2024 Indie/Art House (formerly Criterion Challenge) List Thread
08-28-24 | 10:02 PM
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2024 Indie/Art House (formerly Criterion Challenge) List Thread
2024 Indie/Art House Challenge DISCUSSION Thread
Dusk 30 August - Dawn 1 October
This challenge implicitly includes silent films and what have been classed in the U.S. as "foreign language films." Talkies that aren't in English, in other words.
The first annual Indie/Art House Challenge evolved out of what was previously the Criterion Challenge. In this challenge, we emphasize exploration rather than a raw quantity of films viewed. We encourage you to take some time and dive into the films you watch. Check out any included supplemental materials. Look up reviews and essays. In other words, immerse yourself! So… what exactly is an Art-House film? It’s a sort of “You’ll know it when you see it” thing, but Wikipedia offers the following characterization:
Pre-Horror Participants
We welcome the horror enthusiasts among us who just can’t wait until October. Think of this as a chance to emphasize Art-horror, and save the really schlocky stuff for next month. You’ll find a considerable amount of eligible content!
Distributor Safe List
To make selecting titles easier, any movie made available by the following distributors is classified as "safe" for this challenge, even if it should be a mainstream production. You are not required to watch their edition. You're not limited to these distributors, though, because there are plenty others who bring to us the kinds of films we're after. If you have any questions, ask in the discussion thread.
THE CRITERION COLLECTION
Physical
The Complete Criterion Collection (last updated 20 July 2024)
Criterion Collection Extras & Bonuses (last updated in July, 2024 but will always be in flux as these kinds of things are sporadically added and removed from the database)
The Criterion Collection on LaserDisc (complete)
Criterion Eclipse (complete as of August, 2024)
Janus Contemporaries (updated 1 August 2024)
Merchant Ivory (complete)
Streaming
Criterion Channel (updated through August, 2024)
Criterion Channel on Hulu (2011-2016)
FilmStruck (2016-2018, partnership with TCM)
OTHER SAFE DISTRIBUTORS
Dusk 30 August - Dawn 1 October
This challenge implicitly includes silent films and what have been classed in the U.S. as "foreign language films." Talkies that aren't in English, in other words.
The first annual Indie/Art House Challenge evolved out of what was previously the Criterion Challenge. In this challenge, we emphasize exploration rather than a raw quantity of films viewed. We encourage you to take some time and dive into the films you watch. Check out any included supplemental materials. Look up reviews and essays. In other words, immerse yourself! So… what exactly is an Art-House film? It’s a sort of “You’ll know it when you see it” thing, but Wikipedia offers the following characterization:
An art film (or art house film) is typically an independent film, aimed at a niche market rather than a mass market audience.[1] It is "intended to be a serious, artistic work, often experimental and not designed for mass appeal",[2] "made primarily for aesthetic reasons rather than commercial profit",[3] and contains "unconventional or highly symbolic content".[4]
We welcome the horror enthusiasts among us who just can’t wait until October. Think of this as a chance to emphasize Art-horror, and save the really schlocky stuff for next month. You’ll find a considerable amount of eligible content!
Distributor Safe List
To make selecting titles easier, any movie made available by the following distributors is classified as "safe" for this challenge, even if it should be a mainstream production. You are not required to watch their edition. You're not limited to these distributors, though, because there are plenty others who bring to us the kinds of films we're after. If you have any questions, ask in the discussion thread.
THE CRITERION COLLECTION
Physical
The Complete Criterion Collection (last updated 20 July 2024)
Criterion Collection Extras & Bonuses (last updated in July, 2024 but will always be in flux as these kinds of things are sporadically added and removed from the database)
The Criterion Collection on LaserDisc (complete)
Criterion Eclipse (complete as of August, 2024)
Janus Contemporaries (updated 1 August 2024)
Merchant Ivory (complete)
Streaming
Criterion Channel (updated through August, 2024)
Criterion Channel on Hulu (2011-2016)
FilmStruck (2016-2018, partnership with TCM)
OTHER SAFE DISTRIBUTORS
- Arrow Films (horror here)
- Film Movement (horror here) / Film Movement Plus
- Kino Lorber / Kino Film Collection
- Milestone Films
- Mubi
- Oscilloscope Laboratories
- Powerhouse Films / Indicator (Hammer here)
- Sundance Now
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08-28-24 | 10:05 PM
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Re: 2024 Indie/Art House (formerly Criterion Challenge) List Thread
OBJECTIVES
Five titles in my physical llibrary ||
Five titles in my digital library
The Criterion Channel "Neonoir" Collection
The Criterion Channel "Vacation Noir" Collection
MY LIST
Five titles in my physical llibrary ||
Five titles in my digital library
The Criterion Channel "Vacation Noir" Collection
MY LIST
- 9/01 Out of Sight (Neonoir #1/18)
- 9/02 Obsession (Neonoir #2/18)
- 9/02 The Man Who Wasn't There (Neonoir #3/18)
- 9/02 L.A. Confidential (Neonoir #4/18)
- 9/02 Eyewitness (Neonoir #5/18)
- 9/03 Blow Out (Neonoir #6/18)
- 9/09 Blue Steel (Neonoir #7/18)
- 9/09 Cop (Neonoir #8/18)
- 9/12 Crimes of Passion (Neonoir #9/18)
- 9/13 The Last Seduction (Neonoir #10/18)
- 9/13 Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans (Neonoir #11/18)
- 9/16 The Deep End (Neonoir #12/18)
- 9/18 Absence of Malice (Neonoir #13/18)
- 9/20 The Big Sleep (Neonoir #14/18)
- 9/21 Blood Simple. (Neonoir #15/18)
- 9/22 Night Moves (Neonoir #16/18)
- 9/25 Blood and Wine (Neonoir #17/18)
- 9/26 Bad Lieutenant (Neonoir #18/18)
- 9/29 The Crimson Kimono
- 9/30 In the French Style
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08-28-24 | 10:06 PM
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Re: 2024 Indie/Art House (formerly Criterion Challenge) List Thread
2024 𝓐𝓻𝓽 𝓗𝓸𝓾𝓼𝓮 𝓒𝓱𝓪𝓵𝓵𝓮𝓷𝓰𝓮!
First Time Viewing: 4 /Television: 8 /Streaming: 2 / Blu-ray: 7 / DVD: 0
Aug 30
1. The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989). Paramount+--This gloriously dark satire deserves a 4K release to properly showcase Greenaway's beautiful Baroque set pieces. The film's meticulous set decoration and Jean Paul Gaultier costumes draw inspiration directly from the painting on the restaurant wall - Frans Hals's masterpiece, The Banquet of the Officers of the St George Militia Company. Greenaway's artful directorial approach opens the film up to a vast universe of interpretations for viewers. Starring Michael Gambon as a boorish criminal who thinks that aping the manners and tastes of the upper class makes him a sophisticate and Helen Mirren as his abused wife.
Aug 31
2. Pierrot Le Fou (1965) (Spine #42)-TCM- While I'm a fan of Jean-Paul Belmondo, the second hottest man in French cinema after Alain Delon, I'm unable to fully engage with this particular film. Godard's writing and direction come across as sloppy and unfocused.
3. Festival (1967) (Spine # 892)-TCM- The documentary presents a diverse range of musical genres from three seasons of the Newport Folk Festival, but fails to showcase full performances, instead devoting excessive time to commentary from attendees. The highlight for me were the Blue Ridge Mountain Dancers.
4. Marat/Sade (1967).-YouTube- Marat/Sade also warrants a 4k Criterion release. It's an intensely theatrical film, a play within a play within a play, drafting the film's audience into being the audience at the Charenton madhouse where the play is set. The film, using the original RSC cast that features a young Glenda Jackson in her screen debut as assassin Charlotte Corday, this multi-layered, nihilistic work uses the philosophical debate between the Marquis de Sade and revolutionary writer Jean-Paul Marat to explore the themes of communal social change versus cynical anarchy. The film culminates in a grotesque finale that continues to shock and unsettle viewers today..
Sep. 3
5. Nashville (1975). (Spine #683)-Blu-Ray-Generally considered to be Altman's masterpiece, Nashville examines the intersection of politics and pop culture through the prism of country music.
Sep. 7
6. The Great Dictator (1940) (Spine 565)-TCM-It's a sad commentary on the contemptible slide towards dictatorship under that fat orange jackass that Chaplin's anti-fascist satire resonates just as strongly as it did 80 years ago.
7. Fail Safe (1964) (Spine 1011)-TCM-Despite having watched Fail Safe numerous times, the film remains a nerve-wracking thriller with a devastating conclusion. The chilling Cold War scenario depicted - a technical malfunction triggering an accidental nuclear war - nearly became reality 19 years after the film's release, when the Soviet Union mistakenly believed they were under immediate attack during the Abel Archer war game simulation.
Sep. 8
8. Ivan the Terrible Part II: The Boyars' Plot (1958) (Spine #88)-TCM--Sergei Eisenstein's film depicting a dictator's brutal persecution of perceived enemies surprisingly offended Stalin, resulting in its suppression until 5 years after the dictator's death.
Sep. 10
9. The Crowd (1928)--Tubi--King Vidor's gritty modernist drama about a starry eyed dreamer who stumbles through life is one of the best silent films ever made.
Sep. 12
10. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) (LD #60)--TCM--Despite being over two decades past its setting, Stanley Kubrick's thought-provoking exploration of humanity's origins and evolution remains remarkably poignant and relevant.
Sep. 13
11. True Stories (1986) (Spine #951)--Blu-Ray-- David Byrne explained that the inspiration for this movie was the premise "what if the stories in tabloids were real?" It's similar to the non-linear, plotless narrative of Nashville, which brings together disparate characters for a musical climax.
Sep. 14
12. The Parallax View (1974)--Blu-Ray--This is a solid thriller, but Hitchcock would have made this even better.
13. The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)--Blu-Ray--The movie rises above the pulp sc-fi source material with a probing examination of what makes a human life have meaning.
Sep. 16
14. Bound (1996)--Blu-Ray--The 90s was the era of the erotic thriller, and Bound is one of the best.
15. Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris--Blu-Ray--Perfoming Brel's complex chansons in English translation is already a minefield, and the inept production fo the musical revue is truly awful. This is a blind buy I regret.
Sep. 20
16. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Stopped Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964). Spine #821. TV. Terry Southern and Stanley Kubrick's screenplay is a work of demented genius, a hilarious comedy about the end of humanity in a nuclear war. Despite Peter Sellers' acclaimed performance, playing three roles, he lost the Best Actor Oscar to Rex Harrison for My Fair Lady. WTF?
17. Hearts and Minds (1974).Spine # 156. TV. The United States' involvement in the Vietnam War is a complex and contentious issue. However, the key takeaway for me is that the American military and public failed to learn from that conflict. The military showed little interest in understanding their enemy, while the American public remained largely oblivious to the immense suffering caused by the bombing of innocent civilians. It was the height of arrogance for a nation that was barely 200 years old at the time to dismiss a 5,000-year-old culture as "savages" and "children."
18. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939). TV. Frank Capra's earnest tale of integrity vs corruption in politics.
19. The Lives of Others (2006) TV.This is a brilliant film that I'm still processing. The plot is straightforward: an East German bureaucrat is ordered by his superior to spy on a playwright, as the superior desires the playwright's girlfriend for himself. As the bureaucrat, who has been loyal to the East German state, carries out his surveillance, he discovers his sympathies lie with the man he is spying on. This complex, masterfully plotted film feels all too real. In a striking real-life parallel, the actor who portrayed the spy later learned that his own wife had been informing on him.
Sep. 23
20. Murder on the Orient Express (1974)-Kino-
Sep. 27
21. Under the Volcano (1984)--Spine #410
Sep. 28
22. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)--Spine #13
23. I Am Not Your Negro (2016)--CC--
24. Night of the Living Dead (1968)--Spine #909
First Time Viewing: 4 /Television: 8 /Streaming: 2 / Blu-ray: 7 / DVD: 0
Aug 30
1. The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989). Paramount+--This gloriously dark satire deserves a 4K release to properly showcase Greenaway's beautiful Baroque set pieces. The film's meticulous set decoration and Jean Paul Gaultier costumes draw inspiration directly from the painting on the restaurant wall - Frans Hals's masterpiece, The Banquet of the Officers of the St George Militia Company. Greenaway's artful directorial approach opens the film up to a vast universe of interpretations for viewers. Starring Michael Gambon as a boorish criminal who thinks that aping the manners and tastes of the upper class makes him a sophisticate and Helen Mirren as his abused wife.
Aug 31
2. Pierrot Le Fou (1965) (Spine #42)-TCM- While I'm a fan of Jean-Paul Belmondo, the second hottest man in French cinema after Alain Delon, I'm unable to fully engage with this particular film. Godard's writing and direction come across as sloppy and unfocused.
3. Festival (1967) (Spine # 892)-TCM- The documentary presents a diverse range of musical genres from three seasons of the Newport Folk Festival, but fails to showcase full performances, instead devoting excessive time to commentary from attendees. The highlight for me were the Blue Ridge Mountain Dancers.
4. Marat/Sade (1967).-YouTube- Marat/Sade also warrants a 4k Criterion release. It's an intensely theatrical film, a play within a play within a play, drafting the film's audience into being the audience at the Charenton madhouse where the play is set. The film, using the original RSC cast that features a young Glenda Jackson in her screen debut as assassin Charlotte Corday, this multi-layered, nihilistic work uses the philosophical debate between the Marquis de Sade and revolutionary writer Jean-Paul Marat to explore the themes of communal social change versus cynical anarchy. The film culminates in a grotesque finale that continues to shock and unsettle viewers today..
Sep. 3
5. Nashville (1975). (Spine #683)-Blu-Ray-Generally considered to be Altman's masterpiece, Nashville examines the intersection of politics and pop culture through the prism of country music.
Sep. 7
6. The Great Dictator (1940) (Spine 565)-TCM-It's a sad commentary on the contemptible slide towards dictatorship under that fat orange jackass that Chaplin's anti-fascist satire resonates just as strongly as it did 80 years ago.
7. Fail Safe (1964) (Spine 1011)-TCM-Despite having watched Fail Safe numerous times, the film remains a nerve-wracking thriller with a devastating conclusion. The chilling Cold War scenario depicted - a technical malfunction triggering an accidental nuclear war - nearly became reality 19 years after the film's release, when the Soviet Union mistakenly believed they were under immediate attack during the Abel Archer war game simulation.
Sep. 8
8. Ivan the Terrible Part II: The Boyars' Plot (1958) (Spine #88)-TCM--Sergei Eisenstein's film depicting a dictator's brutal persecution of perceived enemies surprisingly offended Stalin, resulting in its suppression until 5 years after the dictator's death.
Sep. 10
9. The Crowd (1928)--Tubi--King Vidor's gritty modernist drama about a starry eyed dreamer who stumbles through life is one of the best silent films ever made.
Sep. 12
10. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) (LD #60)--TCM--Despite being over two decades past its setting, Stanley Kubrick's thought-provoking exploration of humanity's origins and evolution remains remarkably poignant and relevant.
Sep. 13
11. True Stories (1986) (Spine #951)--Blu-Ray-- David Byrne explained that the inspiration for this movie was the premise "what if the stories in tabloids were real?" It's similar to the non-linear, plotless narrative of Nashville, which brings together disparate characters for a musical climax.
Sep. 14
12. The Parallax View (1974)--Blu-Ray--This is a solid thriller, but Hitchcock would have made this even better.
13. The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)--Blu-Ray--The movie rises above the pulp sc-fi source material with a probing examination of what makes a human life have meaning.
Sep. 16
14. Bound (1996)--Blu-Ray--The 90s was the era of the erotic thriller, and Bound is one of the best.
15. Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris--Blu-Ray--Perfoming Brel's complex chansons in English translation is already a minefield, and the inept production fo the musical revue is truly awful. This is a blind buy I regret.
Sep. 20
16. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Stopped Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964). Spine #821. TV. Terry Southern and Stanley Kubrick's screenplay is a work of demented genius, a hilarious comedy about the end of humanity in a nuclear war. Despite Peter Sellers' acclaimed performance, playing three roles, he lost the Best Actor Oscar to Rex Harrison for My Fair Lady. WTF?
17. Hearts and Minds (1974).Spine # 156. TV. The United States' involvement in the Vietnam War is a complex and contentious issue. However, the key takeaway for me is that the American military and public failed to learn from that conflict. The military showed little interest in understanding their enemy, while the American public remained largely oblivious to the immense suffering caused by the bombing of innocent civilians. It was the height of arrogance for a nation that was barely 200 years old at the time to dismiss a 5,000-year-old culture as "savages" and "children."
18. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939). TV. Frank Capra's earnest tale of integrity vs corruption in politics.
19. The Lives of Others (2006) TV.This is a brilliant film that I'm still processing. The plot is straightforward: an East German bureaucrat is ordered by his superior to spy on a playwright, as the superior desires the playwright's girlfriend for himself. As the bureaucrat, who has been loyal to the East German state, carries out his surveillance, he discovers his sympathies lie with the man he is spying on. This complex, masterfully plotted film feels all too real. In a striking real-life parallel, the actor who portrayed the spy later learned that his own wife had been informing on him.
Sep. 23
20. Murder on the Orient Express (1974)-Kino-
Sep. 27
21. Under the Volcano (1984)--Spine #410
Sep. 28
22. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)--Spine #13
23. I Am Not Your Negro (2016)--CC--
24. Night of the Living Dead (1968)--Spine #909
Last edited by Gobear; 09-28-24 at 02:49 PM.
08-28-24 | 10:35 PM
#4
DVD Talk Special Edition
Re: 2024 Indie/Art House (formerly Criterion Challenge) List Thread
Mr. Cellophane's 2024 Indie / Art House Challenge List
*= first time viewing
blue= personal Blu-ray
purple= personal DVD
green= streaming
red= theatrical
orange= live streaming / other
- To Die For (Gus Van Sant)*
1995 / United States / 106 minutes / 4K / Criterion #1213 / 8-31
- Original Cast Album: "Company" (D.A. Pennebaker)
1970 / United States / 53 minutes / Criterion #1090 / 9-2
--- Documentary Now!: "Original Cast Album: Co-op"
- Efter repetitionen / After the Rehearsal (Ingmar Bergman)*
1984 / Sweden / 72 minutes / Ingmar Bergman's Cinema / 9-3
- Koroshi no rakuin / Branded to Kill (Seijun Suzuki)*
1967 / Japan / 91 minutes / 4K / Criterion #38 / 9-4
- Bottle Rocket (Wes Anderson)
1996 / United States / 91 minutes / Criterion #450 / 9-5
- The Freshman (Sam Taylor / Fred Newmeyer)
1925 / United States / 76 minutes / Criterion #703 / 9-6
- The Breaking Point (Michael Curtiz)*
1950 / United States / 97 minutes / Criterion #889 / 9-7
- Out of Darkness (Andrew Cumming)*
2022 / United Kingdom / 88 minutes / Paramount+ / Indie Horror / 9-8
- The Deep End (Scott McGehee & David Siegel)*
2001 / United States / 101 minutes / Criterion Channel / 9-9
- Me and You and Everyone We Know (Miranda July)
2005 / United States / 91 minutes / Criterion #1026 / 9-10
- Devi (Satajit Ray)*
1960 / India / 99 minutes / Criterion #1102 / 9-11
- Island of Lost Souls (Erle C. Kenton)
1932 / United States / 70 minutes / Criterion #586 / 9-12
- Älskande par / Loving Couples (Mai Zetterling)*
1964 / Sweden / 118 minutes / Criterion #1162 / 9-13
- Yin doi hou hap zyun / The Heroic Trio 2: Executioners (Johnnie To & Ching Siu-Tung)
1993 / Hong Kong / 96 minutes / Criterion #1207 / 9-14
- Víctimas del pecado / Victims of Sin (Emilio Fernández)*
1951 / Mexico / 84 minutes / Criterion Channel / Criterion #1222 / 9-15
- La commare secca (Bernardo Bertolucci)*
1962 / Italy / 93 minutes / Criterion Channel / Criterion #272 / 9-16
- Der junge Törless / Young Törless (Volker Schlöndorff)*
1966 / Germany / 87 minutes / Criterion Channel / Criterion #279 / 9-23
- Polyester (John Waters)
1981 / United States / 86 minutes / Criterion #995 / 9-27
Checklist
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Last edited by mrcellophane; 09-27-24 at 10:39 PM.
08-29-24 | 08:41 AM
#5
Re: 2024 Indie/Art House (formerly Criterion Challenge) List Thread
[ * = first-time views]
August 30:
1. Medium Cool (Haskell Wexler, 1968) "The whole world is watching."
August 31:
2. Double Indemnity (Billy Wilder, 1944) "You're not smarter, Walter. You're just a little taller."
3. Leave Her to Heaven (John Stahl, 1945)*
September 1:
4. Pecker (John Waters, 1998) "I love you more than Kodak!"
5. Klute (Alan Pakula, 1971) "Don't feel bad about losing your virtue...Everyone always does."
September 2:
6. Matewan (John Sayles, 1987) "May be some shootin'." with director/cinematographer commentary*
7. The Last of Sheila (Herbert Ross, 1973) "Goodbyes after an ocean voyage are always so sad."
September 3:
8: A Woman Under the Influence (John Cassavetes, 1974) "Will you please stand up for me?"
9. Ulysse (Agnes Varda, 1983)* / L'Opera Mouffe (Agnes Varda, 1958)* "If you watch the water's edge, time is no longer the same."
September 4:
10. O Seasons, O Castles (Agnes Varda, 1958)* / Elsa the Rose (Agnes Varda, 1965)*
September 6:
11. The Lovers (Azazel Jacobs, 2017)*
September 7:
12. Ministry of Fear (Fritz Lang, 1944)*
13. Memories of Murder (Bong Joon Ho, 2003)
September 8:
14. Bad Press (Landsberry-Baker & Peeler, 2023)*
15. Close Your Eyes (Victor Erice (2023)*
September 9:
16. A Face In The Crowd (Elia Kazan, 1957)
September 10:
17. Crisis: Inside a Presidential Commitment (Robert Drew, 1963)*
September 11:
18. Adventures on the New Frontier (Robert Drew, 1961)*
September 12:
19. The War Room (Hegedus/Pennebaker, 1993)
20. Election (Alexander Payne, 1999)
September 13:
21. The Great Dictator (Charlie Chaplin, 1940) with historian commentary*
22. The Tramp and the Dictator (Kloft/Brownlow, 2002)*
September 14:
23. Independent's Day (Marina Zenovich, 1998)*
24. Louie Bluie (Terry Zwigoff, 1985)*
25. Always for Pleasure (Les Blank, 1978)*
September 15:
26. The Blues Accordin' to Lighnin' Hopkins (Les Blank, 1968)*
27. Fox and His Friends (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1975)*
September 17:
28. Tanner '88, Episode 1 (Robert Altman, 1988)
September 18:
29. Tanner '88, Episodes 2-3 (Robert Altman, 1988)
September 19:
30. The Taking (Alexandre O. Philippe, 2021)*
31. A Slice of Lynch (Charles de Lauzirika, 2007)*
September 20:
32. Tanner '88, Episodes 4-5 (Robert Altman, 1988)
33. Not a Pretty Picture (Martha Coolidge, 1976)*
September 21:
34. Songs for Drella (Edward Lachman, 1990)*
35. Tanner '88, Episodes 6-7 (Robert Altman, 1988)
September 22:
36. Tanner '88, Episodes 8-9 (Robert Altman, 1998)
37. Dr. Strangelove, Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Stanley Kubrick, 1964)
38. Evil Does Not Exist (Ryūsuke Hamaguchi, 2023)*
September 23:
39. Tanner '88, Episodes 10-11 (Robert Altman, 1998)
September 25:
40. Nanny (Nikyatu Jusu, 2022)*
September 30:
41. I Walked With a Zombie (Jacques Tourneir, 1943)
42. The Body Snatcher (Robert Wise, 1945)
43. The Mystic (Tod Browning, 1925)*
Thanks to Travis for hosting, and to everyone for the discussion!
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Gobear (08-31-24)
08-29-24 | 11:22 AM
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DVD Talk Ultimate Edition
Re: 2024 Indie/Art House (formerly Criterion Challenge) List Thread
Undeadcow's Hastily Thrown Together Indie Arthouse Challenge 2024
September 1
01. Fair Play (2023, 113 minutes) ★★★★★★★✰✰✰ Quirk socially conscious dark workplace dramedy hitting on diversity inclusion, me too, toxic masculinity, and other zeitgeists smartly but ultimately slavishly and pandering. It begins with menstrual oral sex wedding proposals and dives into a couple sharing job space at a high stress venture capital company filled with nuanced social commentary, workplace politics, and couple power dynamics; stuff awkward and funny on it's own but also ripe with subtext. It's filled with creative subtlety - sarcastic barbs in mundane office, apartment, or street. Since there relationship is a secret it creates a clever divide between the workplace and domestic but is very corporate minded. The camera work is layered sweeping or tilting, with an almost hand cam feel but still polished with range of focus, while characters walk opposite or other details that make it feel lively. It eventually gets to a level of brutality that feels visceral and cinematic beyond clever repurposed tropes and commentary. Format: Digital [Netflix 4K]
02. Alone (2020, 98 minutes) ★★★★½✰✰✰✰✰ A tense thriller shot and paced in a way that elevates the plot, which has a primitive chase feel. Each segment of the film is shot artfully from a jerky quick cut zoomed out road segment to a leering camera close up later segment. Marc Menchaca gives a balanced performance paired with Jules Wilcox both showing restrained nuance. "Im going to get you you delicious fucking bitch." Ultimately it's a straight forward thriller but pulpy and better for it. Format: Digital [Netflix HD]
September 4
03. 1992 (2024, 97 minutes) ★★★★★½✰✰✰✰ A working persons heist movie so blue collar and gritty it's aesthetic carries it. Paralleling the Rodney King riots is a smart socially conscious move that allows for subtext to peek out from the thriller elements; racial commentary often sly but sometimes too obvious. "Let's get paid." Tyrese does well here as an angsty burnt out ex-con worker looking to reform. Eventually it falls back on action movie tropes less interesting than the setup for them but maintains the soulful grit. There are some turns that feel unconvincing, but create an interesting structure. RIP Ray Liotta Format: Theatrical
September 5
00. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024, 104 minutes) ★★★★★★★✰✰✰ The return of macabra nonsense cinema best when it dares to be gleefully cartoonish and worst when its trying to justify the pieces. Monica Belluci is perfectly ghoulish threatening to upstage Michael Keaton but kept at a distant, in large part the sequel follows the original approach of keeping the ghouls aside rather than central. Here it's got more of a plot with chase scenes, irony, and more story structure than the open ended-ness of the first. There are times it's slower with multiple helicopter style sweeps of the fall clad town letting the lead actressed breath, Winona Ryder and a welcomed return of Catherine O'Hara. The visual gags are great filled with little throwbacks to the original, maybe sometimes too chained to the first but still lots of new weirdness. Here there are fewer normal seeming people, a departure since the original ghosts were the normies; but it's the eccentricities that make Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. The shooting style and production design was more polished and it felt like blockbuster cinema from the 90s in style and tone but I cant out my finger on it.Format: Theatrical [Imax] [Seems too mainstream so not counting this one]
04. El Candidato Honesto (2024, 96 minutes) ★★★★✰✰✰✰✰✰ A wholesome but cliche comedy perfectly timed for an election year; its predictable fluff but feels right hearted enough to seem more triumphant for it. Adrian Uribe carries the film as a politician who seems earnest but also scummy balancing relatable and cringe in a way that feels satirical; but Teresa Ruiz really gives it heart. It was was executed but sometimes dry or seeming like cheap shots, calling politicians corrupt is hardly witty insight but here it leans so gleefully into the premise it ends up being fun. Its a film that relishes stereotype, or maybe just doggedly called out hypocriticals, which is it's best and worst feature. Knowing now that it's a remake makes me feel it's even more lifeless than I thought, serviceable in many ways but not cutting, angry, or funny enough. Format: Theatrical
September 6
05. Red Rooms (2023, 118 minutes) ★★★★★★½✰✰✰ Staring lonely character thriller that takes some patience and sneaks up on you. A cyber crime drama with some gutsy artistic choices to focus on a bystander. Starting with a crime most ghastly but the film takes the least sensational approach, the camera leering with a poetic silence across scenes. As much a commentary on isolation and modern life as one of gore and murder. Some plot points seem too conveniently a few keystrokes away but it gels with the sterile isolated vibe, a post modern serial killer thriller of observing the pieces afterward by tv or web or at most intimate in a court. We are watching them watch the trauma rather than seeing anything first or even second hand, its a weird tertiary social commentary. The structure is clever but at times dreary and slow more caught in obsession in a dark web framework that feels unrelatable, pulpy, or at worse too fake. I liked what it did more than I really enjoyed it and sometimes it was hard to suspend disbelief. Its a thoughtful unique approach but one less visceral, artfully shot but with a script that doesnt always work - for example going all in on an scene that works wonderfully but requires a large setup with sometimes awkward layers. It's like a cupcake with great icing but too much cake - rich and sweet in the end after paired with too much bread. Format: Theatrical
06. The Thicket (2024, 96 minutes) ★★★★★★✰✰✰✰ A tale of two siblings slowly corrupted in an otherworldly mix of western themes with frozen snowscape and blue hued scenes, a mood in itself. Juliette Lewis is gruff and coarse. At times typical horse chasing horse stuff but it's a bit wittier and more envelope pushing with a grindhouse skeleton. In the plot there are more tangents and room for character peppering into the slow snowscape hunt. The stalking ever decreasing circling of characters dying and fighting amid the nihilism eventually warms the cold - a cleverly crafted action standoff with some impactful moments. Overall well performed and produced with good pacing; a Shakespearean mix of oddity and drama. Format: Theatrical
September 8
07. Life's A Breeze (2023, 118 minutes) ★★★★★½✰✰✰✰ Charming Irish film with a premise sometimes too simple. It's got a wholesome family humor vibe, slacker comedy, and Fionnula Flanagan brilliantly playing a dead eye judgemental old lady. The family looking through the streets of Dublin for a fortune has an urban travelogue flavor rich in socioeconomic subtext; but I sometimes wish it has more to say. It has some good twists and maintains a bittersweet dramedy tone throughout, a family filled domestic rich look at mortality. Quirky optimism in the garbage dumps. My mom has dementia and lives with us so I hoped this film would be cathartic and it's not bad but not as relatable beyond the screen. Better than a slap on the face with a wet fish. Format: Digital [Vudu HD]
September 9
08. The Front Room (2024, 94 minutes) ★★✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰ Over baking a mediocre premise too routine too be eerie and too off to be relatable. The weirdness of Eggers previous The Lighthouse but with less convincing setup. Its choppy and starts with unearned irony, characters weird just for the sake of it (the grandmother reminds me of Earnest/Jim Varney as an old lady). The tone is ironic and formal but without a center; the plot points exaggerating little moments that seem uninteresting. Brandy is under acting and Kathryn Hunter over acting; infused with elements that must be attempts at humor. This dulls the horror elements because the every minute tone of it is odd; but it's biggest crime is being more awkward than fun - not funny or scary but in some middle ground mediocre at both. Its barely like Rosemary Baby with more poop, old lady baby voices, and everything is yellow hued warmth. "We all need more help in this world, who are we to discriminate the source?" Rather than a plot it belabors the premise with redundant gags.Format: Theatrical
09. Upstream (2024, 121 minutes) ★★★★★★½✰✰✰ Upbeat and fast paced ode to service professionals. Scored with frantic high tempo beats combined with sweeping kinetic always moving camera shots and quick cuts. Watching it I could feel the stress of food delivery service drivers being at the mercy of customer reviews, chaotic restaurants, and other quirks of civil engineering. Sometimes the points felt too specific; like in a world of economics a boba delivery joke is the gist of it but it's done well reflecting the angst of capitalism with small moments not unlike A Christmas Story. There are times it veers to steeping into melodrama but it's better for always being serious minded. Still sometimes the angst feels too manufactured with cheap shots at easy targets. It has a sport minded competitive streak, like a corporate minded athletic film peppered with syrupy drama. Upstream overstays a bit and jumps the shark more as it goes along into a hypnotic obsession minded satire of extremes.Format: Theatrical
September 10
10. Tokyo Cowboy (2024, 94 minutes) ★★★★★★½✰✰✰ An Asian businessman in Montana. A silent awkward dramedy with a scenic Montana countryside and a lonely business man. Its a subtle film with a sly unassuming comedy. An over confident businessman meets a salt of the earth group and mutual distaste abounds. Clashes on a subtle comedy of manners and tone. Its like postcard humor with game shots and cute mixes of style - the humor of a wrinkled business suit or a frustrated gaze across a scenic pasture; at times too picturesque reserving emotional heft or rebelliousness - a vanilla poetry. There are times the businessman feels too business and the ranchers feel too stereotypical. Eventually the subtle approach works well and pays off in small twists which end up being spirited, maybe more so from the restraint, but not fully convincing.Format: Theatrical
September 11
11. Hoard (2023, 126 minutes) ★★★★★★★✰✰✰ Tragic fantasy that twists filthy and mundane into psychological. The whimsy and togetherness in the child's world of clutter feels intimate despite the stigma of their messy space. Filmed with a close up intimate style. Its a soft film, a slice of life type of subtle drama. There's a dip in the middle that's a little too mundane but that pays off in a eerie psychological burn. The foster home family structure keeps things more free formed with less authoritarian and more characters. They're not food fight or making love but something inbetween, things gel in subtle ways. Eventually many of the scenes feel loaded and ripe with just under the surface tension. A gritty urban muck love story. Some elements feel a little too literal and psychological but great just a tad twisted stuff. "Ive come to realize grief will never heal over time it just disguised itself in things..." - bittersweet stuff that sneaks up, relatable but revolting. Format: Theatrical
12. Last Stop in Yuma County (2023, 90 minutes) ★★★★★★★★✰✰ A slow diner stop standoff with quant wholesome energy and a dark undercurrent, not unlike so much of America. Its nostalgic until its tragic and intense but doesnt give up there, it chases on. Altogether an unassuming film with a bloody dark twist and irony that doesnt pull punches. Its some dark beyond reason its got to be a pitch black comedy that punches you in the gut while holding nothing sacred. Format: Digital [Vudu UHD]
13. Susie Searches (2022, 105 minutes) ★★★★★★½✰✰✰ A slow diner stop standoff with quant wholesome energy and a dark undercurrent, not unlike so much of America. Its nostalgic until its tragic and intense but doesnt give up there, it chases on. Altogether an unassuming film with a bloody dark twist and irony that doesnt pull punches. Its some dark beyond reason its got to be a pitch black comedy that punches you in the gut while holding nothing sacred. Format: Digital [Vudu UHD]
Brilliantly balanced tone and ethos that is sometimes uninteresting. Fast paced and cartoonish mystery comedy with an almost wholesome brace faced Susie and her quirky chatty personality. Theres an upbeat wish fulfilment vibe light on mystery. Its so saccharine I kept waiting for a twist or dark irony, a fever dream quality. Kiersey Clemons shines as doe eyed Susie. It requires some patience while the film refuses to tip its hand at a great twist and does so with nice subtlety and the same upbeat tone even if it clashes with it's reality. I didnt like a bit at the end which threatened to wrap things up too nicely but otherwise clever structure and character. "You got blood on my machete."
September 13
14. The Critic (2023, 101 minutes) ★★★★★★½✰✰✰ Societal formality gives a richness to The Critic with themes and plot sneaky beneath the appearance. Ian Mckellan is a marvel so its good to see him back on the big screen but here he seems to outshine the character at times. Its a shame that The Critic had reshoots and was recut in response to early audience reaction. The style here is so vintage the reels are practically aged yellow, but it comes across earnestly. Its a small scale affair about the exchange of art on stage and art in criticism along with criticism of reality. It has an immediate presence of characters challenging their situation in a way that feels a provocative of the viewer to consider how we express ourselves in image, socially, professionally, sexually, morally, and in play. The interplay of reality versus appearance, restrained enough to leave scenes feeling ripe with diabolic subtext. I was expecting The Critic to be pretentious, moreso than it is, but it works and is surprisingly sensational for the characters and setting. "Dont ask if you ever loved me, dont ask." The plot upstages the style which is often unassuming despite the vintage, almost like a play at times. While the close knit pieces largely work well it is sometimes too neatly tied up for it with fewer dangling threads, "just two people in a room." The pulse pounding twanks of guilt and desperate acts are brilliant as it proceeds unexpected and dark from what originally seems like a bit of socially conscious play. The sly commentary through the film leaves some food for thought (about the authenticity of critics, to what degree the actresses act, the impartiality of media, humanity versus commerce, etc); enough to leave room for interpretation. Apparently the ending was reshot and it shows with a tacked on epilogue of sorts; I am curious about how it originally went.Format: Theatrical
September 14
15. The Softness of Bodies (2018, 74 minutes) ★★★★✰✰✰✰✰✰ Pumping electric soundtrack compliments moody angst shoplifting and wandering. Well composed frames, it seems vogue but urban at once. "I see on average five point six pleasant faces a day and things are fine..." Poetry contests, an ex-boyfriend in Berlin, and moody musical segues. There are times it's as cliche as a feminine best friend; but hypnotic to watch the swirling self destructive ambition of it'd dopey sexy characters bohemian and free to duel in words and love triangles. The lead is an nexus of thievery in many ways, a self absorbed void which is a compulsively chilling vibe but also sometimes far out - a slow emo thriller.Format: Digital [Vudu HD]
September 17
16. El Halcon: Sed De Venganza (2023, 85 minutes) ★★★★✰✰✰✰✰✰ Luchador meets mumblecore too short to end in a cliffhanger but at it's best brilliantly triumphant and at it's worst too grimy. Spirited crime comedy film, populist themes, well invested in it's luchador gag where lawlessness is everywhere to an obnoxious extreme. Coke snorting newscasters and rampantly corrupt police so out of control the taco stand is swimming in bikers abounds. The 'get off my lawn' cranky old man off mask style Hawk gives some humble existential balance to the humor but at times I wish El Halcon showed more restraint in the over the top villainy, using it's cartoonishness less for the power of nihilism and grimness earlier. It reminds me of those grindhouse revival comedies. Still there are tacos and mole and fried beef and beer to give a zest for life vibe by way of celebratory foodstuff and, consistent with the sly comedy, a taco stand and wrestling mask against the world. There is a before and after framework that works well adding more depth to some of the tropes beyond the dark humor and crime, setting parts in a 70s strip club as a campy reprieve from the more modern muck. There are times low production values are more obvious like a softer camera or a makeshift police vest but it's well shot (wide angles, frequent cuts, intentional camera perspectives) and enthusiastic. I want a Hawk action figure.Format: Theatrical
17. The 4:30 Movie (2024, 87 minutes) ★★★★★½✰✰✰✰ Charming mix of wishful romance and nostalgia that sometimes gets distracted by gags or rambling humor. Kevin Smith made a new movie and it got a super limited release with an empty matinee theater. His penchant for witty banter between actors and cultural references has not faded. There is so much soft glow added to the image it feels like a dream sequence to a distracting degree; demanding we are keen it's nostalgia. It's at times a little too campy or a little too obsessed with nostalgia. The plot is simple more a framework for jokes here that are hit or miss, sometimes feeling like outtakes from other Smith movies. The movie trailers and references are sometimes fun but the plot works hard to keep us in the cinema. There are even references to nostalgic bathroom graffiti or ironic too knowing jokes about Star Wars when the script tries too hard. Siena Agudong does well here and scenes with her are more down to earth keeping 430 Movie away from it's worse instincts and more towards a sweet challenging drama.Format: Theatrical
18. Two Days, One Night (2014, 95 minutes) ★★★★★★½✰✰✰ Intimately shot with a sweeping over the shoulder feel and game acting from Catherine Salee. The cut throat premise is clever and desperate steeped in working class grit. It made me feel guilty for my privilege watching this movie; from the safety of my couch encroaching in my leisure against The TDON's pointed premise. The humiliation and relatable both sides make it interesting despite a subtle mundane staging. There are times some of the plot pivoting is too manufactured but by the end there is such a perfect balance of depression, hope, angst, and compassion. Bonus points for feeling socially conscious and relevent with something to chew on beyond the screen.Format: Digital [Vudu HD]
September 20
19. The Substance (2024, 140 minutes) ★★★★★★★★½✰ The triumphant return of queasy body horror; my favorite movie experience in a while. A feverish film relatable and far out. Stylish with textured you can hear through the screen. It is sterile and medical at times with commentary that is obvious enough but style in abundance, style over substance (ha). It feels relevant and weird. Fashionable and sexualized. Some inelegant bits like a hidden room in the oddly large bathroom down a long no door hallway, it looks cool but doesnt feel natural even if it altogether works. The conclusion throws everything out and just does weird brilliantly. Demi Moore is brilliant here showing a fearless and bold range - sweet but oozing angst and bitterness. Margaret Qualley is bold and confident shamelessly sexy to an exploitive and uncomfortable degree, perfect for the film. Format: Theatrical
20. The Shade (2023, 127 minutes) ★★★★✰✰✰✰✰✰ Intergenerational depression: the movie; theme "i just want thing to be like they were before all this s-it." Thick angst in unconvincing social elements. The drama is too thin to hold interest and horror elements too subtle for too long - there are a few great scenes and restrained pacing is at times nice excepting it doesnt feel centered. Too much stuffing and the. It skimps on the payoff. Its an ambitious slow burn with more focus on everyday stress for themes that could feel relatable. It has an engineered 'hello there fellow kids' feels with some off feeling social elements (like arguing over who is the best rpg nes style player), sort of like running out of gas on your own driveway. There are some production quality issues, public domain feeling touches sometimes immersion breaking (like when the lead is supposedly drawing a coloring page). There are fights about video game cables and sharpening knifes with wetstones - just odd un-natiral dialogue. Still when the lead character soulfully looks off the moodiness sometimes works and the supernatural elements peppered in make it a curious vapid character drama that needed some trimming and tightening. "Lets begin talking about the things youve been seeing; have they persisted?" A lot about the plot is implied or left to interpretation, which could be good if it didnt too often feel aimless and uneventful. Charlotte Stickles and her ghastly tricks are the reason to see The Shade; I just wish there was more of the good stuff.Format: Theatrical
September 24
21. A Mistake (2024, 101 minutes) ★★★★★✰✰✰✰✰ A blue hued somber medical drama about a possible mistake in surgery. Its attention to detail and plausible range in fault for the maybe mistake make it rich beyond the circumstance. Elizabeth Banks acts well as the lead surgeon but her character is written in a way that seems too oblivious at times, maybe this is true to compassion fatigue and burnout of surgeons but part of the drama is that she just doesnt get the risk of her actions. Although sometimes it teeters to the other side of the system and judgements unfair conspire against her. This the juggling act events sometimes feel implausible or too pointed in message. "Its about cleaning a wound like a maggot, those wonderful maggots..." At its best its a human tale of coming to terms with difficult decisions and consequences m; at it's worse it gets entangled in administrative bureaucratic systems distorting this. Maybe that commentary is part of the point, to return humility to healthcare but as a film it sometimes dragged, veered, or got absorbed in the palette of a hospital rather than a film. Format: Theatrical
22. What We Find on the Road (2024, 93 minutes) ★★★★★★★★✰✰ A wholesome road trip movie about a clueless smuck without a dad and his friend in his father's old car. It's less married to plot so anything could happen. Maybe its too intentionally vague at times. The gentle good natured feel of the film and the cryptic mystery captured me. It felt modern but with an undercurrent of Americana. A muted meandering rebelliousness that feels relevant and modern with moving pieces that sneak up on the viewer. Consistently endearing without malice or manufacturer feeling tension. It feels like a family drama where only one member is shown, the play of long shadows cast from remote actors on an optimistic fellow. "Not too scared, just mysteriously reluctant." Katherine Laheen brings a quirky energy when the film is at risk of stretching with Finn Haney doing a decent everyman. Ita magical and mundane at once with an efficiently chill pacing that gives characters a chance to breath. Format: Theatrical
September 25
23. Odd Brodsky (2014, 93 minutes) ★★★½✰✰✰✰✰✰ Cartoonish and fast paced but at times aimless and chatty, it's well intentioned but sometimes feels like a gimmick that gets lost in itself. The heroine's quest for fame as an actress is cute at first but seems increasingly unrelatable and gets monotonous. Some of the workplace comedy elements feel like a poor man's Office Space or at best are kind of accepted realities of mundane workplace doldrums - it's not witty to say people would rather chase their dreams than work, it's a bit too surface. In these moments of squeezing out angst Odd Brodsky sometimes loses it's best aspects of whimsy and oddness. There is a twist at the end that feels more stretched than convincing. I wanted to like this charming indie film more than I actually did. Format: Digital [Vudu HD]
September 26
24. My Old A-s (2024, 89 minutes) ★½✰ Pending. Format: Theatrical
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08-29-24 | 12:36 PM
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Re: 2024 Indie/Art House (formerly Criterion Challenge) List Thread
2024 Indie/Arthouse Challenge
August 311. Godzilla, King Of The Monsters (1956) - YouTube
September 3
2. Godzilla Raids Again - DVD
September 5
3. Rodan - DVD
September 7
4. Vampyr - YouTube
September 11
5. Hoop Dreams - Showtime BET
September 14
6. Shoulder Arms - Max
September 17
7. King Kong (1933) - DVD
September 18
8. Black Moderates And Black Militants - Max
September 19
9. Son Of Godzilla - Max
September 20
10. A Hard Day's Night - Max
September 23
11. Mothra vs Godzilla - YouTube
September 25
12. The Tiger - Korean Blockbusters
September 27
13. Picnic (2000) - Cinevault
September 30
14. King Kong vs Godzilla - DVD
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Re: 2024 Indie/Art House (formerly Criterion Challenge) List Thread
Spine number
9/28
1. Forbidden Planet
9/28
1. Forbidden Planet
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08-29-24 | 08:45 PM
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Re: 2024 Indie/Art House (formerly Criterion Challenge) List Thread
1. Gojira -1.0 (2023) 125 min.
2. At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul/À Meia Noite Levarei Sua Alma (1964) 82 min.
*First time viewing
2. At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul/À Meia Noite Levarei Sua Alma (1964) 82 min.
*First time viewing
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08-31-24 | 12:33 AM
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Re: 2024 Indie/Art House (formerly Criterion Challenge) List Thread
It's time to crack some plastic!!! I'm keeping mine to the unwatched/unopened piles.
August 31, 2024
1. Desperado (1995) - Arrow
2. Trick r' Treat (2009) - Arrow
September 1, 2024
3. High Noon (1952) - Kino
4. True Romance (1993) - Arrow
5. American Gigolo (1980) - Arrow
6. Moonage Daydream (2022) - Criterion #1192
September 2, 2024
7. The Girl Can't Help It (1956) - Criterion #1120
8. Barbarella (1968) - Arrow
9. Hardcore (1979) - Kino
September 8, 2024
10. Crimes of Passion (1984) - Arrow
11. The Long Good Friday (1980) - Arrow
September 11, 2024
12. Cure (1997) - Criterion #1155
September 12, 2024
13. Zombie for Sale (2019) - Arrow
September 13, 2024
14. A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014) - Kino Lorber
15. One-Armed Boxer (1972) - Arrow
16. Tenebrae (1982) - Arrow
September 14, 2024
17. Anatomy of a Fall (2019) - Criterion #1218
August 31, 2024
1. Desperado (1995) - Arrow
2. Trick r' Treat (2009) - Arrow
September 1, 2024
3. High Noon (1952) - Kino
4. True Romance (1993) - Arrow
5. American Gigolo (1980) - Arrow
6. Moonage Daydream (2022) - Criterion #1192
September 2, 2024
7. The Girl Can't Help It (1956) - Criterion #1120
8. Barbarella (1968) - Arrow
9. Hardcore (1979) - Kino
September 8, 2024
10. Crimes of Passion (1984) - Arrow
11. The Long Good Friday (1980) - Arrow
September 11, 2024
12. Cure (1997) - Criterion #1155
September 12, 2024
13. Zombie for Sale (2019) - Arrow
September 13, 2024
14. A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014) - Kino Lorber
15. One-Armed Boxer (1972) - Arrow
16. Tenebrae (1982) - Arrow
September 14, 2024
17. Anatomy of a Fall (2019) - Criterion #1218
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08-31-24 | 04:23 PM
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Re: 2024 Indie/Art House (formerly Criterion Challenge) List Thread
I finally remmebered that September is art house month, yay me.
August 31
1. EO [Blu-ray, Janus Contemporary]
2. Hypnosis [Blu-ray, Altered Innocence]
3. The Big Boss [4k uhd, Arrow Video]
Sept 1
4. Victim of Sin [Blu-ray, Criterion]
5. Bottle Rocket [Blu-ray, Criterion]
Sept 2
6. Night Siren [Blu-ray, Dark Star]
7. I Am A Nymphomaniac [Blu-ray, Mondo Macabro]
Sept 3
8. Pig Killer [Blu-ray, Dark Star]
9. I Am Frigid…Why? [Blu-ray, Mondo Macabro]
Sept 5
10. El Mariachi [Blu-ray, Arrow Video]
Sept 6
11. Desperado [4k uhd, Arrow Video]
Sept 7
12. Private Club [Blu-ray, Mondo Macabro]
13. Once Upon A Time In Mexico [Blu-ray, Arrow Video]
14. Kratt [Blu-ray, Dark Star]
Sept 8
15. Koko-Di Koko-Da [Blu-ray, Dark Star]
16. Call Me By Your Name [4k uhd, Sony Classics]
Sept 13
17. I Want Him Dead [Blu-ray, Arrow Video]
18. El Puro [Blu-ray, Arrow Video]
Sept 14
19. Wrath of the Wind [Blu-ray, Arrow Video]
Sept 15
20. Coming Out [Blu-ray, Altered Innocence]
Sept 19
21. Murder on the Orient Express [4k uhd, Kino Lorber]
Sept 20
22. The Landlord [Blu-ray, Radiance]
Sept 21
23. Four of the Apocalypse [Blu-ray, Arrow Video]
Sept 22
24. The Old Ones [Blu-ray, Dark Star]
25. Stielke, Heinz Fifteen [Blu-ray, Altered Innocence]
26. Adele Has Not Had Supper Yet [Blu-ray, Deaf Crocodile]
August 31
1. EO [Blu-ray, Janus Contemporary]
2. Hypnosis [Blu-ray, Altered Innocence]
3. The Big Boss [4k uhd, Arrow Video]
Sept 1
4. Victim of Sin [Blu-ray, Criterion]
5. Bottle Rocket [Blu-ray, Criterion]
Sept 2
6. Night Siren [Blu-ray, Dark Star]
7. I Am A Nymphomaniac [Blu-ray, Mondo Macabro]
Sept 3
8. Pig Killer [Blu-ray, Dark Star]
9. I Am Frigid…Why? [Blu-ray, Mondo Macabro]
Sept 5
10. El Mariachi [Blu-ray, Arrow Video]
Sept 6
11. Desperado [4k uhd, Arrow Video]
Sept 7
12. Private Club [Blu-ray, Mondo Macabro]
13. Once Upon A Time In Mexico [Blu-ray, Arrow Video]
14. Kratt [Blu-ray, Dark Star]
Sept 8
15. Koko-Di Koko-Da [Blu-ray, Dark Star]
16. Call Me By Your Name [4k uhd, Sony Classics]
Sept 13
17. I Want Him Dead [Blu-ray, Arrow Video]
18. El Puro [Blu-ray, Arrow Video]
Sept 14
19. Wrath of the Wind [Blu-ray, Arrow Video]
Sept 15
20. Coming Out [Blu-ray, Altered Innocence]
Sept 19
21. Murder on the Orient Express [4k uhd, Kino Lorber]
Sept 20
22. The Landlord [Blu-ray, Radiance]
Sept 21
23. Four of the Apocalypse [Blu-ray, Arrow Video]
Sept 22
24. The Old Ones [Blu-ray, Dark Star]
25. Stielke, Heinz Fifteen [Blu-ray, Altered Innocence]
26. Adele Has Not Had Supper Yet [Blu-ray, Deaf Crocodile]
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09-01-24 | 11:54 PM
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Re: 2024 Indie/Art House (formerly Criterion Challenge) List Thread
* First Time Viewing
September 1
1. Help! (1965) *
September 2
2. Tristana (1970) *
September 3
3. Dead Presidents (1995) *
September 6
4. The Lady Vanishes (1938) *
September 7
5. The 400 Blows (1959) *
September 8
6. Antoine and Colette (1962) *
7. Zero For Conduct (1933) *
September 9
8. Stolen Kisses (1968) *
September 10
9. Bed and Board (1970) *
10. Simon of the Desert (1965) *
September 12
11. Love on the Run (1979) *
September 15
12. Jimi Plays Monterey (1986) *
13. The Blood of a Poet (1932) *
September 17
14. The Immortal Story (1968) *
September 30
15. I Walked With A Zombie (1943) *
September 1
1. Help! (1965) *
September 2
2. Tristana (1970) *
September 3
3. Dead Presidents (1995) *
September 6
4. The Lady Vanishes (1938) *
September 7
5. The 400 Blows (1959) *
September 8
6. Antoine and Colette (1962) *
7. Zero For Conduct (1933) *
September 9
8. Stolen Kisses (1968) *
September 10
9. Bed and Board (1970) *
10. Simon of the Desert (1965) *
September 12
11. Love on the Run (1979) *
September 15
12. Jimi Plays Monterey (1986) *
13. The Blood of a Poet (1932) *
September 17
14. The Immortal Story (1968) *
September 30
15. I Walked With A Zombie (1943) *
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