If it’s this one, then I think you’re in for a treat.
Also, if you’re not already a fan of Rebecca Ferguson, you probably haven’t watched Silo yet:
I thought about handling all of the possible conditions, but really I just want more people to watch Silo.
I have complicated feelings about Disney. On one hand, they are absolutely leading the charge on media consolidation and exhibit many of the problems inherent in that. Creatively, you could argue that they are getting more risk-averse and less interesting as a result, but I think that oversimplifies things. Yes, there are two more sequels to Frozen in the works, but the first one was by no means a by-the-numbers fairy tale, and the second one was not more of the same. Zootopia is a kids movie that deals with issues of systemic racism and racial profiling. Nothing the MCU has done recently has been what anyone should consider safe, and with decidedly mixed results. Also, I think they’re working on a new Tron movie, which excites me but I don’t think of as a sure bet for their IP. Also also, they made a fake space hotel, which was wildly ambitious and failed spectacularly, which is not something a company that only cares about safe bets does. Those are just a few recent-ish examples.
I guess my point is that although Disney as a corporate entity seems like they are moving to a more risk-averse posture, the creative elements are still pushing boundaries in interesting ways.
Pretty creepy. Plot was a little thin, but it was a fun enough watch. Teens playing tag, only by having sex, and whoever gets it, gets the curse of being followed by ‘it’. Best watched with headphones or good speakers, because the music is one of the main characters.
Girl just getting out on her own finds a nice apartment, and the neighbors are all very friendly and helpful - maybe a little too friendly - except for one odd guy. Had a couple of surprises and I enjoyed it, but I wouldn’t recommend it without a strong warning that it includes a rather horrific scene involving the death of a pet early on. That alone would make it a hard no for most people I know. But right after that it gets into gear and the rest is ok for a horror movie.
When I saw him in the cast list, my first thought was “Wait, I thought he was dead!” and had to go check. Apparently he’s still living, and somehow has 19 upcoming credits on IMDB. Keep getting paid, I guess?
I had not heard of this. As a Kansan myself, I am honor bound to add this to my watchlist. We don’t get a lot of shows that take place here, so I try to watch them if I can. The last one I can remember off the top of my head was United States of Tera:
Thanks to a discussion about the image in that post, I ended up watching the old classic last night with someone who hadn’t seen it before. Seemed appropriate for the season, too.
Favorite quote from discussion while watching: “Its like MC Escher started working in biology”
The overall reaction ended up as “you picked a gross movie”, but it was enough of a thinking (and non-jump-scare) movie to be an ok horror movie for a non-horror-fan.
The Japan Foundation has newly launched the JFF Theater online streaming platform to further popularize Japanese films and videos around the world.
Based on the theme, “Moved, Touched & Inspired,” we aim to reach out to international audiences, fostering connections and inspiring exchanges among Japanese film fans, both new and old alike.
What is JFF Theater?
JFF Theater is an online streaming service that distributes Japanese films and videos worldwide, with multilingual subtitles, all free of charge.
Through this website, the Japan Foundation aims to create a platform where Japanese films and videos can be viewed anytime, anywhere.
Sometimes interacting with others is such an exhausting task that it makes you want to disappear. And disappearing, not necessarily dying, is what Fran, a young girl who works at the Port Authority in a gray, cloudy, rainy, humid and apparently too quiet small town in the United States, does. One fine day a new co-worker appears and begins to take away her apathy. If it were one of those romantic comedies made in series, in the third act, after the couple’s separation, she would learn a valuable life lesson. But Rachel Lambert’s film escapes this trap and sensitively shows what the protagonist feels.
Even though it’s from 2023, a friend recently turned me on to my favorite movie this year, Perfect Days.
A toilet cleaner in Tokyo silently going about his daily life, finding beauty in quiet moments of stillness and vintage cassette tapes, not quite fitting in with the expectations of modern society. An achingly gorgeous, quiet meditation on relationships, contentedness, and expectation. Very sparse dialogue, and simple story, but wow what a depth that can be divined from the space between the words. A monument of “show, don’t tell” storytelling. The sparseness of it won’t be for everyone, but it refreshed my soul and I definitely teared up a few times.
Seven Breillat films are being added to Criterion this month, completely different ones from the four (Romance, Bluebeard, Sleeping Beauty, Abuse of Weakness) which were part of the last Breillat spotlight. 36 fillette is the only one I can personally recommend, but I’ve found her work to be quite good so far. Anatomy of Hell and A Real Young Girl reportedly have some quite explicit content, so they’re not terribly likely to show up on many other streaming services in the future. If those sound too intense, Sex is Comedy, inspired by Breillat’s real life difficulties shooting sex scenes in her prior work, promises lighter fare.
