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Kvlt! posted:With Sons finishing up I'm looking for some more crime dramas about motorcycle clubs/gangs. Movie or TV, thanks! Psychomania.
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Nov 5, 2014 08:03
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Skwirl posted:Psychomania. I was going to say this, but instead I'll offer up George Romero's Knightriders
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Alright, it's getting to the end of the year, so I've got to up my 2014 viewing. Here's what I've seen, what's the best stuff I'm missing from this year? On the List: Whiplash, Dear White People, Interstellar, Venus in Fur, The Double
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Nov 6, 2014 19:54
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TrixRabbi posted:Alright, it's getting to the end of the year, so I've got to up my 2014 viewing. Here's what I've seen, what's the best stuff I'm missing from this year? I'd give St. Vincent a go. It's a semi-predictable story, but it's worth it just to watch Bill Murray and Naomi Watts take on roles that are far out of their usual range.
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Nov 6, 2014 20:00
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TrixRabbi posted:Alright, it's getting to the end of the year, so I've got to up my 2014 viewing. Here's what I've seen, what's the best stuff I'm missing from this year? I will say Blue Ruin and The Rover are both definitely worth seeing.
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TrixRabbi posted:Alright, it's getting to the end of the year, so I've got to up my 2014 viewing. Here's what I've seen, what's the best stuff I'm missing from this year? I enjoyed Edge of Tomorrow and Lucy quite a bit. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is pretty far from a must-watch, but it had its moments. I'm planning on watching The Guest as soon as it hits VOD.
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Nov 6, 2014 21:10
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TrixRabbi posted:Alright, it's getting to the end of the year, so I've got to up my 2014 viewing. Here's what I've seen, what's the best stuff I'm missing from this year? e: Joe and The Immigrant, give those a shot. Coaaab fucked around with this message at 21:36 on Nov 6, 2014 |
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Nov 6, 2014 21:29
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Wong Kar-Wai's films more or less singlehandedly made me fall in love with Hong Kong, so give me more films that look on it with a loving eye.
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Criminal Minded posted:Wong Kar-Wai's films more or less singlehandedly made me fall in love with Hong Kong, so give me more films that look on it with a loving eye. Hard Boiled and The Killer. (To be fair they also have a lot of indiscriminate gunfire). Air Skwirl fucked around with this message at 07:00 on Nov 7, 2014 |
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Nov 7, 2014 06:56
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Criminal Minded posted:Wong Kar-Wai's films more or less singlehandedly made me fall in love with Hong Kong, so give me more films that look on it with a loving eye. Hell yes, I'm there with you. Watch The Pillow Book.
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Nov 7, 2014 07:29
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Criminal Minded posted:Wong Kar-Wai's films more or less singlehandedly made me fall in love with Hong Kong, so give me more films that look on it with a loving eye. I''m not sure all of the qualify as 'loving' but i'd go Comrades: An Almost Love Story, Fruit Chan's trilogy (Made in Hong Kong, The Longest Summer, Little Cheung ), Sparrow, First Love: Litter on the Breeze and C'est la Vie Mon Cheri
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Nov 7, 2014 18:06
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Kvlt! posted:With Sons finishing up I'm looking for some more crime dramas about motorcycle clubs/gangs. Movie or TV, thanks! Here's a movie about The Man pitting Bikers and Indians against each other. Also the debut of Penny Marshall. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpwdLSD5FXg
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Ok, since autumn is setting in I could use me some good homey family food movies. Some films in this category I've seen and loved: -Fanny & Alexander -Babette's Feast -The Dead -Eat Drink Man Woman What're some more good ones? They don't have to be turn of the last century but I do enjoy that era. Something about the subject of large-house-keeping is really interesting to me.
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Nov 10, 2014 20:05
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Magic Hate Ball posted:Ok, since autumn is setting in I could use me some good homey family food movies. Some films in this category I've seen and loved: For food there's always Tampopo? Is that what you mean? Also not a movie but The loving Fulfords is hilarious short series that's almost entirely about large-house-keeping. You are weird.
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Nov 10, 2014 20:25
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thehandtruck posted:For food there's always Tampopo? Is that what you mean? Also not a movie but The loving Fulfords is hilarious short series that's almost entirely about large-house-keeping. You are weird. Tampopo is probably one of the strangest movies about food you'll ever see. It's genuinely innocent the way a hobo sneaks a kid into a kitchen so he can fry him up an omelette just fast enough before the guards can catch them. It's inspiring when a cowboy-like stranger wanders into a ramen shop and helps get the business up off the ground. It's also strangely sexual as when a couple has an erotic scene with an egg yolk. I absolutely love this film and have been searching forever to see it again on DVD.
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Jiro Dreams of Sushi
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Magic Hate Ball posted:Ok, since autumn is setting in I could use me some good homey family food movies. Some films in this category I've seen and loved: This list came out more food than good homey but: Oxhide 2, Big Night, a Chinese Feast, the God of Cookery, la Grande Bouffe, the dinner scenes in the Age of Innocence, Kamome Diner, 301/302, Christmas in Connecticut, Pieces of April I can only think of obvious things like Meet Me in St Louis to fit the large house-keeping part. The Godfather?
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El Graplurado posted:I can only think of obvious things like Meet Me in St Louis to fit the large house-keeping part. The Godfather? I guess on this front I don't mean so much housekeeping as domestic films - the gatherings of people, the communal dinners, the little dramas in all the little rooms. I just think it's nice. Also, thanks for all the recommendations!
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Nov 11, 2014 06:30
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Magic Hate Ball posted:Ok, since autumn is setting in I could use me some good homey family food movies. Some films in this category I've seen and loved: Does drinking count as family food? Because then I recommend Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolfe. Otherwise, however long there's been a CineD annual awards for movies, there's also been a category for best food scene. I'm sure someone with archives could dig up the nominees.
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Nov 11, 2014 06:43
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Magic Hate Ball posted:Ok, since autumn is setting in I could use me some good homey family food movies. Some films in this category I've seen and loved: My Dinner With Andre doesn't quite fit the bill, but it works in a sense. I also always consider Groundhog Day and What About Bob to be my go to "snuggle up in the cold weather for some family fun" movies. Again, not quite what you're looking for but they have similar vibes to them.
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Kvlt! posted:My Dinner With Andre doesn't quite fit the bill, but it works in a sense. It's funny, I almost put that on the list.
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Magic Hate Ball posted:I guess on this front I don't mean so much housekeeping as domestic films - the gatherings of people, the communal dinners, the little dramas in all the little rooms. I just think it's nice. Also, thanks for all the recommendations! The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover.  
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Yo I'm looking for a horror movie set in a claustrophobic enviroment with a few characters, like Cube, the original Saw, or like, Exam or Devil (these movies are varying degrees of quality, please recommmend actually good one).
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Nov 12, 2014 10:41
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BOAT SHOWBOAT posted:Yo I'm looking for a horror movie set in a claustrophobic enviroment with a few characters, like Cube, the original Saw, or like, Exam or Devil (these movies are varying degrees of quality, please recommmend actually good one). The Descent comes to mind instantly.
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BOAT SHOWBOAT posted:Yo I'm looking for a horror movie set in a claustrophobic enviroment with a few characters, like Cube, the original Saw, or like, Exam or Devil (these movies are varying degrees of quality, please recommmend actually good one). Alien is the initial response and I'd also recommend Europa Report as a solid follow-up.
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FrostedButts posted:Alien is the initial response and I'd also recommend Europa Report as a solid follow-up. The Hole is also an option.
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Nov 12, 2014 18:05
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BOAT SHOWBOAT posted:Yo I'm looking for a horror movie set in a claustrophobic enviroment with a few characters, like Cube, the original Saw, or like, Exam or Devil (these movies are varying degrees of quality, please recommmend actually good one). Take it to the limit, watch La Cabina: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CABpfvOgbjw
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Looking for some movies where isolation is a major theme, or plays a role in the plot at some point. Cast Away, Moon, The Shining, The Thing, 2001 are some of my favorites that involve this. Bonus points if it's about just one person being in isolation, or reaches a point where there's one person left and then the movie follows just that last person for a while. I'm looking for something closest to Cast Away (any suggestion is great though.) Just something quiet that lets you focus on the person and think about their mindset and whatnot.
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MrSmokes posted:Looking for some movies where isolation is a major theme, or plays a role in the plot at some point. Cast Away, Moon, The Shining, The Thing, 2001 are some of my favorites that involve this. Bonus points if it's about just one person being in isolation, or reaches a point where there's one person left and then the movie follows just that last person for a while. I'm looking for something closest to Cast Away (any suggestion is great though.) Just something quiet that lets you focus on the person and think about their mindset and whatnot. Castaway On the Moon for sure. Oldboy starts out that way, but may stray too far from that after a while. e: Also Gravity I guess Allyn fucked around with this message at 13:57 on Nov 13, 2014 |
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Nov 13, 2014 13:54
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MrSmokes posted:Looking for some movies where isolation is a major theme, or plays a role in the plot at some point. Cast Away, Moon, The Shining, The Thing, 2001 are some of my favorites that involve this. Bonus points if it's about just one person being in isolation, or reaches a point where there's one person left and then the movie follows just that last person for a while. I'm looking for something closest to Cast Away (any suggestion is great though.) Just something quiet that lets you focus on the person and think about their mindset and whatnot. All Is Lost is probably the closest in tone to Cast Away of any movie I've ever seen. Streaming on Netflix currently.
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MrSmokes posted:Looking for some movies where isolation is a major theme, or plays a role in the plot at some point. Cast Away, Moon, The Shining, The Thing, 2001 are some of my favorites that involve this. Bonus points if it's about just one person being in isolation, or reaches a point where there's one person left and then the movie follows just that last person for a while. I'm looking for something closest to Cast Away (any suggestion is great though.) Just something quiet that lets you focus on the person and think about their mindset and whatnot. Frozen: No, not the Disney cartoon. This was a little horror movie from 2010 in which three friends end up stuck on a chairlift after the ski area has closed down and the patrol is off for the night. It gets pretty grizzly and, of course, ends up with only one person left after the threat of the freezing night winds, the cold damage to their skin, the height from which they dangle and wandering wolf packs.
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MrSmokes posted:Looking for some movies where isolation is a major theme, or plays a role in the plot at some point. Cast Away, Moon, The Shining, The Thing, 2001 are some of my favorites that involve this. Bonus points if it's about just one person being in isolation, or reaches a point where there's one person left and then the movie follows just that last person for a while. I'm looking for something closest to Cast Away (any suggestion is great though.) Just something quiet that lets you focus on the person and think about their mindset and whatnot. Repulsion, maybe?
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MrSmokes posted:Looking for some movies where isolation is a major theme, or plays a role in the plot at some point. Cast Away, Moon, The Shining, The Thing, 2001 are some of my favorites that involve this. Bonus points if it's about just one person being in isolation, or reaches a point where there's one person left and then the movie follows just that last person for a while. I'm looking for something closest to Cast Away (any suggestion is great though.) Just something quiet that lets you focus on the person and think about their mindset and whatnot. What about that Ryan Reynolds movie where he is literally in a tiny box the entire film? Buried?
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Ah, yes, Nightmares: The Movie.
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Magic Hate Ball posted:I guess on this front I don't mean so much housekeeping as domestic films - the gatherings of people, the communal dinners, the little dramas in all the little rooms. I just think it's nice. Also, thanks for all the recommendations! I'm assuming you've seen The Rules of the Game.
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Everblight posted:What about that Ryan Reynolds movie where he is literally in a tiny box the entire film? Buried? On that note, Locke with Tom Hardy takes place entirely in a car I think.
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MrSmokes posted:Looking for some movies where isolation is a major theme, or plays a role in the plot at some point. Cast Away, Moon, The Shining, The Thing, 2001 are some of my favorites that involve this. Bonus points if it's about just one person being in isolation, or reaches a point where there's one person left and then the movie follows just that last person for a while. I'm looking for something closest to Cast Away (any suggestion is great though.) Just something quiet that lets you focus on the person and think about their mindset and whatnot. Sean Penn's Into the Wild, based on the real story of Christopher McCandless, who ventured into the Alaskan wilderness to get away from society. It's not like any of the films you listed in your post, but there's also a documentary by Alexander Sokurov called A Humble Life, which follows an old woman living by herself in a remote mountain village. Very insightful and beautifully shot, but it demands a lot of patience from the viewer.
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