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[Christian]

Attica, on 03 June 2012 - 12:20 AM, said:

Started "Into the Wild" this evening. At about 25 minutes in we are quite enjoying it. Hope to finish it Sunday night.

FWIW, this movie has stayed with me over the years in ways that other films from that year have not. But I only saw it once and have never watched it again, in part because I lent my DVD copy to a friend who only recently returned it! (I don't think he ever watched it. Oh well.)

[John Drew]

Wild at Heart tomorrow night. Doesn't look like Dune is going to be added to the David Lynch retrospective I've been attending. I'll have to rent that along with Lost Highway and Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, which were shown, but on nights I couldn't attend.

[Darrel Manson]

Probably nothing this weekend, but Monday when I give platelets I'll be watching TV series Rawhide. Eastwood before he had no name.

[Christian]

The Secret World of Arriety (2nd viewing)
Super 8 (first viewing)

[Anders]

Baal_T, on 08 June 2012 - 09:01 AM, said:

Wild at Heart tomorrow night.

An interesting film that I bet would be great on the big screen. Can't wait to hear what you think. It won the Palme D'Or in 1990.

I'm going to check out PROMETHEUS tomorrow night, and I have BLACK NARCISSUS, INLAND EMPIRE, and DEAD RINGERS sitting on my desk.

[John]

Jean Renoir's Grand Illusion is playing at a local theater this week, so I'll definitely be making time for that. Also, Costa's Ossos is on tap at home.

[Tyler]

Baal_T, on 08 June 2012 - 09:01 AM, said:

Wild at Heart tomorrow night.

They made that John Eldredge book into a movie?

[Nathaniel]

Anyone going to the Complete James Bond Retrospective?

[Darren H]

In my on-going effort to catch up with the films of 2011, this morning I watched The Skin I Live In, which I liked a lot, and I also have Take Shelter from Netflix. Tomorrow morning will be Renoir's The Little Match Girl (1928).

[John Drew]

Nathaniel, on 09 June 2012 - 11:54 AM, said:

Anyone going to the Complete James Bond Retrospective?

I might attend a couple. I only have 3 Bond left films to see on the big screen, and unfortunately one of them - Never Say Never Again - isn't included in this retrospective (not surprising, considering the Blu-ray tie-in). The others I may see are On Her Majesty's Secret Service which, after the awkward opening that I blame completely on the writers and producers, is one of my absolute favorite Bond films. And I never got to see Casino Royale when it first played in theatres.

edit: Looks like OHMSS is going to remain a "viewed only on TV" experience. Already have plans for tomorrow, which nips it in the bud.

Edited by Baal_T'shuvah, 09 June 2012 - 01:02 PM.

[Darrel Manson]

Nathaniel, on 09 June 2012 - 11:54 AM, said:

Anyone going to the Complete James Bond Retrospective?

I heard about that and thought it would be a great time.

Edited by Darrel Manson, 09 June 2012 - 04:35 PM.

[Christian]

Me and Orson Welles

[Darrel Manson]

Plan for this weekend at LAFF

Today: The Queen of Versailles, The Strawberry Tree
Sat: The Invisible War, Thursday Till Sunday, Reportero
Sun: Sister, Shorts Program 2 or a Coffee Talk for Screenwriters, A Night Too Young

[John]

Two B&Ws from two different parts of the world and two different eras:

The Public Enemy
The Turin Horse

. . . and Moonrise Kingdom

Edited by John, 15 June 2012 - 02:16 PM.

[Ryan H.]

Watched TO CATCH A THIEF last night. Not sure what I'll watch before the week is out.

Darren H, on 09 June 2012 - 12:56 PM, said:

In my on-going effort to catch up with the films of 2011, this morning I watched The Skin I Live In, which I liked a lot, and I also have Take Shelter from Netflix. Tomorrow morning will be Renoir's The Little Match Girl (1928).

I would love to read some of your thoughts on THE SKIN I LIVE IN. I've been trying to process that film, and the more I think about it, the more I end up conflicted.

[Darren H]

Ryan, I'm perpetually ambivalent about Almodovar. The films I like best (All About My Mother, Talk to Her, and now The Skin I Live In) are all transgressive melodramas, and I have a real weakness for transgressive melodramas -- from Borzage to Sirk to Cassavetes to Haynes. The Skin I Live In is especially interesting because of the ways it twists and distorts so many horror and gothic genre conventions. I'd love to see it on a double bill with Claire Denis's Trouble Every Day.

[Darrel Manson]

This weekend I'll be watching my grandson in PA.

[Thom]

I am thinking a second viewing of It Might Get Loud.

[Russ]

Darrel Manson, on 19 June 2012 - 09:47 AM, said:

This weekend I'll be watching my grandson in PA.

Where in PA?

I got a Blu-Ray/streaming player for Father's Day, and we reupped with Netflix after a several-year hiatus. I don't make it out to the theater much anymore, so I had no trouble finding about fifty movies for our instant queue comprised of festival films I've missed over the past several years. I'm thinking SOUL KITCHEN or TUESDAY, AFTER CHRISTMAS.

[Darren H]

Russ, I'd love to hear what you think of Tuesday, After Christmas.