Boogie nights, second time watching it but I didn’t remember much of it. I liked it less than I remembered I feel like the dialogue just isn’t interesting enough usually. The last 45 minutes is really entertaining though

6/10

CC? I wish :(( dw I'll get a quality copy.

Have you seen Elena from this director?

I don’t think I have. Are you talking about Lucien Casating-Taylor?

Oh wait. Elena is a Russian film by another director. My bad

I meant Caniba it's a doc about the Japanese cannibal Issei Sagawa.

Oh word. But nah not yet, it’s on my list. I’ve watched about five minutes and it instantly gives off such a haunting vibe

Very excited to watch it

Witness for the Prosecution 4,5/5
Une Affaire de femmes 4/5
Touch of Evil 4,5/5

fiya

gonna watch my rossellini-bergman set soon (altho BFI one got fear instead of europa 51). gonna rewatch stromboli in italian too

also brief encounter

Well, I watched the Europa ‘51 Italian version so yeah. Criterion Channel got different options for that lol

i watched europa 51 in english
thought that the italian track was on physical only

Two different options brethren

oh botherr. ill check out the italian one next year then

I think I prefer that chief

Only God Forgives 6.5/10

Just watched Heavenly Creatures. Movie slapped hard, but im hella shook now. I had no idea this was based on a true story (apparently its says it at the beginning, but i missed that part lol), i looked the film up afterwards on imdb and now i feel really weird.

American Beauty 4/10. A bad film with little to no redeeming qualities

Saw Casino for the first time last night

Sour Grapes (2016) 4/5
The Signal (2014) 2.5/5
Wild Wild Country 3.5/5
They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead (2018) 4/5
Cutie and the Boxer (2013) 4.5/5
All the Money in the World (2017) 3.5/5
The Fly (short (2014)) 4.5/5
Imagine (short (2015)) 2/5
Dementia (short (2014)) 4/5
Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017) 3.5/5

Currently watching Big Bad Wolves (2013) about half way through so far so good though

Edit: Big Bad Wolves (2013) 4/5

JoJo Rabbit 8.5

L'Avventura

This film had me like "daaaamn, this looks pretty but sure is boring as F***!" Then I read some people saying, oh but THAT'S the POINT and I'm like.. yeah obviously, but it doesn't necessarily make for good film (at least to this guy). And yeah, Monica Vitti is very good looking, but idk if I should be giving Antonioni points for featuring attractive women in his films. All the same, it was very pretty. Interesting to go from that film to this next one..

Dogville

Halfway through this film I was like "maaan, f*** this movie" but then afterwards I got to thinking and was like "you know, maybe don't f*** this movie." I feel like I gotta see more stuff by von Trier (only seen this and Melancholia) before making my mind up on if its a "fuck this movie" situation or not. I think von Trier has too interesting of insights into human morality (this film) and psychology (Melancholia) for me to totally give into the total p***ographic, misanthropist critical takes, but I do see why people feel that way. This film handles rape in a really uncomfortable, questionable manner. I'd venture to call it.. irreverent, which seems a big flag to me.

But, why did I find fault here but not with The Nightingale in that respect? I'm in a bit of a bind, but I do feel that something about the minimalist design fully attunes my perspective to the fact that I'm momentarily (for the duration of the film) entering into covenant with the creatives (bravo for the successful alienation effect) and taken under their care for a bit. I want to understand von Trier's film history a little more to properly respond to what he's trying to do here. This could be trash, but it could also be a stilted masterpiece