What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Wes

Catching up on my Czech New Wave, and two more fantastic films, from 1965 Miloš Forman's A Blonde In Love, and from 1966 Party and the Guests which the Czechoslovakian government declared banned for life. Both of them on Second Run, one of the best DVD labels out there.

I really enjoyed Party and the Guests. I haven't seen A Blonde In Love, but I've been meaning to check out some more Czech films, so I'll add it to my ridiculously long watch list.

[Nemesis]

Originally Posted by Wes

Both of them on Second Run, one of the best DVD labels out there.

That it is - I would highly recommend a Portugese film that they've put out - "Our beloved month of August". It's the sort of film you need to rewatch several times to appreciate it.

Morgiana and O Sangue are also must haves.

[Wes]

Originally Posted by Nemesis

That it is - I would highly recommend a Portugese film that they've put out - "Our beloved month of August". It's the sort of film you need to rewatch several times to appreciate it.

Morgiana and O Sangue are also must haves.

Great call outs Nemesis, I must grab Our Beloved Month of August and the Pedro Costa films - I though Juventude em Marcha (Colossal Youth) was pretty mesmerizing...

[Make Them Die Slowly]

Originally Posted by PaulD

Currently indulging in a generous glass of single malt whiskey and the Synapse 42nd Street Forever bluray.


Spells bad times for my want list I suspect.

Have you seen the XXX one? Cum splattered and skanky to say the least.

[PaulD]

Originally Posted by Make Them Die Slowly

Have you seen the XXX one? Cum splattered and skanky to say the least.

No. Not sure I'm that interested in seeing it to be honest

Is it any good?

[Wes]

Originally Posted by Make Them Die Slowly

Have you seen the XXX one? Cum splattered and skanky to say the least.

Damn, I never got that one, and I love the Golden Age stuff. Must try find a copy. I'd completely forgotten about it actually. Trailer fans should check out the Something Weird sampler as well for some mind boggling trash and treasures... 6 bucks over at Amazonia

[Nemesis]

Originally Posted by Wes

Great call outs Nemesis, I must grab Our Beloved Month of August and the Pedro Costa films - I though Juventude em Marcha (Colossal Youth) was pretty mesmerizing...

I'm not sure how much you've seen Wes, but there's so many more gems. I don't think Second Run has ever put out a disappointing title yet, although Adelheid comes close. Here are my faves in no particular order:

Our beloved month of August
Diamonds of the Night
O Sangue
Valley of the Bees
Marketa Lazarova (took 3 watches before I made sense of anything)
The two Kim Longinotto documentary discs - Divorce Iranian Style/Runaway (seriously good films) and Shinkuku boys/Gaea Girls (I found the latter quite tough)
Blissfully Yours and Tropical Malady (I need to be in a certain frame of mind to watch these though)

I've still got to watch Casa de Lava - but I'm confident with Costa. And I agree - I got the Costa Criterion boxset; MoC's Colossal Youth blows it out of the water in terms of PQ and arguably supplements.

[Make Them Die Slowly]

Originally Posted by PaulD

No. Not sure I'm that interested in seeing it to be honest

Is it any good?

There are a couple of films that look interesting but on the whole it's an almost endless series of cum shots from mainly 1980s porn. One film, the title of which escapes me at the moment, looks great with loads of mannequins and a giant vagina chasing a man up a flight of stairs.

[profondo rosso]

Originally Posted by darthelvis

Watched a shed load of movies in the past week as the wife has been away with my son down South.

Psycho 2 - Not bad, but at least I can now put a face to Meg Tilly
In the Heat of the Night - Fantastic! Are the sequels worth a watch?
Primer - Great recommendation, fantastic film but may need another watch or 2 to get my head round it
Streets of Fire - Great Walter Hill film but doesn't stand up against Long Riders, Warriors & Southern Comfort.
Hellraiser: Deader - I think this is the 6th sequel and as I could have guessed it was dreadful!
Conan the Barbarian 3D - My god this was dreadful again as expected
Fight for your Life - Vintage video nasty movie which is again terrible
American Movie - Been wanting to see this doc for years and found it on Netflix. Great doc about a struggling indie film-maker, very funny in parts.
Terror Train - Awesome slasher movie from golden age of slashers. Blu Ray is a pretty decent transfer
Long Goodbye - Great film with Elliott Gould
The Octagon - Chuck Norris flick, not his finest moment
I am Bruce Lee - Another competition win but a great documentary on the legend!
Night of the Living Dead 3D - Turned this turd off halfway through
The Raid - Finally got to see this. Awesome, non stop action as you all know. Night of the Hunter - Had the Criterion Blu Ray of this for a number of months and been dying to see this for some time. The film is amazing with a knock out performance from Mitchum.
The Brothers Bloom - I really enoyed this but I have to say my least favourite film from Rian Johnson so far.
Dark Shadows - Dreadful
Hugo - Had this blu ray for knocking on 6 months and finally got round to watching. Great performances all round, fantastic film and one of the best 3D films I have seen.

WOW If my missus was away for a month, Id struggle watch that lot! Time never seems to be available, its like Father time knows I have time to spare so puts someone in hospital, or breaks something in the house for me to fix etc

Agree with Dark Shadows, love Tim Burton and his dark mind but this smacked of commercialism. Not watched Hugo BD yet. The Octagon...ha, the old days of VHS!

[Wes]

Originally Posted by Nemesis

I'm not sure how much you've seen Wes, but there's so many more gems. I don't think Second Run has ever put out a disappointing title yet, although Adelheid comes close. Here are my faves in no particular order:

Our beloved month of August
Diamonds of the Night
O Sangue
Valley of the Bees
Marketa Lazarova (took 3 watches before I made sense of anything)
The two Kim Longinotto documentary discs - Divorce Iranian Style/Runaway (seriously good films) and Shinkuku boys/Gaea Girls (I found the latter quite tough)
Blissfully Yours and Tropical Malady (I need to be in a certain frame of mind to watch these though)

That's a great list Nemesis, many thanks. Yeah, I've been pretty much sticking to the Eastern European stuff, the Czech and Hungarian stuff (just because funds are always tight), but I love the label so much I feel I could happily blind buy Second Run's catalogue. There's supposedly a stunning Czech Blu of Marketa Lazarova but so far have not found a place to grab it...my Czech being on the rusty side...