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Yeah, we need more "high quality art", like the critically-adored Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles, or Mysterious Object at Noon. The biggest box-office hits are rarely "high quality art", and that's nothing new. The #1 box-office hit of 1949 was Samson & Delilah. In 1955 it was Cinerama Holiday. In 1978 it was Grease. In 1987 it was Beverly Hills Cop II. In 1998 it was Armageddon. And in 2007 it was Pirates of the Caribbean part 3. Like N&N said earlier, I get where Scorsese is coming from (popcorn flicks have pushed nearly everything else out of the theaters, and mid-range dramas and others have virtually disappeared), but the motion picture business has never been about "high quality art".

Who?

Shin Godzilla (2016) "Inspiration for the film was drawn from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster and the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shin_Godzilla

I agree that the fake trailers in Grindhouse were enjoyable ("Werewolf Women of the SS" was a personal favorite), I also really enjoyed Robert Rodriguez's half, Planet Terror. Very entertaining. On the other hand, I thought Tarantino's half, Death Proof, was easily the worst thing that he's made.

January 2020 The Final Programme (1973) January 7 Brewster's Millions (1985) January 14 Demons of the Mind (1972) January 14 The Mummy's Shroud (1967) January 14 Gerry (2002) January 21 Sliding Doors (1998) January 21 Body Parts (1991) January 28 Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971) January 28 Very Bad Things (1998) January 28

Ley Lines, Takashi Miike, Japan (1999) - 7/10 Director Miike closes out his "Black Society" trilogy with this crime drama about a trio of friends, all of Chinese descent, living in Japan. They are joined by a prostitute as they embark on an odyssey of petty crime that escalates into a confrontation with a yakuza gang and its violent boss. As with the earlier Shinjuku Triad Society and Rainy Dog, the festering animosity between the Japanese and the Chinese lays the foundation for an exploration of desperate, doomed characters who can find no place in the world. Miike's penchant for shocking violence and outrageous sexuality is once again on display, but the character development is perhaps the best here of the three films.

Hey, enjoy your trip to France-ville. You'll be missed. Well, by some of us, anyway.

Sounds like Horror Hotel aka The City of the Dead (1960) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_City_of_the_Dead_(film) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053719/?ref_=nv_sr_3?ref_=nv_sr_3

Wax Mask, Sergio Stivaletti, Italy (1997) - 6/10 Bizarre period-piece horror. In 1910 Paris, a series of murders occur, coinciding with the opening of a new museum of wax figures. The museum's proprietor is the respected Boris Volkoff (Robert Hossein), but his beautiful new assistant Sonia (Romina Mondello) thinks that something sinister is afoot. Also featuring Riccardo Serventi Longhi as a reporter investigating the crimes, Gabriella Giorgelli, Umberto Balli, Valery Valmond, and Gianni Franco. This originated as a project for the ailing director Lucio Fulci, who had fallen on hard times and was suffering from ill health and was living in poverty. Dario Argento helped produce this film as a project for him, co-writing the script with Fulci and Daniele Stroppa. However, Fulci died before production could begin, and the directorial reins went to special effects pro Stivaletti. The result is a strange, pseudo-Steampunk gore remake of House of Wax that doesn't make a lot of sense but looks really good and remains entertaining throughout.

1977. I think it was to promote that Hoover film that Broderick Crawford became one of the least expected hosts of Saturday Night Live.

It's Alive? 1974.

Rainy Dog, Takashi Miike, Japan (1997) - 7/10 Yuuji (Sho Aikawa) is a former yakuza living in Taiwan, working as a contract killer for a local triad boss. His grim life starts to unravel once he falls for a prostitute (Xianmei Chen), and a former lover drops a young boy on his doorstep, a son he never knew he had. Now Yuuji takes his girlfriend and his son on the run as the vengeful relatives of one of his recent victims goes on a bloody rampage. Filmed on location in Taiwan, this has more dialogue in Chinese than Japanese. It's also more mainstream than most of Miike's films, although still violent and dwelling on the uglier aspects of humanity. Tetsuo the Iron Man star Tomoro Taguchi has a memorable supporting role as a bumbling yakuza assassin.

Yeah, it's rather sedate for a TCM Underground film, but it's written and directed by Larry Cohen, who also wrote-directed the following It's Alive, the best of the monster-baby movies.

Cable channels aren't subject to those broadcast FCC fines, though, are they?

Come and See is an outstanding film, but it is tough viewing. I wasn't thrilled with The Night Porter. It was a little too dull and serious for its scandalous reputation. I'd recommend all of the other TCM Imports films, as well, especially the lesser known The Bridge. The Oulaw and His Wife is an interesting early effort from Victor Sjostrom (The Phantom Carriage).

Silent Sundays Bardelys the Magnificent The Lodger a bunch of Harold Lloyd shorts on the 19th The Outlaw and His Wife TCM Imports The Shop on Main Street Kapo The Bridge Au revoir, les enfants Lacombe, Lucien The Night Porter Come and See TCM Underground Chopping Mall Multiple Maniacs Female Trouble The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover It's Alive (1974) Scary Movie (1991) Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 Deathsport Cherry 2000

I recall Diary of a Mad Housewife being one of the last Oscar-nominated performances that I tracked down to watch. I think it was on YouTube several years ago when I finally saw it.

Timothy Carey or Mantan Moreland

Trapped is a public domain title, so it's available in a lot of terrible editions. I have it on one of those 50-movie sets from Mill Creek. I gave the movie a 6/10, but I don't recall much from it.

Live Flesh, Pedro Almodovar, Spain (1997) - 7/10 Melodrama with Javier Bardem as David, a former cop left in a wheelchair after being shot by Victor (Liberto Rabal), an unstable young man obsessed with beautiful model and drug addict Elena (Francesca Neri). Victor had taken Elena hostage, and when David and his abusive, alcoholic partner Sancho (Jose Sancho) responded to the scene, Victor and Sancho struggled, and Victor's gun went off, hitting David. Several years later, Victor is released from prison and begins stalking Elena. She's now married to David, who has become a famous paraplegic athlete. Meanwhile, Sancho's relationship with his long suffering wife Clara (Angela Molina) continues to deteriorate. Also with Penelope Cruz and Pilar Bardem. This was a little more conventional and "safe" than many of Almodovar's other films that I've seen. It's well acted, and looks good, but it lacks any kind of real spark. I liked the film's opening sequence, set in 1970 and showing Victor's birth aboard a city bus. Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem, later to marry, don't share any scenes, although Cruz spends much of her brief screentime with Pilar Bardem, Javier's real-life mother.

Godzilla Godzilla, King of the Monsters (the American dub/edit of Godzilla) Godzilla Raids Again Mothra vs Godzilla Mothra Ghidorah the Three-Headed Monster Invasion of Astro-Monster Son of Godzilla Destroy All Monsters All Monsters Attack - There seems to be a hole in the schedule here - They have this 70-minute movie scheduled from 8PM until 1AM! My guess is they will show Ebirah, Horror of the Deep and Godzilla vs Hedorah/Godzilla vs the Smog Monster in this time slot. Rodan Godzilla vs Megalon Godzilla vs Mechgodzilla Terror of Mechagodzilla War of the Gargantuas, another Toho giant monster film, is scheduled after Terror of Mechagodzilla.

I seem to recall Burstyn winning a Best Guest Performance Emmy for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit for what was little more than a glorified cameo. It's been a while since I saw it, so maybe there's more to it than I recall, but I remember being surprised to see her nominated for it, and then when she won I thought it didn't speak highly of her competition.

Your use of "here" is correct. However, your use of the past tense "worked" in this context is incorrect, and should have been "work".

Who would you have chosen among the nominees? Glenda Jackson, A Touch of Class Ellen Burstyn, The Exorcist Marsha Mason, Cinderella Liberty Barbra Streisand, The Way We Were Joanne Woodward, Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams

Yeah, Mr. & Mrs. Horton (Macdonald Carey & Frances Reid) on Days are good examples.