Couldn’t get me on those rafts! And it was obviously super important to bring the ladies’ sedan chairs through the muddy rainforest and down the river. Procol Harum - Conquistador dot mp3.
Couldn’t get me on those rafts! And it was obviously super important to bring the ladies’ sedan chairs through the muddy rainforest and down the river. Procol Harum - Conquistador dot mp3.
Yes finally lol. Storytelling in a Rashomon style is so common in pop culture, and I’m glad that I’ve at least seen the original now. Everybody’s a liar but one true thing - the wife deserved better.
Yes finally lol. Storytelling in a Rashomon style is so common in pop culture, and I’m glad that I’ve at least seen the original now. Everybody’s a liar but one true thing - the wife deserved better.
The prologue was dubbed in English for some reason. Don’t scare me like that when I’m doing a project like this! But the rest was in Russian, and they had fun with the subtitles too. SMG’s Buffy even has a brief “cameo.”
The prologue was dubbed in English for some reason. Don’t scare me like that when I’m doing a project like this! But the rest was in Russian, and they had fun with the subtitles too. SMG’s Buffy even has a brief “cameo.”
The classic ‘give the beautiful girl glasses so we know she’s a nerd and then take them off, wow she’s gorgeous!’ trope. But she puts them back on! I know Indian weddings can be extravagant, but these characters got MONEY (or crushing debt).
The classic ‘give the beautiful girl glasses so we know she’s a nerd and then take them off, wow she’s gorgeous!’ trope. But she puts them back on! I know Indian weddings can be extravagant, but these characters got MONEY (or crushing debt).
We’re ignoring the fact that this movie includes some English because there’s a valid reason for it lol. I learned a lot about the DMZ. It also made me want a Choco Pie. Song Kang-ho really is perfect in everything.
We’re ignoring the fact that this movie includes some English because there’s a valid reason for it lol. I learned a lot about the DMZ. It also made me want a Choco Pie. Song Kang-ho really is perfect in everything.
Certainly a lot of sex, piss, and fart-based humor in this lol, but it’s a charming batch of vignettes following a family and other quirky citizens of an Italian town under Fascism in the 1930s. The pencil-thin 30s brows are not for me.
Certainly a lot of sex, piss, and fart-based humor in this lol, but it’s a charming batch of vignettes following a family and other quirky citizens of an Italian town under Fascism in the 1930s. The pencil-thin 30s brows are not for me.
Absolutely adored how this was filmed. That aspect ratio! It made me want to travel to Iceland, although in a pampered tourist way rather than the exhausting journey these characters went on lol. There’s a wonderful dog in this!
Absolutely adored how this was filmed. That aspect ratio! It made me want to travel to Iceland, although in a pampered tourist way rather than the exhausting journey these characters went on lol. There’s a wonderful dog in this!
So glad I took the time to watch both this and Sambizanga this year. Both are directed by women and focus on the lives of women, their often forgotten contributions to resistance against oppressors as well as their unique struggles.
So glad I took the time to watch both this and Sambizanga this year. Both are directed by women and focus on the lives of women, their often forgotten contributions to resistance against oppressors as well as their unique struggles.
This was WILD! The only movie I’ve seen where someone is murdered by a futon or eaten by a piano. The subtitles called Oshare the lead girl ‘Gorgeous’ and Shiro the cat ‘Blanche,’ so I guess that works lol.
This was WILD! The only movie I’ve seen where someone is murdered by a futon or eaten by a piano. The subtitles called Oshare the lead girl ‘Gorgeous’ and Shiro the cat ‘Blanche,’ so I guess that works lol.
You know I had to save Guillermo del Toro for October. Great characters and story. The jar with the dead baby juice was scarier than the ghost tbh. The hot guy villain was a real asshole, but boy was he hot.
You know I had to save Guillermo del Toro for October. Great characters and story. The jar with the dead baby juice was scarier than the ghost tbh. The hot guy villain was a real asshole, but boy was he hot.
Chow Yun-fat is so cool in this. I’m glad I rewatched Le Samourai recently because I can see the inspiration Woo took from it (but this is 1000x more violent lol). Cauterizing a wound with gunpowder and a lit cigarette, good lord. Shrimp Head!
Chow Yun-fat is so cool in this. I’m glad I rewatched Le Samourai recently because I can see the inspiration Woo took from it (but this is 1000x more violent lol). Cauterizing a wound with gunpowder and a lit cigarette, good lord. Shrimp Head!
I may not really “get” Tarkovsky, but his films are always visually stunning and that’s been enough for me each time. Sometimes vibes really are enough. This one floats from memory to memory, very nebulous.
I may not really “get” Tarkovsky, but his films are always visually stunning and that’s been enough for me each time. Sometimes vibes really are enough. This one floats from memory to memory, very nebulous.
During an uprising in an unnamed African country, a white woman refuses to leave her struggling coffee plantation. One of the most stubborn characters I’ve seen in a while and with unsurprising consequences.
During an uprising in an unnamed African country, a white woman refuses to leave her struggling coffee plantation. One of the most stubborn characters I’ve seen in a while and with unsurprising consequences.
During the Cambodian-Vietnamese war, a wife hides the death of her husband from the rest of her family. The subtitles for this were terrible, which is a shame since it’s such a heartbreaking story with emotional fantasy elements.
During the Cambodian-Vietnamese war, a wife hides the death of her husband from the rest of her family. The subtitles for this were terrible, which is a shame since it’s such a heartbreaking story with emotional fantasy elements.
Girl, the wigs! These were some messy ass women. The characters lounge around in bed or on fugly shag carpet for like 94% of this movie. Marlene’s entire existence was depressing.
Girl, the wigs! These were some messy ass women. The characters lounge around in bed or on fugly shag carpet for like 94% of this movie. Marlene’s entire existence was depressing.
Madhuri Dixit was unreal. Why was SRK driving a Cozy Coupe? The troupe’s house slash dance studio (?) was giving Angel Grove Youth Center. A delightful amount of PPL in this, thank you!
Madhuri Dixit was unreal. Why was SRK driving a Cozy Coupe? The troupe’s house slash dance studio (?) was giving Angel Grove Youth Center. A delightful amount of PPL in this, thank you!
Initially picked something I didn’t vibe with and replaced it with this - a better choice. Those earrings really got around. There’s a beautiful shot of torn up letters floating in the breeze that transitions to snowflakes…ok 1953!
Initially picked something I didn’t vibe with and replaced it with this - a better choice. Those earrings really got around. There’s a beautiful shot of torn up letters floating in the breeze that transitions to snowflakes…ok 1953!
A bummer obviously, but I loved how lived in the sets were. This made me want to rewatch Beyond Evil, but I don’t think I need that stress again and this was dark enough lol.
A bummer obviously, but I loved how lived in the sets were. This made me want to rewatch Beyond Evil, but I don’t think I need that stress again and this was dark enough lol.
I always heard this was a challenging one (it was), but I went for it. Liv Ullmann barely spoke, but she was amazing and Bibi’s monologues were so good. I definitely see its influence on Lynch for Mulholland Drive.
I always heard this was a challenging one (it was), but I went for it. Liv Ullmann barely spoke, but she was amazing and Bibi’s monologues were so good. I definitely see its influence on Lynch for Mulholland Drive.
Set during the struggle for independence in Angola, a family man and revolutionary is arrested and taken away by police. We follow his wife as she searches for him, interspersed with scenes from daily life.
Set during the struggle for independence in Angola, a family man and revolutionary is arrested and taken away by police. We follow his wife as she searches for him, interspersed with scenes from daily life.
Another Su Li-zhen? Now I need to rewatch In the Mood for Love (my fave) and 2046. Can always count on Wong Kar-wai to deliver on vibes alone and interesting connections between characters.
Another Su Li-zhen? Now I need to rewatch In the Mood for Love (my fave) and 2046. Can always count on Wong Kar-wai to deliver on vibes alone and interesting connections between characters.
We hebben een serieus probleem when a man’s girlfriend goes missing on vacation. The villain in this was so creepy, and when we finally learn what really happened to her…oh boy. Justice for Saskia!
We hebben een serieus probleem when a man’s girlfriend goes missing on vacation. The villain in this was so creepy, and when we finally learn what really happened to her…oh boy. Justice for Saskia!
Well that was quite a road trip. The BFFs Diego and Gael were babies in this, playing the most annoying and yet adorable fuckboys of all time. I love how narration was used in this to tell us much, much more.
Well that was quite a road trip. The BFFs Diego and Gael were babies in this, playing the most annoying and yet adorable fuckboys of all time. I love how narration was used in this to tell us much, much more.
The kind of melodramatic cheese I needed today. The temptress co-worker! The initial car crash that doesn’t leave a scratch on her beautiful face! The Ensure PPL! The intervention of Jesus Christ himself! (???) Salamat!
The kind of melodramatic cheese I needed today. The temptress co-worker! The initial car crash that doesn’t leave a scratch on her beautiful face! The Ensure PPL! The intervention of Jesus Christ himself! (???) Salamat!
The protagonist runs around town while she waits to hear back about medical test results, and she sure does a lot in a short time. Obsessed with all the kittens running around in her apartment.
The protagonist runs around town while she waits to hear back about medical test results, and she sure does a lot in a short time. Obsessed with all the kittens running around in her apartment.