I AM EXCITE!!
Yo Tambien!
We killed a homeless man on this bench. Me and Dru. Those were good times. You know, he begged for mercy, and you know, that only made her bite harder.
Spike ,'Sleeper'
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DavidS - Aug 13, 2019 1:27:03 pm PDT #2214 of 3455
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Toddson - Aug 14, 2019 12:38:04 pm PDT #2215 of 3455
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
It also has Meryl Streep as Aunt March ... (and Laura Dern as Marmee)
Steph L. - Aug 17, 2019 5:57:42 pm PDT #2216 of 3455
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Hobbs & Shaw is exactly what I want out of a summer movie (that isn't a Marvel movie). That was a ton of ridiculous fun. You got Idris Elba. You got Mr. The Rock. You got Jason Statham. What's not to love?
Tom Scola - Aug 29, 2019 11:32:43 am PDT #2217 of 3455
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Richard Linklater is filming Sondheim's Merrily We Roll Along in real time. It will take him 20 years to complete.
DebetEsse - Aug 29, 2019 12:15:09 pm PDT #2218 of 3455
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Interesting. I hope they at least attempt the singing live on set thing.
-t - Aug 29, 2019 1:37:38 pm PDT #2219 of 3455
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Huh. Best of luck to him with that!
I don't think I ever did watch Boyhood.
Dana - Aug 29, 2019 2:51:16 pm PDT #2220 of 3455
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I am...dubious.
I mean, honestly, I'd rather just see the two of them (plus whoever plays Charlie) in a live production.
Gris - Aug 29, 2019 5:00:41 pm PDT #2221 of 3455
Hey. New board.
I think it's cool.
Vonnie K - Aug 31, 2019 7:29:03 am PDT #2222 of 3455
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Going to Toronto International Film Festival next week! The ticket redemption/selection process remains stressful AF. I ended up not being able to get tickets to either Parasite and Knives Out, and actually coughed up $$ to get a resale ticket for Parasite from Stubhub (/o). I'm gonna keep trying out for Knives Out until the screening day, but if it doesn't happen, c'est la vie.
Schedule of screenings I've got tickets for so far: [link]
Psyched about a lot of these, but especially for Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Parasite, Just Mercy, Marriage Story, Weathering With You, Waves, Jo Jo Rabbit and How to Build a Girl. Also cracking up at how I have tickets to TWO separate movies about art theft, The Burnt Orange Heresy and Lyrebird, which also happen to have the same leading man (Claes Bang from The Square, which was also about art, so I guess this is his weird niche now). It's like an arthouse equivalent of having two asteroids movies or two volcano movies happening at the same time.
There is one day when the first screening is at 9 AM and the last screening ends at 11:18 PM. I am gonna be a mess by the time I get home. Wheeeee! I CAN'T WAIT.
Vonnie K - Sep 07, 2019 4:57:18 am PDT #2223 of 3455
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
At TIFF. Saw 3 films yesterday, which was my first day of the festival. They were:
The Cave: a Nat Geo documentary about a female doctor leading a medical team in a literal underground hospital in a Syrian city that is besieged with bombing. A deeply humanistic film, even during moments of despair. This reduced my entire audience into fits of sobbing several times. Nat Geo is reportedly distributing it in 100+ countries. Hopefully you will get a chance to see it. Couldn't be too mad at it even though it made me start the festival with a headache from all the crying and makeup running down my face.
Portrait of a Lady on Fire: a ravishing period lesbian romance from France. Gorgeous and thinky, it marries swoony romanticism with sharp modern feminist sensibilities. A great film.
Parasite:!!! OMFG. I would be shocked if I saw another movie during the festival I loved as much as this one. Go into this as blind as possible. I'd watched the trailer yet I WAS NOT PREPARED. It juggles like 5 different genres seamlessly, working like a gangbuster in all of them. Totally worth the ridiculous resale price I paid for the ticket.
Best first festival day EVER. Having a much lower key day today, which I am a bit relieved by, to be honest. Will report back further.