Bait

Small town gentrification drama that feels, masterfully, as if it were filmed for television on a shoe-string in the late 1960s. Disjointed editing, outmoded acting styles and strong one-of-a-kind feel help slow burn this into something quite remarkable. Also has the best 'your pub's shit anyway' ever to grace the screen. [8].

Firestick, but I nearly did a free seven day BFI sample on Amazon for it a few weeks ago, offer might still be up (think it was for Prime members though).

Yeah, great film.

regmcfly wrote:

Porco Rosso is the best USA dub and better for westerners than the original debate me. I just love Michael Keaton.

This is true by the way.

Porco Rosso
I love this film. Easily my favourite from the studio. A beautiful, stirring, hilarious self-contained adventure, equally happy to be a daft cartoon and a pathos-rich fairytale at the same time. I never get bored of watching it.

Devdas
Opulent Bollywood epic. Almost every frame is a thing of absolute beauty, and it has some of the most incredible dance and music numbers I've seen in a film. Let down by a painfully boring plot about a reprehensible scumbag who bafflingly manages to get two of the world's most beautiful women to fall madly in love with him.

I'm a fan of it, but only make the time to watch any films ever once in a while, which I really should change. Favourites have included Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and Lagaan, so very much scratching the surface. Luckily the selection on Prime and Netflix actually seems to be pretty good.

31. Calm With Horses

Intense crime thriller in which a non-family gang member considers his position.

[8]

Potentially my last cinema review for some time.

45. To All The Boys I Loved Before
Again Netflix are carrying the genres that have faded from main releases. This being a nice and mellow-y presented romance film. I thought it would be a bit "teen" in it's presentation but instead I think they're going for John Hughes but not quite getting there. Still, enjoyable stuff.
[7]

46. To All the Boys P.S. I Still Love You
Cute sequel to the first one that, like the first, it has a nice calm and reasoned style to it.
[7]

47. Millers Crossing
The Coens before they had that real Coen spark. I didn't know anything about it so was surprised it was a period thing. Not bad but didn't zing. Nice hats though.
[5]

Da fuq

32. After the Storm

Meandering drama about a failing writer come private investigator reconnecting with his family.

[7]

(BBC iPlayer)

You should be dragged into the woods and shot.

Miller's Crossing's a what now?

Nobody wants to say why they like it? Perhaps I was right then.

I always thought QT ripped off the under-the-bed scene from MC in KBv1.

The Lighthouse -  A fine balance between comic and unnerving as minds start to unravel and the film becomes more and more disjointed (or does it?!).  Lots of lovely inky photography.  Some scenes lost me by feeling too...actory, like they were doing improv exercises, but I can't think of two guys I'd rather watch doing that stuff.  Regardless, I'm fine with Eggers turning in a finely crafted fable every few years.  [8]

The Happiness of the Katakuris - I mean what can you say, it's a blast, with surprising moments of sweetness punctuating the black comedy.  [7]

Quatermass 2 -  Aged worse than its predecessor and I struggled to look past the thinly disguised refinery used for most of the film.  Cool setup though, ripe for interpretation and I love some decent practical effects in black and white.  [5]

The Bird With the Crystal Plumage - Only my second Argento after Suspiria so it suffered in comparison, though there are flashes of his macabre style.  By the time the revelations rolled around I'd lost interest in the plot.  [4]

Open Range - Blokes being dudes and not having feelings until Annette Bening shows them how.  I find it much harder to accept genre cliches in modern Westerns but the shootout's pretty fun.  [5]