, period), Brand Upon the Brain
If you're open to anime: Boogiepop Phantom, Paranoia Agent, Perfect Blue
Great list on doppelgangers on mubi: https://mubi.com/lists/doppelgangers-twins-and-look-alikes
They may have been mislead by the fact that Mubi hasn't updated all of its pages:
>Watch on your PC, Mac, Android, iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Playstation, Samsung Smart TV, and Roku in United States.
However, this page in the drop down menu on the desktop site has a more current list.
- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
- Reservoir Dogs
- Almost Famous
- Synecdoche, New York
- Cinema Paradiso
- The Great Escape
- Taxi Driver
- Dr. Strangelove (or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb)
- The Godfather Part II
- Star Wars V: Empire Strikes Back
- Pulp Fiction
- Citizen Kane
- Rio Bravo
- Lost in Translation
- Inside Llewyn Davis
- Raiders of the Lost Ark
- To Live and Die in L.A.
- Lawrence of Arabia
- 12 Angry Men
- Rear Window
Full list of 300 in chronological order: https://mubi.com/lists/my-250-favourite-movies
An Irish website - http://www.volta.ie/ "Indie Cinema On Demand".
edit to add https://mubi.com/ - they release a new film each day and you've a month to watch it. I just renewed my yearly subscription for €38, I see the site says €5.99 a month but I assume the yearly subscription is available. This has an app for android and apple and you can download films to watch offline.
I pretty much use Zero Dark Thirty as a bellwether for determining if a critic is capable of more than simple surface analysis and knee-jerk reaction to the material. Ironically, the film itself makes a much deeper argument for what the critic actually wants than he is apparently capable of seeing.
Ignatiy Vishnevetsky did a far better analysis here, about the technocratic machine created by the War on Terror and its endless cycle of self-justification and self-perpetuation: https://mubi.com/notebook/posts/the-monitor-mentality-or-a-means-to-an-end-becomes-an-end-in-itself-kathryn-bigelows-zero-dark-thirty
Wow, I actually know this one.
Design for Dreaming is a short from the 50s where a woman dreams about a man who shows her cars. And they sing and dance. About cars. It's stupid.
Only reason I or anyone else has ever heard of it is that an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000 riffed it. You can watch that version here.
Mubi is doing the first online retrospective on the films of Lav Diaz. Right now they are showing "Evolution of a Filipino Family" and you can find their schedule here:
https://mubi.com/specials/lavdiazde
The retrospective will go on for a year and they will have one of his movies every month (they are all rather ridiculously long, so I think one a month is fine).
525 films about film, ofc all credits to Kenji. https://mubi.com/lists/films-about-film--4
Some newer additions I'd add: Histoire(s), The Thoughts That Once We Had, Women Workers Leaving the Factory [2005]
Sure.
Mubi works based on monthly/annually subscription and it's called as "movie-on-demand service". So, if you pay for 1 month you will have 30 movies (included Junun) to watch already. And for the rest of subscription time, they'll add a new movie everyday.
You can try to signup by using my referral link for get free 30 trial days, but sometimes their system gone crazy. So I can't promise about free trial.
Here is the ref link: https://mubi.com/tell-a-friend/global/wy2txog
I was thinking about Haxan too, yeah totally. Spider Baby, Black Sunday, Vampyr.
I keep a log, and I started in college sometime, but it isn’t numbered. I use Mubi to keep count, you can quickly rate movies on your profile and keep track of what you’ve seen. I just type ideas in a separate a doc if something interests me. There are currently 1,529 films on my profile and that’s probably about accurate.
~~here's an idea of what's available. It looks decent if you're looking to get into film and haven't seen many of the classics (old and new).~~
/u/claaaaaaaire has the info!
Netflix is a walled garden which may very well have interesting things to find, but outside there is so much more. Many folks don't want to bother leaving the garden and exploring off trail because it seems difficult and unfruitful at first. I've found communities of B-Movie lovers, and that made me rethink the entire medium of cinema and TV. I'd recommend checking out MUBI for a Netflix alternative, not to mention the plethora of sharing libraries available out in the boonies of the web~
The internet has the juggernauts, the capital cities where people congregate. Pls don't assume the capital cities are the only places worth visiting across the entire internet, and for the record 4/8/*chan just seems like a place for people to be weird and say whatever - like a twitter on lots of drugs, by no means anything close to an ideal forum or community granted it seems to spawn a sort of fever dream culture which some people enjoy while others just assume it's a cesspool — reddit is similar in that it contains many communities but an insane vocal minority can do dumb things and give the entire mass of reddit a bad name.
Not touched upon is JGL's awful character, his awful plot device where he knows Batman based on his smile, his phoned in acting.
Also not touched on is Bane's increasingly nonsensical plan and bizarre plot holes like stealing money from a digital stock exchange (I bet that can't be reversed!), hooking up some good to someone else's blood bag in the plane hijack.
Touched on in the article but I'll reiterate: Catwoman goes from strong women to swooning damsel
Bane's awful death scene
Tahlia's awful death scene
Nolan's inability to convey atmosphere in an apparently desolate, hostage city
Nolan's inability to convey Bruce's loneliness without Bruce being told that he is lonely by Alfred
Fight choreography between Bane and Batman is akin to a brawl between drunks, not a fight between to martial arts masters and league of shadows members
Feels like more of a sequel to Begins than it does to TDK, odd progression of narrative
Most conversations between Batman and Bane feel strung together by one liners
Some guy:
> I am willing to call Interstellar and The Dark Knight Masterpiece
You
>> If this sub wasn't so shit, that would be the top comment.
It's not hating on Nolan just to say he's never made a masterpiece. The dude's a fine, adequate director. He makes summer popcorn blockbuster movies. You're just some Nolan circlejerker.
Posts that hardly leave the /r/movies/new queue are a lot different to /r/movies/top or hot because there are far less people commenting and voting who aren't as invested about film.
> plot hole
There are far worse problems in TDKR than that.
Ok I think this was the explanation I was thinking of. https://mubi.com/reviews/26849
TLDR: The film doesn’t EVER shows us the real Asami. Neither the submissive girl at the beginning, nor the psychotic fiend at the end is really her. All we are ever seeing is Aoyama’s own perceptions of her in each phase of the relationship; perceptions which are not real but instead are colored by his desires and guilt and then projected onto Asami.