Consider Phoenix as being in the top five.
I've seen Phoenix! It's great. I particularly loved it's deft hand with moral and narrative ambiguities.
Mal: That's not what I saw. You like to tell me what really happened? Book: I surely would. And maybe someday I will.
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DavidS - Mar 07, 2016 10:17:54 am PST #29848 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
P.M. Marc - Mar 07, 2016 10:28:06 am PST #29849 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I've only watched Spy and MI - Rogue Nation on Megan's list.
Same! I need to watch more movies.
megan walker - Mar 07, 2016 10:48:48 am PST #29850 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Note, in addition to Dope and Tangerine (as Vonnie mentioned), Bande de filles (Girlhood) and Phoenix are available on Netflix streaming.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 07, 2016 12:47:10 pm PST #29851 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I need to clear some time and see Tangerine, I missed it on the festival circuit.
Polter-Cow - Mar 07, 2016 9:03:15 pm PST #29852 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I loved The Witch, Vonnie.
Steph L. - Mar 08, 2016 5:07:44 am PST #29853 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
For those of you who saw Deadpool, I'd like to point out that today is International Women's Day.
You know, in case you needed a suggestion of how to celebrate.
Steph L. - Mar 13, 2016 7:47:06 am PDT #29854 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Is it heretical to say I didn't really like Zoolander? (We watched it for the first time last night.) I didn't expect much, and expected mostly stupid-funny (which I am a big fan of when it's done well; c.f., Dude, Where's My Car?), but it was just mostly stupid.
Though it did make me want to watch the Starsky and Hutch movie, so there's that.
t edit Oh! I forgot David Bowie! That was good.
Scrappy - Mar 13, 2016 8:42:43 pm PDT #29855 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
We saw 10 Cloverfield Lane yesterday. We all really liked it. It's a very small, intimate movie, even though it's also a monster movie. Very well done--it has a way of constantly surprising you in new ways, I think by understanding and deftly avoiding horror/monster tropes. And John Goodman RULES.
Polter-Cow - Mar 13, 2016 11:00:04 pm PDT #29856 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I just got back from it, Scrappy! Yes to everything you said, and also Mary Elizabeth Winstead rules. She does some great face-acting in this movie, and her character is resourceful as fuck.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 14, 2016 5:31:20 am PDT #29857 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I told my mom she might enjoy it, but my nose is too out of joint about them slapping the Cloverfield name on Valencia/The Cellar at the last minute as a blatant cash grab. Stick to Star Wars JJ, it seems like you're actually doing things right for that franchise somehow.