Films you've watched recently.

[C'mon you Shrimpers]

Saw It's a Wonderful Life at the Palace Theatre last night. First time on the big screen. Even better if such a thing was possible. James Stewart's performance is just incredible.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Yes, when I was at uni.

Snap .But according to rhe excellent A Northern Wind it was first released on a double bill with Nicholas Roeg's wonderful Don't Look Now: Remember seeing the latter seperately,probably up in town .Fortuatnely I hasd a good mate in Brum who was a fellow film buff and he alerted me to the fact that The Wicker Man was showing at a local fleapit.

 

[BALDY]

Snap .But according to rhe excellent A Northern Wind it was first released on a double bill with Nicholas Roeg's wonderful Don't Look Now: Remember seeing the latter seperately,probably up in town .Fortuatnely I hasd a good mate in Brum who was a fellow film buff and he alerted me to the fact that The Wicker Man was showing at a local fleapit.

What was the name of "the fleapit"?----I not only love films but the cinemas themselves also interest me.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

What was the name of "the fleapit"?----I not only love films but the cinemas themselves also interest me.

That was really too long ago for me to remember. BTW I love Fellini's Eight and a half.Probably the first time i saw that was at Aston University's film club (they used to have a joint union with Brum Poly (Since I was on the commitee I used to "help" in their selection of films to book.Sundays for the more intellectual of us and Wed afternnoons (when I used to play football) for the more popular fiilms.Semed a good way to do things. both at the time and since.

 

[BALDY]

I know that this docu. is a few years old but it is still wonderful.

 

[BALDY]

Tangled Have you seen this total mystery...

Last Year at Marienbad​

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Tangled Have you seen this total mystery...

Last Year In Marienbad​

Yeah I quite liked it but would agree that it's a strange film.It was very much a film to see back in the 60's/early 70's along with Hiroshima mon amour,which is rather more accessible ;IMO.Think LY in M might well have been one of the Sunday films I booked for Aston film club .Both Alan Resnais films of course.

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: L'Année dernière à Marienbad), released in the United Kingdom as Last Year in Marienbad,m's,and%20depicts%20[/URL]

While I accept Last year at Marienbad is the correct translation for the original French title,The film I saw was originally titled Last Year in Marienbad.Dunno when that was changed.

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

I saw Leave The World Behind. Julia Roberts and Ethan Hawke. Quite good, and certainly different. 8/10.

 

[cerbera45]

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (2023) - starring Jim Broadbent and Penelope Wilton

 

[Massimo Giovanni]

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (2023) - starring Jim Broadbent and Penelope Wilton

Come on mate, was it a waste of time, any good, what was it about, where did you see it?

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Come on mate, was it a waste of time, any good, what was it about, where did you see it?

it was excellent, saw it in a preview at the Verdi Park cinema:Perhaps.uprisingly it's about a pilgramage (though not a religous one).

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Finally caught up with Ridley's Scott's excellent Napoleon here (on its 3rd week of release (earlier).But then I 've been a fan of pretty much all of his fims since The Duelllists (which must have cost a lot less to make)!.While primarily an action film thought the historical stuff was pretty accurate ,despite some reviews which claimed the opposite.

 

[cerbera45]

Come on mate, was it a waste of time, any good, what was it about, where did you see it?

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (2023) - starring Jim Broadbent and Penelope Wilton
A decent enough watch but didn't quite live up to my expectations 6.5 our of 10

 

[Massimo Giovanni]

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (2023) - starring Jim Broadbent and Penelope Wilton
A decent enough watch but didn't quite live up to my expectations 6.5 our of 10

Reads like one to wait and watch on tele then.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Yesterday Ms Baldy and I went to the lovely art deco cinema (The Rio in Dalston) and saw this excellent Finish romantic comedy....

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Is it worth seeing? It gets a release in Barna at the end of this weekThis week's other new film is Helen Mirren's Golda ,which I''m also interested in.

 

[Ricky Otto]

I'm very late but just watched oppenheimer, thought it was brilliant!

 

[Massimo Giovanni]

I'm very late but just watched oppenheimer, thought it was brilliant!

We are planning to watch it in sections over the holidays, thanks for the reminder.

 

[Ricky Otto]

We are planning to watch it in sections over the holidays, thanks for the reminder.

That's exactly what I did, watched half on Sunday then the other half last night

 

[RHB]

We have Oppenheimer, and The Equalizer 3 lined up when Xmas time permits. I love a bit of Denzel Washington.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

SAw Sam Mendes's superb !917 again on BBC2 last night..Imaginitive programming from BBC2. .Tuned in to see Newsnight.The film was much better.