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We're due for another Sight & Sound poll this year; I hope it isn't delayed.
I will be really interested in that one, but those are on the 2s, aren't they? So, 2022.
What is really overdue is another AFI 100 list. The latest one was 2007 but the most recent movie on it is The LotR: Fellowship, which is problematic on multiple levels.
Watched The Conversation and The Farewell on Kanopy last night and today. Looking to start knocking more off my lists. Not many things from 70s and 80s Oscar Best Picture noms on any streaming services at the moment. My library in Texas was going to be my source for most of those films. Now on lockdown I have no library source.
Now on lockdown I have no library source.
Yeah, my Century project had already stalled due to work, but not having library access isn't helping motivate me to pick it back up again. That's why these days I'm mostly just trying to fill gaps via Criterion.
TCG and I switch off on our movie pick every other week. I usually pick from a streaming service, but he likes to wander through the library until something catches his eye. So, he's been having trouble finding what he wants.
We're also trying to catch up on Good Movies We Missed. Just watched The Great Santini, which I'd never seen. Excellent performances, including the kids. I adored watching baby Lisa Jane Persky being delightful snarky.
We finally watched The Death of Stalin, and wow was that a good time. Jason Issacs, in particular, is the best, but the entire cast is amazing. I enjoyed how the movie highlighted the absurdity of the USSR while not shying away from how terrible it was. I was also unsurprised to find it had been based on a French graphic novel.
We loved that and agree on Isaacs. He is having so much FUN with his role!
I watched Eat Locals the other night. Not quite the laugh fest the trailer had made me anticipate as most of the humor is very dry satire, but it was pretty enjoyable. My main takeaways were (1) Tony Curran sure seems to play vampires a lot; (2) Eve Myles only irritates me as Gwen Cooper, not in other roles; and (3) Charlie Cox is adorable.
One of the broadcast channels shows old(er) movies and recently I got to see Love Bites. Adam Ant being pretty adorable as a vampire waking up from a couple of centuries of sleep to deal with 1990s America.
I haven't thought about Love Bites for yeeeeears.