Refreshing movies worth watching

[Ruediger]

Babette’s Feast-just wonderful!!

Yep, that's a piece of art.

 

[Ruediger]

Crime 101

 

[TLEDDY]

Not mentioned here, but elsewhere:

“The Man from Earth”

Along with “Babette’s Feast”. My favorite little films!!

 

[Descartes]

Watched it last night. Very good indeed.

Plex listed it as a "Comedy, Drama".
... Super black comedy.

Hmm.
(Perhaps Plex is a tad psychopathic)

What a turd!

 

[Descartes]

Watched this last night and really enjoyed it, especially the ending: The Great War of Archimedes

Like the trailer, i watched it with subtitles and Japanese language. I hear the dubbed version is awful.

The starting battle scene graphics is one of the best I have seen. I watched in my computer (youtube movies) and still looked great.

I love Japanese Movies

 

[CT Man]

"Bernstein's Wall" is a very well made documentary, much of it in Bernstein's words. It gives a good sense of the whole man. It shows why he was so important at the height of mid-20th century American cultural dominance without shying away from his problematic personal life. A good corrective to the severely flawed biopic "Maestro".

 

[Puddingbuks]

 

[muza_1]

 

[Dogen]

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Departures is fantastic! I’ll check out the others here.

 

[Redacted]

We liked "28 years later, the bone temple" - the perfect antidote to Eurovision last night.

Featuring Duran Duran.

 

[Shiva]

Well, if it hasn't been mentioned already,-" Taking Chance" with Kevin Bacon.. a fairly unique movie...

 

[Djsedaw]

I know it gets a bad rap but I like A good year

 

[muza_1]

Departures is fantastic! I’ll check out the others here.

I had Departures on my watchlist for years and just watched recently, ended up loving it, kicked myself for waiting that long.

Another good one in more or less the same style as Shoplifters (if you end up liking it) is "Still Walking".

 

[JeffS7444]

I finally checked out Bugonia last night, and it did not disappoint: Insane! As a comedy, not haha funny (it's actually more dark and intense) so much as crazy-absurd scenarios.

 

[krumpol]

As a comedy, not haha funny (it's actually more dark and intense) so much as crazy-absurd scenarios.

Three decades old French masterpiece Delicatessen directed by M. Caro and J. P. Jeunet fits this description perfectly. Old school camera work, without any modern fast paced cuts, I'd like to draw your attention to it folks if you don't know it yet.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101700/?ref_=fn_t_1

 

[noisey]

I finally checked out Bugonia last night, and it did not disappoint: Insane! As a comedy, not haha funny (it's actually more dark and intense) so much as crazy-absurd scenarios.

Bugonia is actually a remake of the South Korean film Save the Green Planet!, which was released in 2003.

Three decades old French masterpiece Delicatessen directed by M. Caro and J. P. Jeunet fits this description perfectly. Old school camera work, without any modern fast paced cuts, I'd like to draw your attention to it folks if you don't know it yet.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101700/?ref_=fn_t_1

Aah yes, Delicateasen has been on my watchlist for way too long. Thanks for reminding me to finally watch it.

 

[DY2]

I just re-watched the movie The Interpreter, even though it was made 21 years ago, it's still worth seeing.

 

[Paul7777x]

I know it gets a bad rap but I like A good year

One of favourites of all time. Great choice.

 

[Philbo King]

I hope I am not the only one noticing that hollywood product has sank down to just superhero movies and special effects. Or the junk, covid-era, low budget nonsense that would not even pass high-school drama class as far as acting and story line. I miss unusual, unique movies that made you sit up and admire the creativity, acting, cinematography, etc. We stop more movies at the start than we watch now despite having thousands available on demand! No, I am not talking about some artsy movie with subtitles either. Just fresh, pleasant entertainment.

So I thought I create a thread and post the few gems that are the exception in the above. Such was the movie, The Banshees of Inisherin. Here is a trailer that gives away some of the story so I suggest not watching it and just go and find the movie instead:

It is a story set in 1930s island off the coast of Ireland. It starts kind of strange and slow but picks up steam with cleaver and at times dark/funny dialog. Cinematography is near excellent with beautiful shots that suit the story. And the soundtrack is wonderful as well (available on Tidal). I suggest turning on the subtitles as the English accent (to me anyway) is quite authentic irish with local words that are unique there, making it hard to understand at times.

Rotten tomatoes score is 97% so critics agree with quality of the movie.

Set aside a couple of hours to enjoy this unusual movie and superb acting by Collin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson. And supporting cast as well.

A Man Called Otto with Tom Hanks was exceptional.

 

[stalepie2]