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KarmaPolice
Footballguy
The bolded, unfortunately.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
Probably the same for me but I swear I am going to lock my phone in a box or something lol
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
I've been trying to improve with this. If I'm in the living room, I will leave the phone elsewhere when watching something I want to focus on, but in the bedroom the charging dock is closer.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
Yeah I had a stretch where I was really good but then football season started and I feel like I am constantly checking this or that. So dumb but I need to stop.
The Gator
Footballguy
Really enjoyed this one too
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Ilov80s
Footballguy
Alright, it's Noirvember and I've got 21 noirs lined up with themes and all. I am obviously very cool and definitely don't have too much time on my hands lol. This is by far my favorite film genre so it's always fun digging into the darkness. Here is what we've got:
Spooky Season Meets Noir
Spooky Season Meets Noir
- Nightmare Alley (47)
- Night of the Hunter
- This Gun for Hire
- The Glass Key
- The Blue Dahlia
- To Have and Have Not
- The Lost Weekend
- Mildred Pierce
- Odd Man Out
- Detective Story
- The Killers
- Criss Cross
- Phantom Lady
- The Lady from Shanghai
- Pickup on South Street
- Sudden Fear
- Murder My Sweet
- The Big Sleep (46)
- The Long Goodbye
- Farewell, My Lovely
- The Big Sleep (78)
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Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
I'd watch all of those except The Lost Weekend. It's not really noir, IMO. it's just "alcoholism bad".
Can I suggest Detour, D. O. A., or The Narrows Margin?
Ilov80s
Footballguy
Thanks for the suggestion. They are all rewatches so I know what I’m getting into. I agree Lost Weekend usually gets labeled as noir and maybe I’m not totally sure why. I’ve only seen that once so I did want to take a second look. Detour and DOA are very good but I think Narrow Margin is one of the best crime movies nobody knows about. Just a perfect little movie.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
Tonight was Nightmare Alley to start the Noir run. Tyrone Powers isn't always my favorite actor but when given a juicy role like this, he delivered. I think this is pretty even with the GDT remake from a couple years ago. I prefer Powers over Cooper but the one spot the remake got right was the ending. The 40s version goes a little too soft with the landing.
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
Well, it's your list. I guess three others that those in the know know but others don't know would be Ace In The Hole, Panic In The Streets, and The Stranger.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
If anyone hasn't seen Ace in the Hole, they should follow Andy's lead and seek this out ASAP. It's pitch black.
Eephus
Footballguy
Monthly dump of movies I watched. October 2023 edition.
Sign o’ the Times (1987 - Prince)
The Caine Mutiny Court Martial (2023 - W. Friedkin)
Shock (1977 - M. Bava)
The Evil Eye (1964 - M. Bava)
The Night of the Hunter (1955 - C. Laughton)
From Beyond the Grave (1974 - K. Connor)
Zardoz (1974 - J. Boorman)
Theater Camp (2023 - M. Gordon & N. Lieberman)
Husbands (1970 - J. Cassavettes)
Blood and Black Lace (1970 - M. Bava)
Raw Deal (1948 - A. Mann)
A Bay of Blood (1971 - M. Bava)
Ready or Not (2019 - M. Bettinelli-Olpin & T. Gillett)
Fast X (2023 - L. Leterrier)
Twins of Evil (1971 - J. Hough)
The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988 - W. Craven)
The Fabelmans (2022 - S. Spielberg)
Jessabelle (2014 - K. Greutert)
Jason Bourne (2016 - P. Greenglass)
White Zombie (1932 - V. Halperin)
Killers of the Flower Moon (2023 - M. Scorsese)
Gloria (1980 - J. Cassavetes)
Strays (2023 - J. Greenbaum)
The Art of Love (1965 -. N. Jewison)
The Wolfman (2010 - J. Johnston)
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (2023 - W. Anderson)
The Curse of the Werewolf (1961 - T. Fisher)
Wolfen (1981 - M. Wadleigh)
Trick ‘r Treat (2007 - M. Dougherty)
29 movies this month, 14 of which were horror and were written up in the other thread. The genre will never be my hthing but I loved the Mario Bava binge
Sign 'o the Times had a great performance by Prince the artist but was let down a bit by Prince the director. I wrote up the The Caine Mutiny Court Martial when I watched it but this is a reminder that I need to rewatch the original. The Night of the Hunter remains extraordinary and absolutely timeless; it was made in 1955 but just as easily could have come out in 1925 or 2025.
Zardoz was bat#### crazy but awesome in it's own bizarre way. It's hard to imagine a filmmaker of John Boorman's stature getting greenlighted for a project as weird as Zardoz today. Theater Camp was a fun little comedy to watch with the family. The community of show biz kids and their teachers were cute but not cloying and the clever script embraced the cliches instead of running from them.
Raw Deal was an excellent low budget noir with great lighting and cinematography and a classic doomed hero. I'd highly recommend it for @Ilov80s Noirvember. I've seen enough of the Fast and Furious franchise for Fast X to make some sense but the series has become as ridiculously meta as the MCU. I finally got around to The Fabelmans. It's well crafted as Spielberg films always are but I never connected with the story and characters.
I watched a couple of films directed by John Cassavettes. Husbands is stereotypical Cassavettes with a lot of improvisation and not much plot. The acting from Cassavettes, Gazzara and Falk is brilliant at times but I got fed up with their characters. Gloria is a more traditional narrative movie with gangsters pursuing a witness. Gena Rowlands was terrific and the kid wasn't too annoying. Sidney Lumet remade it with Sharon Stone as Gloria which sounds like it's worth watching at some point.
What have I missed? I didn't like Jason Bourne as much as the earlier films in the series. The script was weak and Paul Greenglass' kinetic style was sensory overload. Even the simplest expository scene had a lot of camera movement and smash cuts. The Art of Love is a mid-60s rom com with **** Van Dyke and James Garner hamming it up and Elke Sommer playing a French girl. It's a silly trifle with cool Parisian locations that reminded me of a poor man's version of Irma La Douce.
Strays was a raunchy R-rated comedy with talking dogs. It was heavy on poop and #### jokes but we laughed a bunch. Most dog people will probably enjoy it. The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar is the longest of the four Roald Dahl shorts that Wes Anderson made for Netflix. The gimmick is it follows Dahl's text word-for-word which is cool for 39 minutes but wouldn't work for a feature length film. And speaking of runtime, we saw Killers of the Flower Moon on opening weekend
Sign o’ the Times (1987 - Prince)
The Caine Mutiny Court Martial (2023 - W. Friedkin)
Shock (1977 - M. Bava)
The Evil Eye (1964 - M. Bava)
The Night of the Hunter (1955 - C. Laughton)
From Beyond the Grave (1974 - K. Connor)
Zardoz (1974 - J. Boorman)
Theater Camp (2023 - M. Gordon & N. Lieberman)
Husbands (1970 - J. Cassavettes)
Blood and Black Lace (1970 - M. Bava)
Raw Deal (1948 - A. Mann)
A Bay of Blood (1971 - M. Bava)
Ready or Not (2019 - M. Bettinelli-Olpin & T. Gillett)
Fast X (2023 - L. Leterrier)
Twins of Evil (1971 - J. Hough)
The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988 - W. Craven)
The Fabelmans (2022 - S. Spielberg)
Jessabelle (2014 - K. Greutert)
Jason Bourne (2016 - P. Greenglass)
White Zombie (1932 - V. Halperin)
Killers of the Flower Moon (2023 - M. Scorsese)
Gloria (1980 - J. Cassavetes)
Strays (2023 - J. Greenbaum)
The Art of Love (1965 -. N. Jewison)
The Wolfman (2010 - J. Johnston)
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (2023 - W. Anderson)
The Curse of the Werewolf (1961 - T. Fisher)
Wolfen (1981 - M. Wadleigh)
Trick ‘r Treat (2007 - M. Dougherty)
29 movies this month, 14 of which were horror and were written up in the other thread. The genre will never be my hthing but I loved the Mario Bava binge
Sign 'o the Times had a great performance by Prince the artist but was let down a bit by Prince the director. I wrote up the The Caine Mutiny Court Martial when I watched it but this is a reminder that I need to rewatch the original. The Night of the Hunter remains extraordinary and absolutely timeless; it was made in 1955 but just as easily could have come out in 1925 or 2025.
Zardoz was bat#### crazy but awesome in it's own bizarre way. It's hard to imagine a filmmaker of John Boorman's stature getting greenlighted for a project as weird as Zardoz today. Theater Camp was a fun little comedy to watch with the family. The community of show biz kids and their teachers were cute but not cloying and the clever script embraced the cliches instead of running from them.
Raw Deal was an excellent low budget noir with great lighting and cinematography and a classic doomed hero. I'd highly recommend it for @Ilov80s Noirvember. I've seen enough of the Fast and Furious franchise for Fast X to make some sense but the series has become as ridiculously meta as the MCU. I finally got around to The Fabelmans. It's well crafted as Spielberg films always are but I never connected with the story and characters.
I watched a couple of films directed by John Cassavettes. Husbands is stereotypical Cassavettes with a lot of improvisation and not much plot. The acting from Cassavettes, Gazzara and Falk is brilliant at times but I got fed up with their characters. Gloria is a more traditional narrative movie with gangsters pursuing a witness. Gena Rowlands was terrific and the kid wasn't too annoying. Sidney Lumet remade it with Sharon Stone as Gloria which sounds like it's worth watching at some point.
What have I missed? I didn't like Jason Bourne as much as the earlier films in the series. The script was weak and Paul Greenglass' kinetic style was sensory overload. Even the simplest expository scene had a lot of camera movement and smash cuts. The Art of Love is a mid-60s rom com with **** Van Dyke and James Garner hamming it up and Elke Sommer playing a French girl. It's a silly trifle with cool Parisian locations that reminded me of a poor man's version of Irma La Douce.
Strays was a raunchy R-rated comedy with talking dogs. It was heavy on poop and #### jokes but we laughed a bunch. Most dog people will probably enjoy it. The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar is the longest of the four Roald Dahl shorts that Wes Anderson made for Netflix. The gimmick is it follows Dahl's text word-for-word which is cool for 39 minutes but wouldn't work for a feature length film. And speaking of runtime, we saw Killers of the Flower Moon on opening weekend
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
I like it! I was going to join you, but I need noir in smaller bursts despite really liking the ones I've seen.
Instead, I am going to try to get to a ton of 70s research, and not just horror movies.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Fittingly, the Criterion 4ks of The Last Picture Show, Mean Streets, and Days of Heaven are due out before the end of the year. 
Ilov80s
Footballguy
I might have to get The Last Pic Show and Mean Streets. I have the BR of Days of Heaven. I probably won’t do the 4K upgrade but I bet it will look so good, that’s such a pretty movie.Fittingly, the Criterion 4ks of The Last Picture Show, Mean Streets, and Days of Heaven are due out before the end of the year.
Tick
Footballguy
I also watched this sometime in the past couple of weeks. It was good.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Of course instead of something new I decided to pop in the 4k disc of Jaws on the oled.
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
What do you think of the set?
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
A Kiss Before Dying
She's not wrong. It's trash.
BlackCrowes
Footballguy
Anatomy of a Fall was very good.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
Man I really need to see that, The Killer and Priscilla. Movie season is starting!
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
I really like it. The main complaints I read before buying were lack of options with apps and it's too dark. I didn't have any issues with the few apps we need, and I actually think the opposite- it's almost too bright, which I was going to play with on my day off. I think it looks great, and well worth the $550 price tag.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
@KarmaPolice The new Pure Cinema pod is 40s noir gems. Good listen and the rare category where I think I might be more well versed than they are or at least on their level which is a first time ever.
Raging weasel
Footballguy
What TV did you get?
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
I listened yesterday morning and added 4 or 5 to the ever growing queue. A couple are on Criterion channel that sounded interesting. I think Love Letters and I Know Where I'm Going! for sure were. Others not streaming, so I need to look into the library system - 5 Graves to Cairo and Canyon Passage stand out here.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
5 Graves to Cairo is real good, oddly enough one of the first Billy Wilder movies I saw. My dad loves Eric Von Stroheim so I am sure that's why he showed to me. I Know Where I am Going is also quite good- I mean Powell-Pressburger is pretty much a guaranteed stamp that the movie is going to be special. I heard they mentioned The Glass Key in the beginning....that's my movie for tonight. I hadn't ever made the Miller's Crossing connection before but makes perfect sense.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Wilder was the reason my ears perked up and why I bumped it to the top. I haven't been disappointed yet in a movie of his, and I hadn't heard of that one before. I've been wanting to do more director based spurts of viewing movies again after the month of horror and now 70s movies. Wilder is one I wanted to dig further into so added 5 Graves there.5 Graves to Cairo is real good, oddly enough one of the first Billy Wilder movies I saw. My dad loves Eric Von Stroheim so I am sure that's why he showed to me. I Know Where I am Going is also quite good- I mean Powell-Pressburger is pretty much a guaranteed stamp that the movie is going to be special. I heard they mentioned The Glass Key in the beginning....that's my movie for tonight. I hadn't ever made the Miller's Crossing connection before but makes perfect sense.
Passionate Friends was another on Criterion that I bumped up the list too. I remember them bringing that one up as a pairing with Phantom Thread, and I had planned on a rewatch of that soon too.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
Yeah I think I've only seen 1 Wilder film that I thought was lame and I've seen a lot of his movies. He's def the S tier of writer-directors.Wilder was the reason my ears perked up and why I bumped it to the top. I haven't been disappointed yet in a movie of his, and I hadn't heard of that one before. I've been wanting to do more director based spurts of viewing movies again after the month of horror and now 70s movies. Wilder is one I wanted to dig further into so added 5 Graves there.5 Graves to Cairo is real good, oddly enough one of the first Billy Wilder movies I saw. My dad loves Eric Von Stroheim so I am sure that's why he showed to me. I Know Where I am Going is also quite good- I mean Powell-Pressburger is pretty much a guaranteed stamp that the movie is going to be special. I heard they mentioned The Glass Key in the beginning....that's my movie for tonight. I hadn't ever made the Miller's Crossing connection before but makes perfect sense.
Passionate Friends was another on Criterion that I bumped up the list too. I remember them bringing that one up as a pairing with Phantom Thread, and I had planned on a rewatch of that soon too.
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
He Walked By Night
Decent enough. More police procedural and not noir. Good finale.
Kanopy has SO many titles.
Decent enough. More police procedural and not noir. Good finale.
Kanopy has SO many titles.
Raging weasel
Footballguy
No Hard Feelings
My wife and I both really enjoyed this movie, lots of laughs at the beginning but almost a serious drama for the final 20 minutes. Has a great cast and some great R rated scenes and humor.
My wife and I both really enjoyed this movie, lots of laughs at the beginning but almost a serious drama for the final 20 minutes. Has a great cast and some great R rated scenes and humor.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
Decent movie but yes there was a little sub-genre of police procedurals in the 40s/50s where they do a lot of explaining new technology and new strategies which today are so commonplace that it's kind of painful to sit through.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
Finished my Lake-Ladd trio of This Gun for Hire, The Glass Key and The Blue Dahlia. They are all good but This Gun For Hire is a tier or two above. One interesting thing about Lake-Ladd movies is the directors are all rather average but they are written by 3 of the great authors of the 20th century: Graham Greene, Dashiel Hammett and Raymond Chandler. I mean we are talking the men who brought you The Maltese Falcon, The Thin Man, The Big Sleep, The Long Goodbye, The Quiet American, Brighton Rock., The Power and the Glory. It would have been really cool to see what first rate directors like Hawks, Curtiz, Houston, etc. could have done with these scripts and actors.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
One of the best "B" noirs ever made. Absolute gem.
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
His movies are a bit much. Profondo Rosso and Suspiria are good ones if you want to give him another chance.
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
Loved it.
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
Christopher Lee is still the scariest Dracula, in my opinion.
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
Doesn't look great, but I'll give it a shot because Guy Ritchie directed it.
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
Fantastic movie. Saw it twice in the theater.
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
Just saw it. Hard to watch, but beautiful.
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
I could not find a screening of this, so I guess I'll watch it at home.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
Only 1 screen I’ve seen around here with it and it’s out of the way and not in a very cool area. I’ll do Netflix tomorrow.
Mr. Mojo
Footballguy
I've never seen it and I need to add to to my list.5 Graves to Cairo is real good, oddly enough one of the first Billy Wilder movies I saw. My dad loves Eric Von Stroheim so I am sure that's why he showed to me. I Know Where I am Going is also quite good- I mean Powell-Pressburger is pretty much a guaranteed stamp that the movie is going to be special. I heard they mentioned The Glass Key in the beginning....that's my movie for tonight. I hadn't ever made the Miller's Crossing connection before but makes perfect sense.
Thanks.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
I tackled an odd 70s pairing today with Fat City and The Deer Hunter. Both were very hit or miss with me.
Eephus
Footballguy
I love Fat City. Huston did a great job capturing the mood and style of the novel.
The Deer Hunter starts off strong but I think the Vietnam scenes go over the top to try to make a point.
ETA: I get that Vietnam was still recent history in 1978 and American artists were struggling with how to process that. I think that explains some of the excesses although that's kind of Cimino's usual M.O. I haven't watched The Deer Hunter since it came out so maybe old me would like it better than teenage Eephus did.
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KarmaPolice
Footballguy
I knew nothing of the novel, but that makes sense. For me, it was mostly the acting by Susan Tyrrel (or was it just the character?) that was keeping me from getting more into the movie. Something just felt off - like a person acting drunk who has never had a drink, and she was on screen for long stretches of the movie.
Deer Hunter I think you still have right. The opening hour or so is great as we establish the characters, but the Vietnam and Russian Roulette scenes get to be a bit much. I think it stands out a little from other war movies of the time in that instead of the soldiers being the ones doing the horror and then coming back, this one is the psychological horror inflicted on them. It could be a function of not being barely any scenes in Vietnam, but many movies make a point of showing our soldiers battling with the horrors that they inflicted on others while in combat. I hope that makes sense. It's still a worthwhile watch, but I am not sure I hold it at the same level as similar movies.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
The Deer Hunter started life as an unproduced screenplay about Russian roulette in Las Vegas called The Man Who Came to Play by Louis Garfinkle and Quinn K. Redeker. The script was rewritten by writer/director Michael Cimino and American screenwriter Deric Washburn, who re-set the film in Vietnam.
Ok, this makes sense and might explain some of the clunkiness in the movie.
Ok, this makes sense and might explain some of the clunkiness in the movie.
