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Consuela - Jul 19, 2015 11:08:32 am PDT #29282 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

So I saw two excellent movies last night.

Ida is a black-and-white film shot in a square aspect ration, about a young Polish nun in the early 1960s, who is sent to meet with a relative she never knew, and what she finds out. It's also a road trip film. And a movie about WWII and its Soviet-controlled aftermath in Poland. Brilliant, so well acted, and just gorgeously and creatively shot. Highly recommended.

I also watched What Happened, Miss Simone?, a documentary about Nina Simone. It has a ton of archival footage, both of performances and interviews, as well as interviews with her daughter, ex-husband, band-mates, and so forth. Really well done, saddening, but with some electrifying performances that prove why she was such an important figure.

Scrappy - Jul 19, 2015 12:25:03 pm PDT #29283 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

I went to Trainwreck as well and totally enjoyed it. Schumer is excellent and Bill Hader is SO dang adorable.

Jessica - Jul 19, 2015 2:20:15 pm PDT #29284 of 30000
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

We watched The Great Escape over two days with the kids (thank goodness for old movies with intermissions!) and at the risk of stating the obvious, that is one damn fine film. Aeryn mostly didn't get it, but Dylan not only followed the plot, but remembered way more of the characters' names than I ever have, and I've seen this movie probably a dozen times. (Mainly because I almost never remember character names if I know the actor, it's just not something my brain ever bothers to keep ahold of.) Next up: Chicken Run and that episode of The Simpsons.

Jon B. - Jul 19, 2015 5:58:03 pm PDT #29285 of 30000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

that episode of The Simpsons.

A Streetcar Named Marge?

Burrell - Jul 19, 2015 6:56:41 pm PDT #29286 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

I also watched What Happened, Miss Simone?, a documentary about Nina Simone. It has a ton of archival footage, both of performances and interviews, as well as interviews with her daughter, ex-husband, band-mates, and so forth. Really well done, saddening, but with some electrifying performances that prove why she was such an important figure.

I thought it was terrific

Zenkitty - Jul 20, 2015 1:22:20 pm PDT #29287 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Oh, I want to see Ida now, and I'd never heard of it before! I go to Buffistas for all my obscure movie recommendations.

I just realized, I've never actually seen A Streetcar Named Desire. Should I watch it, or be content with the knowledge ganked from the minds of others?

megan walker - Jul 20, 2015 3:19:42 pm PDT #29288 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

Ida was nominated for multiple Oscars. It's gorgeous. If you are looking for other obscure movies, I also recently chose it as one of my ten favorites of 2014.

Jesse - Jul 25, 2015 5:18:53 pm PDT #29289 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Just saw Trainwreck, and so many things I've been seeing on the internet over the past year make so much more sense! Or, two at least: the pictures of Daniel Radcliffe with all those dogs, and the fact that Amy Schumer and SWINTON are tight.

Scrappy - Jul 26, 2015 9:34:33 pm PDT #29290 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

Saw Mr. Holmes. I'ts a bit predictable, but McKellen is BRILLIANT, playing old and also VERY old. Also, the most adorable and charming young actor ever plays opposite him.

Burrell - Jul 27, 2015 6:28:57 am PDT #29291 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

I want to see that! DH says it's for watching on the tv, not the big screen, but I may be able to convince my daughter to go see it, because Gandalf.

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