One of the hallmarks of the Iranian New Wave -- Close-up by Abbas KiarostamiI have to have a non freaky film for a change, and this will be perfect for when dad gets back from his hugfest. What an exceptional film this is, it's deep stuff, and nothing to do with seediness, but an examination into a person, and a meditation... See More » (1)
Now we zip on over to Lumberton circa 1986. Iconic Americana that morphs into unsettling territorySound design will be fully appreciated with the volume up high, oh what a strange and wonderful day it's shaping up to be. Funeral Parade of Roses was a hugely great experience this time btw, I might post about all the films watched in this wake... See More » (1)
Up next, an LGBTQ classic from JapanThe Japanese New Wave is my 3rd favorite New Wave after the Czech and French, and this is a doozie, I need something more artsy after my current sleazy horror experience, making coffee now, a long day and night is ahead of me!! I'm not big on... See More » (1)
I've saved some goodies in my collection for a time such as this -- Liv Ullmann's Faithless based on something Ingmar Bergman relatedI'll never forgive myself for selling the best box set of films I ever had and ever existed, Ingmar Bergman's Cinema which featured about 80% of his work in film, so for a long time i've kept away from what I still have of my selection for his... See More » (1)
Some fun post-war Experimental films, this was the first item i ordered online from home!!Stand outs for me are Notes on the Circus which was a small segment in his larger work Walden, which is one of my top 10 films of all time, it has a couple folk songs by the Jugband, with Mekas' tradmark style of rapid editing of a circus, it's... See More » (1)
Silent film time (mostly silent that is, i'm gonna have my own soundtrack for it)Dovshenko's much hailed materpiece came late in the silent era, most films by then were in sound, but some masters like Ozu kept making silents, this film here the last in a War Trilogy, I only have one other in it, Dovshenko was like one of the best... See More » (1)
A dream evening film programYou know on TCM there'd be a guest programmer well this is what i'll do here, and maybe again, these are all films I own, and the first 3 of 4 is provided in full here, and the 4th isn't on YT for free as far as I can tell. I don't have time to watch... See More » (4)
Not too often do you have a great Japanese film made by a non-Japanese directorBut that's what happened here with Paul Schrader, scriptwriter of Taxi Driver, and an authority on contemplative cinema including Ozu. This is chosen not at random which will otherwise be the decision factors, but also to look at something that... See More » (1)
