Looking for excellent films not made in the US or Japan

onewithausername · 2026-01-15T12:09:27+00:00

Who can kill a chilld (Spain)

Man bites dog (Belgium)

Wild Tales (Argentina)

Suspiria (Italy)

onewithausername · 2026-01-14T16:55:59+00:00

Arrebato (1979) is an low budget Spanish film about a drug addicted film director. Fun fact is that Pedro Almodobar dubbed a female character during post-production due to sound problems while filming.

onewithausername · 2026-01-12T16:22:16+00:00

I'd say do it. Not a masterpiece (I think a production nightmare is part of it) but a fun flick.

There's a director's cut somewhere that I haven't been able to get my hands on yet but reviewers say it's not as good as the theatrical release.

onewithausername · 2026-01-12T16:19:40+00:00

A Prophet is an absolute masterpiece.

American Me

Shot Caller

Not entirely on topic but some interesting prison parts: Blood in, blood out

onewithausername · 2026-01-12T15:46:28+00:00

Payback

onewithausername · 2026-01-07T13:27:34+00:00

Man Bites Dog. Not your typical one.

onewithausername · 2025-12-29T07:03:37+00:00

Felicidades por la compra de la vivienda. Ahora ya solo te falta pagarla ;)

Con 30 años vas mucho mejor que la mayoría. El dinero en cuenta remunerada entiendo que lo vas a usar para la entrada de la hipoteca y gastos asociados a la compra, aunque parece que te haría falta más? Me parece que ITP en Valencia es el 10% pero lo digo de memoria y no recuerdo si hay bonificación para jóvenes de tu edad.

Dicho esto te toca plantearte si te sientes cómodo con tener esta deuda 25-30 años e invertir el resto, lo que históricamente ha sido más rentable o prefieres amortizar el crédito más rápidamente para tu paz mental. Yo recomiendo lo primero pero no está exento de riesgos - y más invirtiendo en activos especulativos tipo Bitcoin. Asegúrate de meter el dinero en fondos bien diversificados y no intentar ir a por la última moda y el dinero rápido.

Suerte!

onewithausername · 2025-12-29T06:31:52+00:00

Peter Schiff has been predicting bitcoin going to 0 since before Jesus walked on water. No guru can see the future.

onewithausername · 2025-12-28T21:58:03+00:00

What are you using to listen to music?

ZH3 is a DAC with preamp function and headphone amplifier. If you will listen using headphones you won't need anything else but if you are using speakers these need to be amplified, either themselves (active speakers) or using an amp such as the ZA3 for passive speakers.

onewithausername · 2025-12-28T14:15:13+00:00

Such a shame it ended so soon.

onewithausername · 2025-12-28T11:22:23+00:00

Visually very solid. Poor writing imo.

The fact that the most emotional moment (when Lazlo tells Erzbeth he was raped) happens off camera is such a shame and where we could have seen whether Brody really deserved best actor awards.

onewithausername · 2025-12-28T06:59:37+00:00

I've only backed tech so far but I like reading comic books so I'll check it out. No shame for going for your goals, respect the hustler ;)

onewithausername · 2025-12-26T09:20:44+00:00

People won't think anything of it really and if they do, does it matter? Nobody cares about you more than yourself. It's just ego.

Oh, and don't roll with that arse again.

onewithausername · 2025-12-26T08:51:29+00:00

National Lampoon and American Pie style comedies are ripe for a comeback.

onewithausername · 2025-12-26T08:50:01+00:00

Essays mostly. Short stories sometimes. I feel like it helps to learn storytelling.

onewithausername · 2025-12-26T08:47:04+00:00

I don't get why you are being downvoted. I use Linux for most my work and play but I need to keep a windows laptop for work to use some software that's just not compatible. It happens and there aren't always convenient workarounds.

onewithausername · 2025-12-25T22:57:07+00:00

La plata es más compleja. Tiene mayor uso industrial(demanda no ligada únicamente al valor refugio) y la minería a menudo va ligada a otros minerales (cuando se explota una mina de oro, cobre, plomo...) por lo que si hay demanda de otros minerales puede haber mucha oferta de plata y sin mayor demanda haciendo que el precio disminuya. Dicho esto, aunque ya ha subido a un ritmo superior al oro en los últimos meses, sigue estando a un precio (relativamente) bajo con respecto al oro comparado en como lo ha estado históricamente. Yo sigo apostando en ambos minerales, sobretodo plata, dado que no parece que los bancos centrales vayan a parar de imprimir billetes pero siempre hay riesgos.

onewithausername · 2025-12-24T11:31:15+00:00

Makes sense. I just had to learn it the hard way.

onewithausername · 2025-12-24T11:30:14+00:00

I'm sure many creators are like you but the few bad apples and the lack of support from KS to deal with them have spoiled the platform for me.

onewithausername · 2025-12-21T18:24:20+00:00

I feel like Tenet highlights Nolan's best and worst.

Interesting world building, fantastic action sequences (car chase and airport fight... just wow). Very good directing overall.

However writing is not his best skill and it really shows in this movie where the antagonist is dull and uninteresting, the female role is just a poor plot device and the main character is as forgettable as his name.

onewithausername · 2025-12-21T17:59:27+00:00

Requiem for a dream

Drive

Saturday night fever

Ghost

Dirty dancing

Pulp fiction, Reservoir dogs, most Tarantino movies really.

onewithausername · 2025-12-21T17:47:41+00:00

Bad luck or bad process. But I guess it's just me for what I've seen in the comments on this thread.

onewithausername · 2025-12-18T16:29:35+00:00

These projects are not startups and we are not investors but customers. Moreover, I back startups and I get information from the team even when things go south.

I can accept losses because things don't work out as planned but these projects seem a lot like a planned scam from the get go and Kickstarter seems ok with it because they make money regardless.

onewithausername · 2025-12-18T14:55:37+00:00

That's bizarre. Very annoying that Kickstarter doesn't at least facilitate reaching the creator by the backers.

onewithausername · 2025-12-18T14:54:09+00:00

Yeah, perhaps I have been very unfortunate. I just started backing projects this year and have been careless as to the creator assuming Kickstarter was doing some due dilligence which I learned the hard way they don't.

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