Film

[astfgyl]

Well, I loved both Banshees and The Quiet Girl so much, I ended up writing an aul essay on parallels between Dominic and Cáit, for anyone interested:
https://www.popmatters.com/quiet-girl-banshees-inisherin-incel

I haven't watched Quiet Girl yet but I have it downloaded and you just reminded me I need to watch it so I'll give that a read once I have.

Well, it took a week, but I won the most important battles with the editor over this piece, even though I wish they'd just left it as was originally. Either way, it's readable now!

Jaysus lad we've enough with you on here 

Ah I'll read it really

[astfgyl]

An interesting enough perspective on the banshees but I haven't seen the quiet girl so dunno bout that.

You're funnier when you're on here trying to defend the indefensible day after day but still not a bad read 

[Cailleach]

"To Leslie" - very much enjoyed it. Andrea Riseborough is excellent as the lead character who wins the lottery and pisses it all away (not a spoiler). Marc Maron is surprisingly adept at drama and the young lad playing Riseborough's 20 year old son (Owen Teague) is great too. 4/5

Yes. It's a good movie.

[StoutAndAle]

Yes. It's a good movie.

It's the sort of film that Hollywood used to make back when they made films rather than the 3-hour nacho and ice cream sluices that they do now.

[Ollkiller]

Yes. It's a good movie.

It's the sort of film that Hollywood used to make back when they made films rather than the 3-hour nacho and ice cream sluices that they do now.

You can see why tv shows have become more popular. The dross on average that is rolled out as films today is pathetic.

[hellfire]

Got a Tarantino box set in Cex the other day. Kill Bill 1 & 2, Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction and Jackie Brown. Out of all of them Jackie Brown is the one that has aged the best. Kill Bill looks pretty dated to me.

[The Butcher]

Watched An Cailín Ciúin at the weekend. Well-acted and crafted movie. A lot of it is understated but that's part of it's strength.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Watched Groundhog Day for first time in about 20 years last night. Grand, a few great laughs in it. Also noticed a very young, 19 or so, Michael Shannon has a small role in it!

[astfgyl]

Got a Tarantino box set in Cex the other day. Kill Bill 1 & 2, Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction and Jackie Brown. Out of all of them Jackie Brown is the one that has aged the best. Kill Bill looks pretty dated to me.

Never really liked Kill Bill much but Jackie Brown is a decent flick.

[astfgyl]

Just watched 3022, a rather bleak sci fi about getting stranded in space.

Ok, not great.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Watched Dark City last night. 1998 neo noir pulp fiction comic book style mental sci-fi. Only heard of it because it was being talked about cos it came out 25 years ago. Loads of fun, great aesthetic, totally over the top storyline, highly recommended if you like this kind of thing.

[astfgyl]

Watched Dark City last night. 1998 neo noir pulp fiction comic book style mental sci-fi. Only heard of it because it was being talked about cos it came out 25 years ago. Loads of fun, great aesthetic, totally over the top storyline, highly recommended if you like this kind of thing.

Never heard of it but I'm intrigued. Hopefully it's on the dodgy box

[blessed1]

Dark City is class

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

If I'd seen it when it came out I'd say I'd have seen it at least 10 times by now. There's so much in there; past influence from Gilliam's stuff, and maybe even forward influence onto aspects of, say, Inception. Great cast too... Richard O'Brien!   

[blessed1]

It's the same director who did The Crow. He also directed one called Knowing with Nick Cage which was surprisingly good too.