Film

[CorkonianHunger]

Just spotted that "Wake In Fright" - 1971 is up on MUBI now. To my mind one of the greatest films ever made - if you have the stomach for it

Unreal, I had tried to source this for ages. There's a criterion blu ray but only for region a players. Found on youtube/torrent but sound was out of sync, must throw it on tonight!

[StoutAndAle]

Just spotted that "Wake In Fright" - 1971 is up on MUBI now. To my mind one of the greatest films ever made - if you have the stomach for it

Unreal, I had tried to source this for ages. There's a criterion blu ray but only for region a players. Found on youtube/torrent but sound was out of sync, must throw it on tonight!

There's a UK BluRay/DVD version as part of the Eureka Films "Masters Of Cinema" series - which is the one that I have. It has a lash of decent features - not sure how it stacks up to the Criterion one though.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fright-Masters-Cinema-Format-Blu-ray/dp/B00GWJSZY6

[CorkonianHunger]

Just spotted that "Wake In Fright" - 1971 is up on MUBI now. To my mind one of the greatest films ever made - if you have the stomach for it

Unreal, I had tried to source this for ages. There's a criterion blu ray but only for region a players. Found on youtube/torrent but sound was out of sync, must throw it on tonight!

There's a UK BluRay/DVD version as part of the Eureka Films "Masters Of Cinema" series - which is the one that I have. It has a lash of decent features - not sure how it stacks up to the Criterion one though.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fright-Masters-Cinema-Format-Blu-ray/dp/B00GWJSZY6

Must have missed this, I browse their stock a lot but never caught on, might be gone from their store. thanks for the tip.

[StoutAndAle]

Must have missed this, I browse their stock a lot but never caught on, might be gone from their store. thanks for the tip.

Sure chance it on MUBI first anyway.

[warhead]

New Sabrina is AWESOME!! Fate:Winx is good too. Am just finishing the Legacies first season. Not bad at all, not bad.

[Pedrito]

What's MUBI? Any use? Is it legal?

[CorkonianHunger]

What's MUBI? Any use? Is it legal?

Streaming service, doing a deal atm. Curated every month. Worth checking out.

[Pedrito]

What's MUBI? Any use? Is it legal?

Streaming service, doing a deal atm. Curated every month. Worth checking out.

Would it have a good selection of interesting stuff?

[Emphyrio]

I've a fairly high threshold for crap crime/thrillers but saw a new one with the usually dependable Joel Kinneman, Brothers by Blood. Wow, very bad.

City on Fire. Meh, 90% dull but a great ending which Tarrantino blatantly ripped off for Reservoir Dogs.

Brawl in Cell Block 99. I'd actually started it months ago but turned it off cos it was dull and dour. It's way too long, it's very lifeless in the way it's shot but the violence is fantastic.

High Rise. Shite dressed up prettily.

White Tiger. Really enjoyed it.

[open face surgery]

Brawl in Cell Block 99. I'd actually started it months ago but turned it off cos it was dull and dour. It's way too long, it's very lifeless in the way it's shot but the violence is fantastic.

Lifeless is the word for both that and Bone Tomahawk and two totally underdeveloped stories.

[Ollkiller]

Watched The Dig on Netflix yesterday. Very good film. And Ralph Fiennes is in it and he's great in anything he's in.

[CorkonianHunger]

Would it have a good selection of interesting stuff?

I'd say so, a lot of foreign stuff. Plenty of shorts, documentaries etc. Good mix of genre. Be worth checking what they have to see if it's your thing. Nothing too mainstream though. Worth the price if you get the euro deal. I'm milking a student deal for a fiver after this so can't say much.

[StoutAndAle]

"Miles Ahead" - Don Cheadle's biopic of Miles Davis. I'm a big fan of Davis' music but, much to my chagrin, I know very little about the man himself.

I think that after watching this film, I might know even less.

Cheadle is great and obviously the music is going to be excellent but the film is a bot all over the shop and afterwards I read that one of the main narrative devices is completely fictional.

[open face surgery]

Ya, a very strange watch. They took liberties with the story as well so all in all a bit of a waste of time but for some strange reason I sort of enjoyed it.

Birth of the Cool doc is up on Netflix now. Watched it again over Xmas. Total bastard of a man but an absolute genius.

[Emphyrio]

Brawl in Cell Block 99. I'd actually started it months ago but turned it off cos it was dull and dour. It's way too long, it's very lifeless in the way it's shot but the violence is fantastic.

Lifeless is the word for both that and Bone Tomahawk and two totally underdeveloped stories.

Was up early so had a coupla hours to kill. Watched Bone Tomahawk. It was nicer to look at than "Brawl" but really there was, again, maybe 20 mins of  proper entertaining violence and the bones of 2 hours of meandering nothingness. I was expecting it to be better, considering the cast, but not even Lili Simmons redeemed it.