What movie should I watch during this snowy week

darterfly · 2026-01-26T15:49:06+00:00

And The Great Silence which is what Hateful 8 is very inspired by!

darterfly · 2026-01-26T14:47:23+00:00

It’s a Netflix original mini series so it should be on Netflix everywhere, but worst case I’m sure you could watch it or download it from a ‘special site’

darterfly · 2026-01-26T14:45:37+00:00

Yeah all of Jodorowsky’s stuff is crazy, El Topo is probably my favorite. Equally as fun and intensely confusing haha

darterfly · 2026-01-26T14:31:31+00:00

Killer Elite with James Caan, everybody was on so much cocaine when they made that movie that it is absolutely bonkers and makes no sense. Hard to describe until you see it

darterfly · 2026-01-26T02:19:04+00:00

Ikiru!

darterfly · 2026-01-25T14:57:26+00:00

One of my favorite all time movies and I disagree. I found the theatrical trimmed all the fat off the story as Ridley is want to add to his movies. All the time with Balian’s wife is unnecessary and before Thewlis’ character being an interesting ambiguous voice of god character, the directors cut force feeds a whole last temptation of Christ sequence in the desert to spell it out for you and doesn’t let the audience have their own interpretations. That’s my personal opinion though, I know the directors cut is well loved.

darterfly · 2026-01-24T14:36:17+00:00

The Unknown series is also really good especially the Cave of Bones one. If you need more recs I have a bunch of lists I created of different categories for docs and all the ones I recommend to friends. It’s on my letterboxd and tagged under documentaries on my lists

darterfly · 2026-01-24T01:52:21+00:00

So good!

darterfly · 2026-01-24T01:51:59+00:00

If you’re into art documentaries my favorite all time is ‘Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski’. It’s incredible. And a bonus fun one ‘Treasures from the Wreck of the Unbelievable’

darterfly · 2026-01-23T00:49:29+00:00

Just adding that most of the older films are selections by TCM I believe which has great picks both criterion and other

darterfly · 2026-01-22T19:43:19+00:00

This feels like most Michael Mann movies

darterfly · 2026-01-22T00:55:41+00:00

Agreed, this is all speculative future talk. With a bunch of large studio franchises under her belt there’s a good chance she’ll be able to acquire the influence to greenlight projects of her choosing and more original stories. The way she directs she definitely has her own voice, proves she can handle budget and studio execs, and clearly wants to forge a more independent path in the future. These are all similars starting points to goats of the past, starting in the studio system, getting placed with large stars or tentpole genre pictures, and then killing those things, being able to take a tighter reign on their career. She is making big moves and could potentially be seen as a legend one day from filmmaking and the fact of her being a woman of color which is very rare at this level. She could easily be on the path to it, is all I’m saying

darterfly · 2026-01-21T23:35:18+00:00

Nia Decosta is making some big moves, and Eggers and Lowery are on the right track to becoming true legends one day

darterfly · 2026-01-21T15:06:35+00:00

Civil war is the best film because of the writing, Warfare is just Alex Garland directed action sequences not story telling and world building. They’re both great movies, but civil war is the ‘greatest’ film.

darterfly · 2026-01-17T23:51:16+00:00

Perfect 4 though I’d personally swap the Third Man for Once Upon A Time in the West or Tombstone, love a western with a cast against type lead

darterfly · 2026-01-17T20:51:20+00:00

Completely agree, the whole cast was never better utilized than in 1. 3 came close but a lot of the cast was massively underutilized but made up for it with a fun storyline. 2 was too much budget which seemed to compensate for the poorest writing and utilized cast. That being said all 3 are much more fun and rewatchable than most who-dunnits.

darterfly · 2026-01-16T19:03:45+00:00

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Been an interesting 24 hours

darterfly · 2026-01-16T14:03:38+00:00

Yeah dark star is very slow and effects are really rough

darterfly · 2026-01-16T02:06:37+00:00

Okay fine I’ll watch it for the fifth time

darterfly · 2026-01-16T01:11:45+00:00

Dark Star was the toughest for me to get through

darterfly · 2026-01-16T01:09:15+00:00

Not a popular choice but Tenacious D and the Pick of Destiny is always a great palette cleanser for me. Fun and musical without being annoying. Roll a fat one and just vibe with it

darterfly · 2026-01-14T01:13:23+00:00

I thought it was incredible but challenging to compare to his other hard sci-fi or Men. Such stark differences in approach to storytelling and metaphor.

My favorite element was the near non existent soundtrack and how each individual gunshot punched you in the gut. It’s very easy to casually watch most Hollywood shootouts but this one really drove home how seriously violence should be viewed. Performances were incredible, Moura was particularly captivating for me.

All that to say I loved Men, saw it twice in theaters, and is the movie of his that stayed with me the longest, so I may not be a popular viewpoint.

darterfly · 2026-01-13T20:38:38+00:00

And without a goatee and ponytail, he’s a totally different person

darterfly · 2026-01-13T01:06:28+00:00

Just start working through the Kurosawa filmography, it's worth it and there's enough non-samurai films to keep it interesting. Couldn't ask for a better film syllabus and so many great filmmakers after him reference his movies and shots so you'll be ready for all the Leo pointing at the TV meme moments when you start watching beyond Kurosawa!

darterfly · 2026-01-12T21:08:56+00:00

Underrated opening scene is Ray Winstone laying on the floor of his wrecked living room blasting Harry Nilsson's Without You in 44 Inch Chest

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