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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 9, 2009 14:57:26 GMT
Tilly, I am not exactly sure how this site works, since I'm not in the right country. I keep coming across it when I use the OVGuide search engine to find movies online. I assume it must work with people's Netflix or Lovefilm subscriptions. Movie Sumo |
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 10, 2009 0:50:28 GMT
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Post by Jazz on Jul 10, 2009 2:23:43 GMT
Paris, Je T'aime is wonderful Bixa. I bought my own copy. 22 directors participated in this film which was edited to have a story of each of the 20 arrondissements of Paris. These were the segments I most loved...
Loin du 16th arrondissment, A young immigrant woman in the suburbs of Paris, must leave her baby each morning, to go and tend to the baby of a wealthy family in the 16th arr.
Place des Fetes, A Nigerian man is dying from a stab wound and is cared for by a beautiful young woman.
Pigalle, Bob Hoskins and Fanny Ardant, very much a feeling of Pigalle.
Place des Victoires, Deep in the night a young mother, Juliette Binoche, is comforted by a magical cowboy, Willem Defoe...her little boy has died.
Faubourg Saint-Denis, A blind boy and his love, in the intriguing area of Faubourg Saint-Denis.
14th arrondissement, This was perhaps the most moving for me. A middle aged female postal worker has taken her first trip to Europe and in her laboured French descibes how she is feeling.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 10, 2009 4:22:10 GMT
I just this second finished watching it, Jazz. I'd be hard pressed to say which were my absolute favorites. I love Juliette Binoche -- would watch her in anything. Yes, absolutely the Place des Fetes and the 14th Arrondissement ones.
Slightly embarrassing, but I felt rather smug recognizing some places in Paris -- a place I've never been -- because of the wonderful glimpses you & Kerouac have given us.
Here's a trailer:
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Post by traveler63 on Jul 10, 2009 14:51:54 GMT
Oh, thank you two for this.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 10, 2009 16:12:48 GMT
I sort of created a monster by linking this thread over in the Europe board. There are now several comments and recommendations over there for films in the same mode. Check it out. |
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Post by cigalechanta on Jul 10, 2009 16:21:55 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 10, 2009 17:03:45 GMT
Wow ~~ TOTALLY different from the other online sites, Cigale. Thanks!
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Post by tillystar on Jul 15, 2009 15:18:37 GMT
Paris Je T'aime - I really loved that film! It was really something special, I don't watch films twce very often at all but that is one to be seen more than once.
I just finished watching the Notebook. If you are in the mood for a good old fashioned romance and a tear or ten, this film will fill all requirements. Heartbreaking.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 18, 2009 5:21:24 GMT
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Post by tillystar on Aug 6, 2009 9:45:58 GMT
I watched Doubt last night, really recommend it.
It was extremely powerful and moving. I really was in doubt myself about the truth of the matter and I think this was really cleverly done – one moment you think one person is right and switch and switch again.
Each of the four main actors gave outstanding performances; particularly the smallest of the four roles, played by Viola Davis who I have never seen in anything before. I hope to see a lot more of her in the future as she knocked me sideways.
Has anyone else seen it? I would be interested to know what people thought as it seems it is either loved or hated.
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 15, 2009 7:07:03 GMT
Just watched Hideous, Kinky and can see why it's so highly recommended. It is definitely a movie I will watch again. This is the nicest, clearest online copy, but very fiddly to get going: mrbrownee70.com/?code=watch&host=mv&gid=9268019. You have to click for the Alternate Method, then follow the not very clear directions. When you're told to get the url by right-clicking, choose Properties, then copy the top url of the two. One thing that caught my eye & I backed it up to see for sure -- two of the main characters are riding through the countryside in a truck and pass a wall that has "TinTin" graffitied on it in big letters. |
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 22, 2009 20:02:41 GMT
I watched Nacho Libre before, but in a terrible pirated dvd. Watched it again last night with this crystal-clear DivX version, and thoroughly enjoyed it. Okay, it's pretty dumb humor, but goofily fun. And of course I enjoyed seeing the area where I live so beautifully presented. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2009 18:56:34 GMT
I'm watching Children of Men on TV tonight, one of the best movies of the decade.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2009 11:30:57 GMT
Recently borrowed from a friend a movie,
Black White & Gray. A documentary about the life of Sam Wagstaff. Wagstaff was an American curator,collector and mentor of Robert Mapplethorpe.
Well known for his collection and champion of Minimalism,Pop Art and Conceptual Art. His true passion though, was his recognition of photography as an aesthetic art form and he went on to amass one of the largest collections of 19th Century American,British and French Photography. His collection of thousands of photographs was sold to the Getty Museum in L.A.
The movie explores his relationship with Mapplethorpe and the influence he had on Mapplethorpe's photography. But,the more interesting aspect of the movie is the influence he had in establishing photography as the art form it has come to be known for today.
Very interesting,intelligent film. Lovers of photography will positively drool over the photos in his collection.
The film includes interviews with John Richardson,Dominic Dunne,Truman Capote,Patti Smith,Dick Cavett and others who knew Wagstaff.
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Post by nic on Sept 9, 2009 6:40:26 GMT
 I've just finished watching Monsieur N. for the third time in a week. Richard E. Grant's portrayal as the peacock Sir Hudson Lowe is brilliant, but it's Phillipe Torreton who absolutely shines as Le Empereur. His Napoleon is by far the best one I have ever seen. New Orleanians should pay special attention. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2009 4:55:49 GMT
I saw the Hannah Montana movie on the plane.  |
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 16, 2009 23:21:39 GMT
*scratches Kerouac off membership list*
Let's be sure to go visit him in The Facility. Remember to speak softly and don't bring any gifts with sharp edges.
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 21, 2009 5:55:04 GMT
Tonight I watched Bella Martha, aka Mostly Martha, based on a recommendation by Jazz on this board.
It's a lovely movie. I was very taken by the cinematography and the many monochrome sets in the movie. The woman playing the lead is perfect. Really, everyone in it is extremely good.
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Post by lola on Sept 27, 2009 4:25:50 GMT
We just watched The Story of Qiu Ju, streamed on Netflix. Chinese film about a woman determined to get justice. Beautifully done. I liked the details of life in the provinces.
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 27, 2009 4:43:46 GMT
Ooo ~~ would love to see that. Last night I watched Bandits and absolutely loved it. This movie is so much fun with some great lines and I recommend it, especially for those times when a movie can't be found to suit everyone in the house. Billy Bob Thornton is terrific, but everyone does a great job. Look at the soundtrack: * "Gallows Pole" - Jimmy Page & Robert Plant * "Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum" - Bob Dylan * "Holding Out for a Hero" - Bonnie Tyler * "Twist in My Sobriety" - Tanita Tikaram * "Rudiger" - Mark Knopfler * "Just Another" - Pete Yorn * "Walk on By" - Aretha Franklin * "Superman (It's Not Easy)" - Five for Fighting * "Crazy 'Lil Mouse" - In Bloom * "Just the Two of Us" - Bill Withers, Grover Washington, Jr. * "Wildfire" - Michael Martin Murphey * "Total Eclipse of the Heart" - Bonnie Tyler * "Bandits Suite" - Christopher Young |
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 28, 2009 4:24:21 GMT
Thanks to everyone on the "favorite movie lines" thread, I just watched In the Loop. ;D What I thought was so great about it was they brought back the pacing of old 1940s Warner Bros. films, with the rapid-fire patter and the stepping on of lines.
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Post by lola on Sept 29, 2009 23:31:32 GMT
I want to see In The Loop again, but missed its short theater run here. Did you see it on DVD? It's supposed to be not all that far from how things were run on both sides of the Atlantic; Bugsy Malone with real guns indeed.
I did have to see it twice to catch as much as I did even. Rapid fire + Scottish accent = diffy.
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 30, 2009 1:47:41 GMT
Lola, I watched it the way I watch all movies and tv nowadays --- online. If you look at some of my comments on various movies, you'll see that I frequently provide a link to the movies. This is a good, working link, although not as crisp a picture as I'd like. Once the video starts playing, pause it for a few minutes to let it load well before watching. A tip about watching online movies in full-screen mode: if you ordinarily wear reading glasses at the computer, switch to a weaker pair of glasses. |
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Post by lola on Oct 1, 2009 1:13:22 GMT
Ah, so! Thanks!
Easy peasy lemon squeezy.
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 1, 2009 2:12:53 GMT
I don't care what you saw written on the bathroom wall ~~ that's not true!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2009 5:34:07 GMT
Last night I was watching a documentary on Arte, the Franco-German station, about sexuality in Germany after the war. It was interesting how the two Germanys went in totally different directions -- the West turned the women into perfect housewives whose primary role was to please their husbands, and the East did everything to make women the equals of men in the professional world and even in the bedroom. There were some excerpts of grainy black and white medical shows from East German TV with incredibly frank discussions about masturbation and things like that.
Apparently, there is still a major sexual divide between east and west.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2009 11:09:41 GMT
Might as well throw in North and South while you're there.  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2009 16:47:49 GMT
Well, hurray for East Germany!  And of course the rest of the communist world. They worked the women just as hard as the men while you were sprawled on the sofa eating chocolates. |
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Post by lola on Oct 1, 2009 22:02:01 GMT
Dream Girls
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And of course the rest of the communist world. They worked the women just as hard as the men while you were sprawled on the sofa eating chocolates.