I can recommend Vanya on 42nd Street; I've never been much of a fan of Wallace Shawn, but he was excellent in this. As was everyone else.
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Toddson - Apr 02, 2020 5:10:37 am PDT #2597 of 3424
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
megan walker - Apr 02, 2020 7:42:42 am PDT #2598 of 3424
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
My favorite musical of all time! Busby Berkeley choreography! Cagney hoofing! Dick Powell in his prime (and his underwear)!
Super excited to finally watch this as I saw a bunch of 1930s musicals last year in preparation for A Century+ but this one (and Dames, two of the few musicals on Edgar Wright's original Top 1000) were nowhere to be had except Amazon.
I can recommend Vanya on 42nd Street; I've never been much of a fan of Wallace Shawn, but he was excellent in this. As was everyone else.
Oh, good. I was hesitating on that one because I am not a theater person, but since Criterion also has My Dinner with André, I thought I would finally watch them both.
Toddson - Apr 02, 2020 7:59:50 am PDT #2599 of 3424
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
FYI, the story behind the movie is that a group of actors got together to do Uncle Vanya - over a period of time, they'd gotten into the parts. It opens with them walking through New York City, getting coffee and such, then going into the theater, taking off their coats, settling down, then suddenly they're into the play. No costumes, no sets, not much in the way of props. Pretty much just the words and the acting. I really enjoyed it when I saw it.
Tom Scola - Apr 03, 2020 3:02:10 am PDT #2600 of 3424
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
David Lynch's (G-rated!) The Straight Story is up on Disney+!
I've been waiting to see this for so long!
Consuela - Apr 03, 2020 7:40:59 am PDT #2601 of 3424
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Oh, that's the one about the guy with the tractor, right? I do want to watch that.
Also National Theater Live is streaming "One Man, Two Guvnors" for free this week and it's lovely, you all should watch it.
Sue - Apr 03, 2020 11:36:32 am PDT #2602 of 3424
hip deep in pie
I've been waiting to see this for so long!
It's great. The warmhearted topside to everything Lynchian.
Scrappy - Apr 03, 2020 2:50:22 pm PDT #2603 of 3424
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
What. Sue. Said.
Vonnie K - Apr 08, 2020 10:44:00 am PDT #2604 of 3424
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
The indie distributor Neon has an ongoing streaming deal with Hulu, and they just dropped 4 (!) Bong Joon Ho films streaming on Hulu: Parasite, The Host, Mother, Barking Dogs Never Bite
Still missing: Memories of Murder, which many regard as Bong's best film. I think they're holding off because there is a plan for a limited theatrical re-release (who knows if that will happen) then a deal with Criterion.
I have yet to see Mother and Barking Dog (Bong's first film) so color me psyched! Hope to get to them this weekend (I'm in health care so have been working full time, which is a blessing of sorts. So weekends still feel like weekends.)
Neon also distributed Portrait of a Lady on Fire, which is a ravishing period lesbian love story from France and one of the best films of last year. It's also been streaming on Hulu for the last couple of weeks. Very much worth watching if you subscribe to the service (or renting it online if you haven't seen it yet).
askye - Apr 08, 2020 1:15:13 pm PDT #2605 of 3424
Thrive to spite them
Onward is on Disney+ and it seems like it should be a cool movie instead it hits all my buttons when it comes to awkward and low confidence characters and people trying to help but being over bearing so I bailed.
megan walker - Apr 08, 2020 2:01:33 pm PDT #2606 of 3424
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
The indie distributor Neon has an ongoing streaming deal with Hulu, and they just dropped 4 (!) Bong Joon Ho films streaming on Hulu: Parasite, The Host, Mother, Barking Dogs Never Bite
Nice! Oddly enough, The Host and Mother are two of the DVDs I managed to take out of the library before it closed, but I'm happy to have the other two available as well. Though, as you note, I really want to see Memories of Murder above all.
That is not to say I have actually watched any of the 20+ DVDs I have out, but I am making a decent amount of headway on my Criterion watch list. Of course, once I realized I could access both the Met Opera daily stream and MasterClass (my sister gifted me with an annual pass last Christmas) on my Roku, we've been watching a lot of that instead.
Watching La fanciulla del West now, AIFG!