28 Film Discussion Threads Later

**B-side** · 07-15-2010, 08:05 AM

I rather liked Suicide Club.

By the by, I'm nabbing The Black Cat based partially on your enthusiasm for it, Rowland. I've been meaning to check out some Ulmer, so this seems as good a start as any.

**Rowland** · 07-15-2010, 09:19 AM

Quoting Brightside (view post)

By the by, I'm nabbing The Black Cat based partially on your enthusiasm for it, Rowland. I've been meaning to check out some Ulmer, so this seems as good a start as any.

Excellent, though I should warn you in advance that its pleasures aren't as immediate as those in the other exceptional Universal horror films of the era; you have to work a bit more to pick them up, but it's worth it.

If you're renting the DVD, be sure to check out the other movies on the disk, which include the amusing, if overly schlocky, The Raven, and especially the underrated Murders in the Rue Morgue.

**B-side** · 07-15-2010, 09:23 AM

Quoting Rowland (view post)

Excellent, though I should warn you in advance that its pleasures aren't as immediate as those in the other exceptional Universal horror films of the era; you have to work a bit more to pick them up, but it's worth it.

If you're renting the DVD, be sure to check out the other movies on the disk, which include the amusing, if overly schlocky, The Raven, and especially the underrated Murders in the Rue Morgue.

I'm desperately lacking in the realm of classic horror earlier than, say, Psycho, so I've got Whale's Frankenstein and The Black Cat at the ready as a starting point.

**NickGlass** · 07-15-2010, 02:57 PM

Quoting Boner M (view post)

Weekend:

The Runaways

I laughed more through this risible rocker costume party than The Wackness. Cherie's sister sounds exactly like Jan Brady.

"You promised I could go on tour! So what, I'm supposed to stay here? Again? Making tacos...!"

**Ezee E** · 07-15-2010, 06:04 PM

Awesome. Getting paid to go to the Telluride Film Festival this year. Housing and food is paid for too!

**soitgoes...** · 07-15-2010, 07:12 PM

Quoting Boner M (view post)

Weekend:

Suicide Club

Cool. Count me in with the "I thought this was pretty great" group.

Quoting Boner M (view post)

Flowing (Naruse)

Good Naruse film, but I liked Sound of the Mountain more. They were my 2nd and 3rd films by him, so it has been awhile since I've seen them. Do you have the MoC box? If so, Repast is really good too.

**Sycophant** · 07-15-2010, 07:44 PM

Oh yeah. I saw Suicide Club like a week ago. It was kind of messy in ways that I thought detracted from its potential for greatness, but there was, I think, a very good core, and several great scenes. Still eager to check out more Sion Sono films (just got Love Exposure!).

**Stay Puft** · 07-15-2010, 08:20 PM

The Black Cat is awesome.

**Grouchy** · 07-16-2010, 12:51 AM

Quoting number8 (view post)

How do you watch a book, anyway?

**Grouchy** · 07-16-2010, 01:34 AM

After Pink Flamingos (which I loved, don't get me wrong) and being flat-out disappointed by Cecil B. Demented and A Dirty Shame, I thought the only proper movie John Waters had done was Hairspray. But Pecker had me laughing for a long time. The story is simple and the filmmaking is basic, but Waters has done an inspired job of casting - Christina Ricci's character Shelley here is the best use of the actress I've seen in some time. It's a forgettable movie but filled with on-the-nose comedy that worked for me.

**baby doll** · 07-16-2010, 01:50 AM

Weekend:

The Day I Became a Woman (Marzieh Makhmalbaf, 2000)
Fists in the Pocket (Marco Bellocchio, 1965)
I Don't Want to Sleep Alone (Tsai Ming-liang, 2006)

I'm also planning to take another look at Mysterious Object at Noon.

**MacGuffin** · 07-16-2010, 01:57 AM

Weekend:

Comedy of Innocence (Ruiz, 2000)
Revanche (Spielmann, 2008)
The Moon in the Gutter (Beineix, 1983)

**MacGuffin** · 07-16-2010, 02:02 AM

This is how cover art is done.

**Ezee E** · 07-16-2010, 02:09 AM

Great cover for The Magician. Been waiting for that to get a release.

**Spinal** · 07-16-2010, 02:15 AM

Two very good movies. Two excellent covers.

**number8** · 07-16-2010, 02:43 AM

Criterion, you know just how to woo me.

**Qrazy** · 07-16-2010, 02:49 AM

Dinner for Schmucks was disposable but pretty funny overall. Rudd is a bit bland here but Galifianakis, Jermaine Clement and Carrell carry the show. The central romance felt very forced but whatever.

Winston* · 07-16-2010, 03:16 AM

Rewatching Shakespeare in Love last night made me think how bad a serious Shakespeare biopic would be. It would be the worst, right?

**MacGuffin** · 07-16-2010, 03:20 AM

Quoting Winston* (view post)

Rewatching Shakespeare in Love last night made me think how bad a serious Shakespeare biopic would be. It would be the worst, right?

That movie is god-awful.

Winston* · 07-16-2010, 03:22 AM

Quoting Clipper Ship Captain (view post)

That movie is god-awful.

Nah, it's good.

**Derek** · 07-16-2010, 03:23 AM

Quoting Winston* (view post)

Rewatching Shakespeare in Love last night made me think how bad a serious Shakespeare biopic would be. It would be the worst, right?

Depends on who's directing, but most options, I'd agree with you.

**Spinal** · 07-16-2010, 03:29 AM

A Peter Watkins Shakespeare biopic would be awesome. He's pretty old now though.

**Raiders** · 07-16-2010, 03:29 AM

Quoting Winston* (view post)

Nah, it's good.

Yeah, it gets a bad rap from those miffed it won BP, but it's pretty darn solid. Better than the film everyone thought should win I would say.

Winston* · 07-16-2010, 03:35 AM

Quoting Raiders (view post)

Yeah, it gets a bad rap from those miffed it won BP, but it's pretty darn solid. Better than the film everyone thought should win I would say.

Better than The Thin Red Line? Nah.

**Derek** · 07-16-2010, 03:36 AM

Quoting Spinal (view post)

A Peter Watkins Shakespeare biopic would be awesome. He's pretty old now though.

I was thinking of him or Maurice Pialat, though I'm sure there are others who could pull off an outside-the-box biopic.

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