What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[Demoncrat]

Personal Shopper (2017, Oliver Assayas)
More 'post horror'
Bella lives in Paris. She has a scooter. Her job is to pick new stuff for a famous model. But her vocation is to contact her deid brother.
Pass. Whilst one sequence could feasibly be described as scary, it just doesn't hold together for me. Does she always have to look so sour also? As when she smiles she has a certain boyish charm.

Dogsitting again so I'm back on the Twin Peaks binge.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Demoncrat

Personal Shopper (2017, Oliver Assayas)
More 'post horror'
Bella lives in Paris. She has a scooter. Her job is to pick new stuff for a famous model. But her vocation is to contact her deid brother.
Pass. Whilst one sequence could feasibly be described as scary, it just doesn't hold together for me. Does she always have to look so sour also? As when she smiles she has a certain boyish charm.

Dogsitting again so I'm back on the Twin Peaks binge.

I almost bought this in my supermarket shop but went for Francesca instead.

[Demoncrat]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

I almost bought this in my supermarket shop but went for Francesca instead.

Wise choice
Checked trailer for Francesca after ye posted. Duly noted.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Francesca (2015)

Yes i did type that correctly - 2015. Because Francesca is quite obviously an early 70's giallo. The music, the story, the way it's filmed and comes over on screen... Except yes, it was made just a couple of years ago but at no point from start to end would you ever guess so.

The viewer is drawn in immediately, the film is about a series of murders that may have some connection with the disappearance 15 years earlier of a young girl named Francesca. Director Luciano Onetti delivers all the typical giallo traits - the gloved killer, innovative murders, a couple of detectives on the case, copious amounts of J&B porn, yet also delivers his own stylish flourishes. Witness some of the outrageous camera angles and a hell of a way to film the simple delight of a drinking a glass of Scotch. The film is full of striking musical motifs, rich colours and references to The Divine Comedy, as well as traits the killer leaves behind on the victims for the police to find.In short it's a quite stunning audio visual delight.

Francesca isn't a love letter to the giallo genre like say, Amer. Francesca is a giallo. It's the real deal and i can't give it any more praise than that.

Make sure you stick around after the end credits too.

[Demoncrat]

Fricking sold then.

I'm saving a bit whilst I is here, so will stick order in wed

[Rik]

I've got the blu ray sat in my Amazon basket ready to preorder (it's not out on that format until the end of September), this has just convinced me to checkout

[SymbioticFunction]

Watched Curse of Chucky from 2013.

My wife didn't want to watch it (ditto with Child's Play 2) so my viewing was whilst she was at work. I think one Chucky film was more than enough for her! (we watched the debut film a few days back). Whilst I did think that Curse of Chucky wasn't as good as the original Child's Play and it's first sequel, I really rather enjoyed it.

It's surprising that it was a direct-to-video film and it showed that the idea of a 'serial killer in doll's body' could still be a bit creepy despite previous sequels that were too comedic. It's certainly a much better film than Child's Play 3, Bride of Chucky and Seed of Chucky. This is a film that I actually want to keep.

I am a bit surprised that it was a certificate 18, seemed like 15 territory to me - but I should now by now that the BBFC are very tricky to judge. Final film score - 6.75/10.

[nosferatu42]

Glad you enjoyed the Chucky film SF.

[keirarts]

Dunkirk

For a short while, Christopher Nolan's depiction of the Dunkirk evacuations feels a little 'off'. He's opted to split things into three stories each with different timescales. Land, which is the men on the beach getting ever more desperate for rescue, this is one week. Sea, a small pleasure craft crewed by civilians heading to assist in the evacuation, this is one day and then Air, with a team of spitfire pilots tasked with keeping enemy aircraft off the ships and soldiers, this is one hour. The stories are not running concurrently. However as the film progresses its clear that this isn't Nolan trying to show off as such, as a narrative device it pays off dividends where as an audience we know something is going to happen because we just saw it, however as we see it from a separate perspective it plays off like hitchcock's bomb under the table and the tension is palpable. The film is well paced at 105 minutes and Nolan cleverly has the spitfire pilot (Tom hardy) represent the efforts of the air force, Mark Rylance as the captain of the civilian vessel represents the sea rescue and so forth. By doing that, the film becomes somewhat intimate in spite of its scope and keeps the plot running smoothly. Definitely a must see.

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by SymbioticFunction

Watched Curse of Chucky from 2013.

Final film score - 6.75/10.

That's a very specific number! Wouldn't it be better as one decimal place?