jlhoots Posted April 23, 2017 Report Share Posted April 23, 2017 Their Finest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duaneiac Posted April 24, 2017 Report Share Posted April 24, 2017 50 years old now and it still holds up as a fine drama. Both stars turn in outstanding performances. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted April 24, 2017 Report Share Posted April 24, 2017 Rules Don't Apply - Warren Beatty (2016) Interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted April 25, 2017 Report Share Posted April 25, 2017 The Buddy Holly Story - Steve Rash (1978) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted April 26, 2017 Report Share Posted April 26, 2017 Rabbit Hole - John Cameron Mitchell (2010) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted April 26, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2017 OBIT. the film https://twitter.com/OBITthefilm?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosam  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted April 29, 2017 Report Share Posted April 29, 2017 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted April 29, 2017 Report Share Posted April 29, 2017 Colossal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morganized Posted May 1, 2017 Report Share Posted May 1, 2017 On 4/23/2017 at 4:56 PM, jlhoots said: Their Finest  What did you think? Been considering this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted May 1, 2017 Report Share Posted May 1, 2017 2 hours ago, Morganized said: Â What did you think? Been considering this one. Worth your time. Bill Nighy is always a treat. Clever story & screenplay. The actress who played the lead (who I had not seen before) also did a nice job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duaneiac Posted May 1, 2017 Report Share Posted May 1, 2017 A film which at least always holds one's interest with a marvelous performance by Shelley Winters. The cast also includes the young Christopher Walken and Jeff Goldblum and the always enjoyable Lou Jacobi. There is also a blink-and-you'll-miss-him appearance by Bill Murray. A plus for me was the DBQ music included in the soundtrack even if "Three To Get Ready" and "Blue Rondo a la Turk" did not yet exist in 1953. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted May 1, 2017 Report Share Posted May 1, 2017 Before I Go To Sleep - Rowan Joffe (2014) The Big Clock - John Farrow (1948) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted May 2, 2017 Report Share Posted May 2, 2017 Bullets Over Broadway - Woody Allen (1994) Client 9 : The Rise And Fall of Eliot Spitzer (2010) - Alex Gibney Bright Star - Jane Campion (2009) Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted May 3, 2017 Report Share Posted May 3, 2017 Their Finest - Lone Scherfig (2016) Good set design and costumes skillfully recreate wartime London. Likeable cast with a capable lead. Overall it was entertaining but nothing more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duaneiac Posted May 5, 2017 Report Share Posted May 5, 2017 Kind of felt more like a gangster picture than a western. Walter Huston (in his final film) plays T.C. Jeffords, a powerful and feared New Mexico cattle baron. Barbara Stanwyck plays his daughter, Vance (kind of a warm up for her later role on The Big Valley). Father and daughter are very much alike in personality, spirit and drive and there is more than a little hint of a deeper "love" between them (being as his wife/her mother is dead). When another woman comes along to vie for her father's affections and when he betrays Vance by killing one of her closest friends, she sets off on a revenge quest to take control of the family business from him. Great performances by those two stars. Wendell Corey read his lines well, I guess, but it's hard to imagine a woman like Barbara Stanwyck getting hot and bothered by a cardboard cut-out like him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejp626 Posted May 5, 2017 Report Share Posted May 5, 2017 (edited) A Hologram for the King An interesting movie-version of the novel by Dave Eggers (which I haven't read). Among other things, it comments on globalisation and the hollowing out of manufacturing in the West. Like many consultants, we chased some big contract in the Middle East (though Bahrain, not Saudi Arabia) and in the end, we were more than happy when the deal fell through. The guy who is Tom Hanks' driver/guide in the film is definitely a highlight.  Edited May 5, 2017 by ejp626 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted May 5, 2017 Report Share Posted May 5, 2017 2 hours ago, duaneiac said: Kind of felt more like a gangster picture than a western. Walter Huston (in his final film) plays T.C. Jeffords, a powerful and feared New Mexico cattle baron. Barbara Stanwyck plays his daughter, Vance (kind of a warm up for her later role on The Big Valley). Father and daughter are very much alike in personality, spirit and drive and there is more than a little hint of a deeper "love" between them (being as his wife/her mother is dead). When another woman comes along to vie for her father's affections and when he betrays Vance by killing one of her closest friends, she sets off on a revenge quest to take control of the family business from him. Great performances by those two stars. Wendell Corey read his lines well, I guess, but it's hard to imagine a woman like Barbara Stanwyck getting hot and bothered by a cardboard cut-out like him. One of my favourites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted May 5, 2017 Report Share Posted May 5, 2017 I Am Not Your Negro - Raoul Peck (2016) Beautiful and powerful. One of the best films of the year. Steve Jobs: The Man Inside The Machine - Alex Gibley Missed this first time around. It was very interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted May 6, 2017 Report Share Posted May 6, 2017 The Girl - Julian Jarrold (2012) The Lunchbox - Ritesh Batra (2013) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted May 10, 2017 Report Share Posted May 10, 2017 The Salesman - Asghar Farhadi (2016) The fourth great film from this director. Contratiempo : The Invisible Guest - Oriol Paulo (2017) Gripping thriller with ultra serpentine plot. Highly entertaining follow up to El Cuerpo: The Body. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted May 12, 2017 Report Share Posted May 12, 2017 Sinatra: All Or Nothing At All - Alex Gibney (2015) Engrossing, highly watchable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted May 13, 2017 Report Share Posted May 13, 2017 Graduation - Romanian film Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted May 13, 2017 Report Share Posted May 13, 2017 6 hours ago, jlhoots said: Graduation - Romanian film Hope you liked it. I did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted May 13, 2017 Report Share Posted May 13, 2017 Moonlight - Barry Jenkins (2016) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted May 14, 2017 Report Share Posted May 14, 2017 The Armstrong Lie - Alex Gibney (2013) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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