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List the films you've seen at the cinema: 2013

Sue said:
Yep, at the Rio. A very lesbian audience I'd say and a bit disconcerting that there was lots of laughter during the lesbian sex scenes...:confused:
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Have been told that the sex scenes are unrealistic to gay women. So its laughable for them. It was criticism of the film by the author of the original graphic novel the film was based on.
 
I have been told the Renoir cinema( in Bloomsbury , London) will close some time next year to be refurbished.

Unfortunately it will be changed to five screens. So will be much smaller as it was two screens.

I like the Renoir. It specializes in arthouse cinema. I have been told that it remain arthouse cinema. The idea of five screens is that Curzon will be able to show wider range of films. Including one screen devoted to documentaries.

Still I will be sorry if they change the Renoir. It is such a nice experience to go there as it is.
 
None - I think it must be two or three years since I last went to the pictures. I sometimes see a film advertised and think I'd like to go and see it, and promptly forget all about it for weeks. By which time the run has ended.
 
Gramsci said:
I have been told the Renoir cinema( in Bloomsbury , London) will close some time next year to be refurbished.

Unfortunately it will be changed to five screens. So will be much smaller as it was two screens.

I like the Renoir. It specializes in arthouse cinema. I have been told that it remain arthouse cinema. The idea of five screens is that Curzon will be able to show wider range of films. Including one screen devoted to documentaries.

Still I will be sorry if they change the Renoir. It is such a nice experience to go there as it is.
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Oh no. Yeah it's one of my faves too and I don't like the sound of that. I can imagine it with 3 screens but 5 sounds like they'll be pushing it a bit in terms of size - unless they can find more space from somewhere (which I doubt) they'll be really small. Also, if they're going to change it that much it'll probably be closed for months - I remember the last time they refurbed it, it was closed for ages and all they seemed to do was just repaint it! Have you any idea when they'll be starting?
 
Finally got to see Blue Is The Warmest Colour last night.

What a sensuous, touching and emotional film. Sometimes the camera is so close to its subjects it's uncomfortable - not the sex scenes, which are explicit, but the close-ups of eating, crying and raw emotion betrayed on faces. The two lead actresses are fantastic.
 
And my last film for 2013 is....

All Is Lost, the new film starring Robert Redford, a boat and the Indian Ocean. And that's all. If that sounds dull to you, I promise you it isn't - it's a brilliant performance by Redford as he battles against the elements to keep his stricken yacht afloat and keep himself alive. It's often edge-of-your-seat stuff with some amazing scenes. In an odd way it bears some similarity to Gravity, in that it's a film about man battling to survive against nature, outside of his natural habitat, with just his craft and his wits to save him from certain death. Like Gravity it stretches credulity sometimes, but not into unbelieveability (as Gravity did for me) but unlike Gravity it thankfully does not have any unnecessary cheesy backstory you couldn't give a shit about. In fact you don't know anything about Redford's character or what he's doing sailing about on his own or where he's going. And you don't need to - it's all about what's happening in the moment on the screen. Excellent.
 
Dr. Furface said:
All Is Lost, the new film starring Robert Redford, a boat and the Indian Ocean.
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just back from this - quite, quite brilliant. Just astoundingly tense, there's more suspense in one sextant reading than in twenty minutes of being chased down a river in a barrel. The 'boring' details that would get ignored in most films are centre stage here, which just makes you more admiring of Redford's resilience.

mrs b & I had differing views of the ending, tho.
 
Saw Cinema Paradiso on Saturday, a lot different from the version I saw a few years back! Mostly the love story had been cut out / changed.
 
Dr. Furface said:
Oh no. Yeah it's one of my faves too and I don't like the sound of that. I can imagine it with 3 screens but 5 sounds like they'll be pushing it a bit in terms of size - unless they can find more space from somewhere (which I doubt) they'll be really small. Also, if they're going to change it that much it'll probably be closed for months - I remember the last time they refurbed it, it was closed for ages and all they seemed to do was just repaint it! Have you any idea when they'll be starting?
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No I do not know when they are thinking of starting.

I agree 5 screens is a lot. Unless they gut the whole space and start again from scratch (losing the downstairs bar) I cannot see how they could fit in 5 screens.

It will also depend a lot on how well they design the screens. Some preview screens in Soho I’ve seen are small but comfortable with big seats and plenty of leg room. So even though small do not feel cramped. Unlike screen 2 and 3 at Soho Curzon which I do not like that much.

There is a dispute going on at Curzon cinemas about paying the Living Wage (£8.80 in London) and official Union recognition. Curzon have increased pay to £7 and hour but say they are only just breaking even so cannot pay more.
 
belboid said:
just back from this - quite, quite brilliant. Just astoundingly tense, there's more suspense in one sextant reading than in twenty minutes of being chased down a river in a barrel. The 'boring' details that would get ignored in most films are centre stage here, which just makes you more admiring of Redford's resilience.

mrs b & I had differing views of the ending, tho.
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Without wishing to give anything away, I gotta say that the ending stretched it a little too far for me. But I can forgive it that.
 
Dr. Furface said:
Without wishing to give anything away, I gotta say that the ending stretched it a little too far for me. But I can forgive it that.
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aah, I didnt, but then i thought

that he dies. He's swimming 'towards the light' - classic death metaphor. mrs b thought he lived tho. when he went under at the end i couldnt help but wonder why he hadn't taken the life preserver from the boat!
 
Sue said:
Didn't see it but he always is. Just do not get the Stephen Fry love thing at all.
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He was worse than ever, correcting the grammar of other people and just looking awfully pleased with himself over his tediously clever wordy announcements.
 
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He was worse than ever, correcting the grammar of other people and just looking awfully pleased with himself over his tediously clever wordy announcements.
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:rolleyes: Tbh, I just won't watch anything he's in because he annoys me so much. I also reckon he's not half as clever as he thinks he is.
 
Saw Eden last night. French house film. One for the soulful house fans definitely. It's quite drifting and the narrative is somewhat aimless but it gets there in the end after a long 20yr arc. The club scenes are authentic and feel real.

Oops, this on the wrong thread
 
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