What's The Latest Film You Have Seen?

AFX · 08-25-2025, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by jadis

I'm incredibly lucky. Today I'm going to see The Hour of the Wolf (second time on the big screen), tomorrow Last Year at Marienbad (also second time OTBS), on Wednesday they show Spellbound and I'm debating whether I want to see that too. Maybe I'll take a day off from cinema because on Thursday they show Guy Maddin's Forbidden Room and I know I want to see that. There are months where there are at most a couple of films a month I want to see and then there are weeks like this... For example in September they have a retrospective on Italian Neorealism and a tribute to some Israeli filmmaker and I'm not particularly interested in either. But the good news is I'll finally get to see Come and See on the big screen.

Fantastic. Not into Italian Neorealism? It’s one of my favorites

jadis · 08-25-2025, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by AFX

Fantastic. Not into Italian Neorealism? It’s one of my favorites

It never sounded tempting to me, they should've called it Italian Neosurrealism! Don't think I saw a single film from this genre. This is the program, tell me what you think I should watch and we'll see if I'm in the mood.

Unfortunately I won't be able to see Rome, Open City which sounds like something I might enjoy, I have other plans on both days it's on.

jadis · 08-25-2025, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by BassoonPlatoon

You do seem like a real student of cinema, which I can appreciate.

Thanks man. I'm certainly a big film buff, though I wouldn't call myself a serious student or "cinephile"... My taste and knowledge are really narrow compared to the actual cinephiles I know.

AFX · 08-25-2025, 04:49 PM

Just go with what interests you and if none do then skip it. Go with your moods.

AFX · 08-25-2025, 04:50 PM

You’re being far too humble! !

BassoonPlatoon · 08-26-2025, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by jadis

Thanks man. I'm certainly a big film buff, though I wouldn't call myself a serious student or "cinephile"... My taste and knowledge are really narrow compared to the actual cinephiles I know.

I'm completely the opposite. A lot of people I see on a regular basis see "nudity" or "sex jokes" and claim those as the height of film.

jadis · 08-26-2025, 04:37 PM

My movie habit is in part down to growing up in Montreal, which has a brilliant cinematheque. I glanced at what they're showing right now, and the program for August/September features Valerie and Her Week of Wonders, The Hourglass Sanatorium, Cocteau's Beauty and the Beast and Orphée, all of Terry Gilliam, Powell and Pressburger's The Red Shoes, Chris Marker's Sans Soleil, Guy Maddin's Twilight of the Ice Nymphs, Matthew Rankin's The Twentieth Century, Jan Švankmajer's Alice, Larissa Shepitko's The Ascent and PLENTY of other classics...

It's true that with the internet you can access everything but it's a special privilege to have a cinema like that as part of your social life more or less.

Vandal X · 08-28-2025, 11:20 AM

While there some genially funny and fun parts to this. They do not make up for the horrible script, sub plots that go nowhere and horrible ending. The cast is great it's just to bad the script did not allow them to shine

Vandal X · 08-31-2025, 03:16 PM

The Toxic Avenger

I can't lie....Troma flicks are a huge part of my adolescents so it was a pleasure to see this in the theater.....plus how often do you get to see an "unrated" film in the theater?

It's incredibly stupid and it is really fun. Lots of little shout outs to earlier Toxie flicks and the Troma universe as a whole.

Toxie sings a cover of Overkill by Motorhead!

And David Yow of The Jesus Lizard steals the movie as a hobbo weirdo doctor.

jadis · 08-31-2025, 05:23 PM

I remember seeing Tromeo and Juliet on TV in the middle of the night in the very early 2000s. Loved every moment, all the gags and the gore and the naked ladies.

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jadis Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2021 Location: dont ask Posts: 1,870	My movie habit is in part down to growing up in Montreal, which has a brilliant cinematheque. I glanced at what they're showing right now, and the program for August/September features Valerie and Her Week of Wonders, The Hourglass Sanatorium, Cocteau's Beauty and the Beast and Orphée, all of Terry Gilliam, Powell and Pressburger's The Red Shoes, Chris Marker's Sans Soleil, Guy Maddin's Twilight of the Ice Nymphs, Matthew Rankin's The Twentieth Century, Jan Švankmajer's Alice, Larissa Shepitko's The Ascent and PLENTY of other classics... It's true that with the internet you can access everything but it's a special privilege to have a cinema like that as part of your social life more or less. __________________ Wireless enthusiast intercepts government secret radio band and uncovers secrets and scandals of deceitful type proportions

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jadis Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2021 Location: dont ask Posts: 1,870	I remember seeing Tromeo and Juliet on TV in the middle of the night in the very early 2000s. Loved every moment, all the gags and the gore and the naked ladies. __________________ Wireless enthusiast intercepts government secret radio band and uncovers secrets and scandals of deceitful type proportions

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08-25-2025, 04:49 PM	#24484 (permalink)
AFX Music Addict Join Date: Jan 2025 Posts: 126	Just go with what interests you and if none do then skip it. Go with your moods.

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AFX Music Addict Join Date: Jan 2025 Posts: 126	You’re being far too humble! !

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Vandal X Groupie Join Date: Aug 2025 Posts: 34	While there some genially funny and fun parts to this. They do not make up for the horrible script, sub plots that go nowhere and horrible ending. The cast is great it's just to bad the script did not allow them to shine

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Vandal X Groupie Join Date: Aug 2025 Posts: 34	The Toxic Avenger I can't lie....Troma flicks are a huge part of my adolescents so it was a pleasure to see this in the theater.....plus how often do you get to see an "unrated" film in the theater? It's incredibly stupid and it is really fun. Lots of little shout outs to earlier Toxie flicks and the Troma universe as a whole. Toxie sings a cover of Overkill by Motorhead! And David Yow of The Jesus Lizard steals the movie as a hobbo weirdo doctor.