Whaaat? Still haven’t seen The Sadness 😮
For those that saw Together already…that was totally a little Ju-on homage right?
Oh, I haven’t heard of Isolated. Which one is it on Letterboxd?
Saw 40 Acres today, jumped into my top three. I really really enjoyed that
2025 faves so far; wanted to get my F1 watch in. Still gotta see Tatami and The Phoenician Scheme!
Sinners is probably the better movie of the two, but there are moments, imagery, emotional jolt from Bring Her Back that still flicker through my head
Can’t deny when a film sticks with me like that
Meiko Kaji (梶芽衣子) in Shogun's Vassal Zankuro Series 3 Episode 3: Older Sister (御家人斬九郎 3-3『姉上』), 1997.
There's an amazing YouTube channel that has this, and a ton of other amazing stuff with English subtitles!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmLo...
📽️ #filmsky 🎥 #japanesefilm
Taking full advantage of A-List this weekend lol
#3 incoming
Since they capped our first one at 150, and many more film people have joined Bluesky the past two weeks, we just created a second Starter Pack for everybody! This one includes illustrators/artists & podcasts too!
There’s still a little room in this one, so if you’d like to be added let us know :)
Saw Vernon Sewell’s taut Brit crime thriller Strongroom at @spectacletheater.com last night; been meaning to check out that theater for a while and it did not disappoint! Love the super-indie enthusiast vibe and any place that screens Lam Ngai Kai’s The Cat is my kind of spot
Latest (Mars Express; definitely a 2024 hidden gem) and other recent fave additions to my collection
Same! Half burned out on social media, half doing more IRL/friend stuff, but def looking to start posting more regularly again
Seeing Heretic today, seen 100 Yards, Oddity, Anora, Conclave, Shadow Strays, Sleep, Terrifier 3, Smile 2
Finally going to Spectacle theater in Williamsburg next weekend
Speak of the devil…😂
So annoyed that Raaphorst's “The Thing”-style aquatic/body horror project never happened
Awesome haul from my first ever Comic Con yesterday! Definitely want to do more days and try cosplay next year, seems fun
Think I’m going to slowly start moving over here, especially now that video was added. But still probably not going to be social media’ing as much as I used to
Sorry, yeah confused the show with the movie for that Baby Assassins post. Clip is from the Baby Assassins series, not the third movie Nice Days
Opening fight from Baby Assassins Nice Days; an electric start to what ended up being the most action packed, tonally balanced, and narratively compelling entry in the trilogy
I enjoyed THEY CLONED TYRONE. It has some interesting ideas, an unusual mix of tones, great music, a really impressive performance by John Boyega, and a nice grainy film look (whether or not it's real).
If not for an abrupt final act that pulls its dramatic punches in favor of a crowdpleasing finish, The Promised Land might’ve supplanted Society of the Snow as my current #1 favorite of 2024. Really enjoyed this Danish historical epic: https://letterboxd.com/more_badass/film/the-promised-land-2023/
Halfway through Noirvember, and these have been the most recent highlights, with Witness To The City being the standout. New Wave cabbie slice of life x cat-&-mouse suspense through the Paris night, as Lino Ventura stalks the taxi driver who witnessed his perfect murder
Noirvember going strong! After a week of goons, PIs, and femme fatales, my faves have been Hollow Triumph/The Scar, Criss Cross, and The Hitch-Hiker
Last watched was Inferno (1953), aka a Technicolor survival-noir fusion where a murder plot is undone by Robert Ryan refusing to die in the Mojave
Always a good time revisiting Aldrich and Bezzerides’ KISS ME DEADLY. Noir in all its shadowy ‘50s LA glory and sadistic PI scumbaggery collides with the post-war specter of the unknown. A howling Pandora’s Box unleashing atomic-age doom & paranoia upon familiar genre conventions
The Hunting Party (1971) was vicious! Dir. Don Medford does an admirable Peckinpah impression; Hackman’s monstrous wealthy sociopath unleashes long-distance death when Oliver Reed’s outlaw takes his property…I mean, kidnaps his wife. A bleak revisionist western rife with beastly men & savage squibs
Fans of titles like GHOSTWATCH, DEAD SET, and CREEPSHOW's "Public Television of the Dead" will especially want to keep an eye out for LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL.
David Dastmalchian is A+, no shock.
Gavaldon also directed one of my favorites from Noirvember 2021: In The Palm Of Your Hand (1951), where a spiritualist conman and a sly femme fatale attempt to outfox/out-blackmail/out-murder eachother
Roberto Gavaldon’s use of reflections & shadows provide thematic and striking imagery, while Dolores del Rio captivates in her dual role as icy lavish madam, jealous crafty sibling, and the latter impersonating the former
God, the gradual build to that final act and ending was haunting. I had had the ending spoiled years ago and it STILL got me. That’s when you know a movie is something special
Goodbye spooky month; hello Noirvember!
1) The Other One (1946)
Mexican tale of two sisters with a dash of Last Seduction-esque cunning, as the wealthy one is replaced by the poor (other) one. Imposter guile and ironic twists of fate follow. Finale fallout was a bit weak but the rest is excellent
And that’s that for this annual month of scares. Here’s my top ten from 31 Days of Horror 2023
1)Cute Devil
2)Door
3)Parents
4)What Lies Beneath
5)The Conference
6)The Borderlands
7)X-Cross
8)Aunt Alejandra
9)The Omen
10)The Changeling
Full Letterboxd list & reviews here: https://boxd.it/iduQA
