Films you have seen at the cinema 2023

[Orang Utan]

LIFF 2023
Film 1
The Lady Vanishes
Excellent start with Hitchcock’s classic train-based mystery (films on trains is a theme this year)
Hadn’t seen it before - loved it - wasn’t expecting it to be funny but it rips the piss out of the stuffy arrogant English brilliantly.
5 missed test matches out of 5

 

[Elpenor]

I watched that recently (possibly on iplayer) and thought it was great fun

 

[DJWrongspeed]

when you have a chance to see it, if you don't spot her, let me know and I'll give you the answer.

Spotted easily. Not sure about The Smiths soundtrack, don't think it worked otherwise an entertaining romp. I'm sure Fassbinder has been considered a new style Bond. Talking about the Killer film here

 

[belboid]

I watched that recently (possibly on iplayer) and thought it was great fun

So did me n mrsb. Tho we both kept being confused because we thought Margaret Lockwood was Margaret Rutherford, which was a bit confusing.

 

[Throbbing Angel]

Last week I saw...

• Hocus Pocus
• Ringu
• The Wicker Man - the final cut
• The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Local indy halloweeny showings

 

[Throbbing Angel]

Last week I saw...

• Hocus Pocus
• Ringu
• The Wicker Man - the final cut
• The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Local indy halloweeny showings

Oh, and,

• The Woman in Black (1989 TV movie)

 

[Orang Utan]

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Film 2:
La Bête Humaine
Another train film, this time a Zola adaptation concerning love, lust, murder. And trains. Looks magnificent.
3 screeching whistles out of 5

 

[HAL9000]

Spotted easily. Not sure about The Smiths soundtrack, don't think it worked otherwise an entertaining romp. I'm sure Fassbinder has been considered a new style Bond. Talking about the Killer film here

I don't think it mattered which artist was picked just something with guitars and loud. What worked well at the cinema I went to, the volume was cranked up, so in the sniper sequence the switch in viewpoints from loud music viewpoint and quite music viewpoint was very jarring, I thought it worked well followed by a panicky escape.

 

[Orang Utan]

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Film 3: Restore Point
Low-budget Czech sci-fi with some impressive visuals. The premise is original but the Swiss cheese plot disappoints
3 evil tech bros out of 5

 

[Orang Utan]

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Film 4:
Animalia
Loved this. A pregnant woman is alone in a magnificent Moroccan mansion. Some weird stuff happens and she’s compelled to go on a road trip. More weird stuff happens. Surprising, enigmaticand compelling - you really cannot see where it’s going at all. The Atlas Mountains in the background are gorgeous. Debut director Sofia Alaqui is a talent to watch. There is also a good dog.
4 freaky magpies out of 5

 

[Orang Utan]

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Film 5:
Strangers On A Train
Not quite the perfect murder, but a perfect film
5 motherfuckin’ strangers on a motherfuckin’ train out of 5

 

[Orang Utan]

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Film 6:
The Delinquents
Argentinian heist movie. Sort of. It’s unclassifiable and lasts a whole afternoon, yet I still don’t know what I’ve seen. So many odd details and elliptical plotting that I doubt I’ll ever fathom it. Baffling but brilliant.
4 squeaky chairs out of 5

 

[tim]

I'm at the cinema museum watching loads of recently restored and rediscovered silent movies. The next one will be accompanied by Colin Searle on the piano.

I've probably have had my fill of silent movies for the next decade.

 

[Orang Utan]

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Film 7: How To Have Sex
Bleak drama focussed on three 16-year-old girls going on holiday to Crete to celebrate (or not) their GCSE results. Stunning debut from Molly Manning-Parker exploring sexual politics. Not sure how I feel about the the muddying of the issue of consent, mind, but it was suitably traumatic viewing.
4 regrettable liaisons out of 5

 

[Sue]

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Film 6:
The Delinquents
Argentinian heist movie. Sort of. It’s unclassifiable and lasts a whole afternoon, yet I still don’t know what I’ve seen. So many odd details and elliptical plotting that I doubt I’ll ever fathom it. Baffling but brilliant.
4 squeaky chairs out of 5

Saw that at the LFF. Enjoyed it (and the Q&A afterwards was -- for once -- good) but thought it was a bit too long.

 

[Orang Utan]

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Film 9: High Noon
Another faultless classic - perhaps the greatest Western ever. Great to see it at 10.30am on a Sunday, which is exactly when the film begins (and runs in real time)
5 strong silent types out of 5

 

[Sue]

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Film 9: High Noon
Another faultless classic - perhaps the greatest Western ever. Great to see it at 10.30am on a Sunday, which is exactly when the film begins (and runs in real time)
5 strong silent types out of 5

It is a great film but (as with many films then/now) the huge age gap between the romantic leads always makes me .

 

[Sue]

I'm at the cinema museum watching loads of recently restored and rediscovered silent movies. The next one will be accompanied by Colin Searle on the piano.

I've probably have had my fill of silent movies for the next decade.


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Sorry i missed this. Love the CM and silent films. I've literally just seen Blackmail at the BFI with a live piano accompaniment.

 

[Orang Utan]

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Film 10: The Sweet East
Fantastical satirical road movie in which a callow and shallow young woman meets a procession of wordy and toxically dogmatic twats. It’s about America or something. Gobby Haynes off of Butthole Surfers plays a Good Samaritan monk though. First stinker of the festival.
2 bejewelled penises out of 5

 

[Orang Utan]

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Film 11: Holding Up The Sky
Gloomy documentary on the plight of the almost-certainly-doomed Yanomami people of the Amazon. We should listen to them though, before we destroy the whole human project. (Loved their perspective on ‘the Whites’ - they call our gardens prisons for plants)
3 razed rainforests out of 5

 

[petee]

(films on trains is a theme this year)

have you seen High And Low?

 

[Elpenor]

If you could see any film currently on general release in the next 2 weeks, what would it be? I’ve got a free ticket that needs to be used within that time window… any thoughts?

 

[Sue]

If you could see any film currently on general release in the next 2 weeks, what would it be? I’ve got a free ticket that needs to be used within that time window… any thoughts?

The Killer? How to have sex? Hoping to see both this week so no idea yet if they're any good.

Or one of the Powell and Pressburger films that seem to be on general release. Or the new prints of Peeping Tom or Stop Making Sense.

 

[Orang Utan]

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Film 12: Another Body
Disturbing doc on deepfake porn. Felt like I needed a bath afterwards.
4 fedora-sporting incels out of 5

 

[Orang Utan]

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Film 12: Shadow Of The Vampire.
Absolutely magnificent. Lush 35mm restoration.
Willem Dafoe is glorious (and funny - so good to see with an audience in a proper cinema.
The director did a Q&A afterwards and we got a golden anecdote about Nicolas Cage (who produced the film), which was the icing on the cake
5 clattering fingernails out of 5

 

[Elpenor]

The Killer? How to have sex? Hoping to see both this week so no idea yet if they're any good.

Or one of the Powell and Pressburger films that seem to be on general release. Or the new prints of Peeping Tom or Stop Making Sense.

I’ve seen How to Have Sex a few weeks ago, I’ll have a look at reviews for The Killer, thanks

Not sure if the others will be on at the cinema the free ticket is valid at, but it looks Anatomy of a Fall is an option and that has won some awards

 

[Dr. Furface]

If you could see any film currently on general release in the next 2 weeks, what would it be? I’ve got a free ticket that needs to be used within that time window… any thoughts?

One of my fave films this year is Dumb Money which is still showing at a handful of screens in London this week. It’s a true story of how a bunch of smalltime investors on YouTube and Reddit (mainly) in 2021 made a killing investing in shares in a company called Gamestock in the US and forced hedgefunds and finance institutions into massive losses. It’s a brilliant and humorous film about a rare occasion where the little guy sticks it to the man - a sort of anti-Wolf Of Wall Street.

 

[Orang Utan]

I’ve seen How to Have Sex a few weeks ago, I’ll have a look at reviews for The Killer, thanks

Not sure if the others will be on at the cinema the free ticket is valid at, but it looks Anatomy of a Fall is an option and that has won some awards

Seeing that tomorrow!

 

[Orang Utan]

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Film 13: Scala!
I had a grin on my face through most of this. Lovely and touching tribute to London’s legendary rep cinema. It meant a lot seeing it at Hyde Park Picture House - I never went to Scala but we had our own Scala up here at The Hyde Park and at the Cottage Road Cinema’s legendary late night Fridays in the late 80s/early 90s - I saw many of the films mentioned at these wonderful cinemas and screenings were occasionally almost as debauched as the Scala’s notorious all-nighters. This incredible film has sparked so many memories and is certainly my favourite of the festival so far. It’s out in January. Go see it!
5 sticky floors out of 5

 

[Sue]

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Film 13: Scala!
I had a grin on my face through most of this. Lovely and touching tribute to London’s legendary rep cinema. It meant a lot seeing it at Hyde Park Picture House - I never went to Scala but we had our own Scala up here at The Hyde Park and at the Cottage Road Cinema’s legendary late night Fridays in the late 80s/early 90s - I saw many of the films mentioned at these wonderful cinemas and screenings were occasionally almost as debauched as the Scala’s notorious all-nighters. This incredible film has sparked so many memories and is certainly my favourite of the festival so far. It’s out in January. Go see it!
5 sticky floors out of 5

Saw this at the LFF with a (very good) q&a.