Bogie56
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The winner of China’s Golden Rooster Award for Best Film of 2019 was …
The Wandering Earth (2019) Frant Two, China
The winner of China’s Golden Rooster Award for Foreign Film of 2019 was …
Romy’s Salon (2019) Mischa Kamp, the Netherlands
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Monday, July 27/28
2 a.m. Insignificance (1985). Really good Nicolas Roeg film with Teresa Russell and Tony Curtis. Recommended.
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Sunday, July 26
Here we go. TCM swapped nights with July 12.
10 p.m. Bedazzled (1967), One of my favourite comedies with Peter Cook, Dudley Moore and the babe with the bust, Raquel Welch. Drimble Wedge and the Vegetation is not to be missed. Music by Dudley Moore.
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Saturday, July 25
10 a.m. Popeye: Blunder Below (1942).
noon. Malcolm X (1992). It's still Spike Lee's best film and the one that Denzel Washington should have won the Oscar for.
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19 hours ago, Bethluvsfilms said:
I noticed a lot of women-in-prison films, particularly in the 70's and 80's, had a tendency to have the same plot over and over again....wrongfully convicted (or not) women exploited behind bars by the sleazy powers-that-be in charge.
Give me 1950's CAGED any day.
Broads Behind Bars is still my all time favourite.
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Friday, July 24/25
2:30 a.m. The Big Doll House (1971). With Pam Grier. If these women weren't behind bars they could probably all get jobs as models.
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Thursday, July 23/24
3 a.m. Who’ll Stop the Rain (1978). By Karel Reisz with Nick Nolte and Tuesday Weld.
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Charles Buddy Rogers
Robert Downey, Jr.
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Wednesday, July 22
7 a.m. Once You Kiss a Stranger (1969). Carol Lynley stars in a criss-cross murder plot ala Strangers on a Train which is on at 2:30 p.m..
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20 hours ago, laffite said:
Excuse me for what I fear is density on my part, but may I ask what you mean by "quirkiness." I know, I should know this, so don't laugh. Actually, it's a serious enquiry and there is no innuendo behind it. It's just that naive minds want to know. : - )
A forced oddity for comedic purposes.
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Tuesday, July 21
8 p.m. Notfilm (2015). Documentary about the collaboration between Samuel Beckett and Buster Keaton ?? What the ? Featuring Kevin Brownlow. Looks like a BFI restoration.
10:30 p.m. Archival Screening Night (2020). Anyone have any idea what this might be?
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Formidable (2007) Dominique Standaert, Belgium
Two men who have both lost their jobs and wives meet by chance and become reluctant friends. Thankfully it does not try to rely on quirkiness which can be the kiss of death for me. Not bad.
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Monday, July 20
8 p.m. Spartacus (1960). I see they have made a schedule correction … Part Two is no longer followed by Part One.
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Sunday, July 19/20
2 a.m. The Magic Flute (1975). Delightful Mozart opera by Ingmar Bergman.
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Saturday, July 18
10 a.m. Popeye: Kickin’ the Conga Round (1942).
4:30 a.m. The Quiet American (1958). I believe they took great liberty with this Graham Greene story turning the American into the hero.
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Friday, July 17/18
John Ford day.
12:30 a.m. The Long Voyage Home (1940). Great cast in this Eugene O'Neill tale.
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16 hours ago, laffite said:
I hate to be so vague on this, perhaps I shouldn't even post. A prominent reviewer years ago credited Depardieu with one of the greatest acting moments of all time. A scene where he was standing in front of a seated questioner telling his story. Maybe someone will actually remember the scene. I don't. But I thought it one of the greatest tributes and actor has ever received. Let me know if someone knows what I'm talking about.
The might be a bit of a stretch but Depardieu as Chabert made my top ten of 1994. I think his Cyranno was probably a better performance but the role is much showier.
Fabrice Luchini in Colonel Chabert is a revelation.
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Thursday, July 16
3:30 p.m. Star of Midnight (1935). With Ginger Rogers and William Powell.
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Wednesday, July 15
6 p.m. Marty (1955). With Ernest Borgnine and Betsy Blair.
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Tuesday, July 14
8 p.m. My Journey Through French Cinema (2016). by Bertrand Tavernier.
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10 hours ago, Sukhov said:
Incubus (1966) Leslie Stevens, USA - 7.5/ 10- Starring William Shatner as Marc. This film was like Bergman, Vampyr and Jerzy Kawalerowicz all put together. The demon Kia attempts to lure the devout Christian Marc to Hell by making him impious and lustful. When this doesn't work she gets the help of the Incubus. This movie was really good except for at the end it has an "if you kill him you are just like him" moral tacked on that I hated and thought was cheap (killing your sister's rapist is not murder). The dialogue is pretty stilted and odd even for Esperanto but that just added to the strange atmosphere. Some of the effects weren't all that great, with Kia rolling on the ground and grappling with an animal mask but that was one of the few lower parts. Overall this was a pretty good film and I liked it. I would recommend it.
I have a copy of this but haven't seen it as yet. I am curious, do you know the story behind the decision to shoot this in Esperanto? And how do you think the actors such as Shatner did with that challenge? Was it worthwhile?
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Monday, July 13
10 a.m. Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937). I still haven’t seen this one.
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Sunday, July 12
Bedazzled (1967), one of my favourite comedies with Peter Cook and Dudley Moore and the babe with the bust, Raquel Welch was originally on the schedule but has been replaced by two Japanese films that I would like to see …
8 p.m. Children of Hiroshima (1952).
9:45 Hiroshima (1953).
5:30 a.m. Borom Sarret (1963). Short subject by Ousmane Sembene. According to the imdb this is ‘arguably' the first film by a Black African.
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Tuesday, July 28
9:45 a.m. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966). Very good Mike Nichols film with Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, George Segal and Sandy Dennis.
Carl Reiner Tribute
2 a.m. Where’s Poppa? (1970). Irreverent comedy based on the book by Robert Klane. For me, Ron Leibman (1937-2019) is the stand out in this film.
BTW, anyone else read Klane’s The Horse Is Dead? Incredibly un-PC if memory serves but very funny IMO. I read it in high school though. I was attracted to a quote on the softcover … “The funniest book I’ve read read - Jack Benny.” I wonder if it was true that Benny had even read it?