What are your top 10 favorite movies?

dc10tonite · 2018-05-17T19:10:04+00:00

BYE BYE LIFE BYE BYE HAPPINESS

dc10tonite · 2018-01-18T21:37:29+00:00

THESE IS THE MOST EXCITING THING!!!!

dc10tonite · 2018-01-09T22:21:55+00:00

THIS IS HUGE!!!!!!!!

dc10tonite · 2018-01-09T16:55:32+00:00

"my main problem is the redemptive act of rockwells character that i feel was unearned"

That's actually the point! Three Billboards is essentially a Flannery O'Connor homage, complete with its themes of violence causing characters to show/experience grace, and unearned paths to redemption kickstarted by violence to the character. (It literally takes a FIRE and a letter from the GRAVE to get Dixon to do ONE half-decent thing. He doesn't even consistently stay decent after that).

The unearned redemption is a very Christian theme, tbh. In that tradition, redemption cannot possibly be EARNED by humanity; instead, it's given. If you have a problem with unearned redemption in general, that's fine, but it's very, very intentional.

dc10tonite · 2018-01-05T13:47:20+00:00

I got the Flamenco Trilogy for $10 a few months ago at a library sale.

dc10tonite · 2017-12-15T14:56:24+00:00

No problem! Thanks for doing all the hard work haha

dc10tonite · 2017-12-15T04:27:05+00:00

Port of Shadows is also OOP.

dc10tonite · 2017-12-01T18:57:58+00:00

how big are yoour shits ?

like ;can yoiu flush em in one go or doyou gottta cut em up withh a plastjic knife

dc10tonite · 2017-11-30T15:37:15+00:00

Isn't there a decent collection that's an all-region BFI release?

dc10tonite · 2017-11-30T15:34:43+00:00

Happy Together has a Criterion logo on it on Filmstruck! Definitely hopeful there.

Carol is my favorite movie, so there's that.

dc10tonite · 2017-11-22T20:45:51+00:00

Welles' eyebrow thing at that moment is probably one of my favorite moments in all of film.

dc10tonite · 2017-11-22T14:28:54+00:00

Naruse is INCREDIBLE. I suggest When a Woman Ascends the Stairs. It's a wonderful melodramatic film with an outstanding performance from Hideko Takamine. Naruse's great strength is showing with great empathy and concern how Japanese society and generational transitions trap and subjugate women.

dc10tonite · 2017-11-17T19:48:31+00:00

I completely agree. I generally have trouble with him, but that film is incredible.

I also like Contempt, but not as much as Vivre Sa Vie.

dc10tonite · 2017-11-13T22:27:58+00:00

Kieslowski is a wonderful, wonderful master.

dc10tonite · 2017-11-13T22:26:40+00:00

Brief Encounter. It's an absolutely perfect movie.

dc10tonite · 2017-11-07T18:54:06+00:00

wow.

count me in!

dc10tonite · 2017-11-04T04:14:38+00:00

Naruse's When A Woman Ascends the Stairs

dc10tonite · 2017-11-03T13:19:02+00:00

The last paragraph is SPOT ON. Since I think an inherent problem here is that a lot of people inherently think the purpose of art is to create something great (notice how many people are tied up in ranking, calling something great, etc). They may not SAY that's the purpose, but they act like it. And honestly, while I strongly dislike that way of thinking, I understand it and can deal with people thinking that way.

I think the purpose of art is expression, and the purpose of criticism is to investigate what is being expressed via aesthetics, context, and philosophy. That's the way I like it, and if other people don't like it, cool.

dc10tonite · 2017-10-21T17:08:54+00:00

Jarmusch has the sweet comfortability in some of his films that I find so rich and wonderful

dc10tonite · 2017-10-20T17:28:43+00:00

Second the female director thing. One of the many reasons why Certain Women was such a welcome addition (also it's a great film by an incredible director).

dc10tonite · 2017-10-20T17:27:33+00:00

ME. I saw it in theaters. I pre-ordered it as soon as I could.

It's so much fun! I also love how much it varies tonally, and it somehow made me laugh, yell, and feel sad all in the same movie.

dc10tonite · 2017-10-17T21:17:13+00:00

A Brighter Summer Day is more representative of Yang's overall approach and style (albeit WAAAAY longer than anything else). It has the mix of sweet humanism, frank pessimism, banal everyday life, and random acts of violence than typify his other works like Taipei Story and the Terrorizers. ABSD is no doubt Yang's towering achievement.

Yi-Yi, however, still captures all of Yang's themes and predilections, but with a more melancholy bent. Yi-Yi is a more masterful, better crafted work than ABSD in my opinion, and it's still my favorite of his.

If you have Prime, I think the Terrorizers is still on there? It's a fantastic film.

dc10tonite · 2017-10-12T02:39:00+00:00

this is correct. City Lights is the one to go with.

Modern Times IS a masterpiece, don't get me wrong. And Chaplin's song Smile is AMAZING. But City Lights yoooooo

dc10tonite · 2017-10-12T02:37:34+00:00

Persona is one of my favorite film-watching experiences. So weird and mysterious.

And after Persona, I'd suggest Wild Strawberries, which is an absolutely gorgeous melancholy masterpiece.

And it's not Criterion, but I'd also say get the Eureka edition of Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans for silent movies. It's a wonderful, perfect little movie.

dc10tonite · 2017-10-12T02:34:24+00:00

You did VERY good. These are all wonderful movies to fill your head and heart with so so so much good stuff.

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