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01-26-2022, 09:12 PM

Yxklyx replied to a thread Criterion Challenge 2022 in General Film Discussion

I need to re-watch The Cranes are Flying and I've seen Written on the Wind like three times. I'd recommend the latter but you can't go wrong with...

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01-25-2022, 09:01 PM

Yxklyx replied to a thread Work Work Work Thread in The Kitchen Sink

Good luck! I was on strike for a week in Sep 2020. We won some cost of living increases. ...

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01-21-2022, 03:54 PM

Yxklyx replied to a thread Criterion Challenge 2022 in General Film Discussion

Were you looking for recs? Only Angels Have Wings for sure but for the 40s that's a tossup with a slight edge to Le Corbeau as a French film released...

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01-20-2022, 01:31 PM

Yxklyx replied to a thread The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (season 1) in 2022 TV Seasons

So why is this so expensive? Because they are doing much of the production in parallel to speed everything up or is it because of all the practical...

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01-20-2022, 06:37 AM

Yxklyx replied to a thread The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (season 1) in 2022 TV Seasons

There's a behind the scenes of that video clip and it shows it was made using practical effects and I've not seen anything saying Shore was involved.

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01-17-2022, 06:32 AM

Yxklyx replied to a thread Top Ten Films First Seen in 2022 in General Film Discussion

Ten Films: 1. Cold Water (1994, Olivier Assayas) 2. Polytechnique (2009, Denis Villeneuve) 3. The Insect Woman (1963, Shohei Imamura) 4. What...

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01-13-2022, 09:32 PM

Yxklyx replied to a thread Celeb (and Celeb SO's) Obit Thread in The Kitchen Sink

The Last Picture Show was really good but was thinking of Paper Moon, Targets, and What's Up Doc?

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01-13-2022, 09:29 PM

Yxklyx replied to a thread Random Thoughts in The Kitchen Sink

Who me or Skitch? I think we were both just trying to be funny. Mine was at 10 pm on a Saturday night so probably had drunk some alcohol by then as...

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01-12-2022, 02:30 PM

Yxklyx replied to a thread 28 Film Discussion Threads Later in General Film Discussion

I agree with baby doll - but I also feel that the super-hero genre is saturated. I like some super heroes films too and am somewhat interested in...

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01-12-2022, 05:08 AM

Yxklyx replied to a thread 28 Film Discussion Threads Later in General Film Discussion

Yea, and David Robert Mitchell is working on a superhero movie...

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01-10-2022, 09:17 PM

Yxklyx replied to a thread Your home theater setup (pictures if possible). in The Kitchen Sink

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wb3X9CioJKYbyqNpVSiprCa_-vjhAAEB I have an old Onkyo receiver (~20 years maybe) and a Blu Ray player. There's a...

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01-10-2022, 08:41 PM

Yxklyx replied to a thread Celeb (and Celeb SO's) Obit Thread in The Kitchen Sink

Sad to see Bogdanovich go - he directed some of my favorites.

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01-10-2022, 03:36 PM

Yxklyx replied to a thread Top Ten Films Rewatched in 2022 in General Film Discussion

1. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015, Miller) 2. World of Tomorrow (2015, Hertzfeldt) 3. The Big Lebowski (1998, Coen) 4. Pigs and Battleships (1961,...

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01-10-2022, 03:29 PM

Yxklyx replied to a thread 28 Film Discussion Threads Later in General Film Discussion

The Insect Woman was indeed really good. Hah, so I finally got through a Rivette film - known for making very very long ones, he actually made a...

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01-09-2022, 03:56 AM

Yxklyx replied to a thread Random Thoughts in The Kitchen Sink

Yes, kids should learn how to deal with freezing cold sometimes.

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01-07-2022, 09:02 PM

Yxklyx replied to a thread 28 Film Discussion Threads Later in General Film Discussion

What do people here think of Imamura? I didn't realize he made so many films and Criterion has many of them for streaming. Pigs and Battleships was...

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01-03-2022, 01:45 AM

Yxklyx replied to a thread Top Ten Films First Seen in 2022 in General Film Discussion

I am not a fan of Assayas - watched this because I watch whatever D'Angelo likes. I think he loves Assayas because of this one - sometimes first...

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01-02-2022, 11:39 PM

Yxklyx replied to a thread Top Ten Films First Seen in 2022 in General Film Discussion

1. Cold Water (1994, Olivier Assayas) This one will probably stay at or near the top for a while.

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